Papers by Victoria Pichugina
Phillip Mitsis, Victoria Pichugina, Heather L. Reid (eds.), Paideia on Stage. Siracuse, Sicily and Dakota Dunes SD: Parnassos Press - Fonte Aretusa. P. 99-119, 2023
Sophocles' “Oedipus at Colonus” features the exile of Oedipus, the king of Thebes, whose whole li... more Sophocles' “Oedipus at Colonus” features the exile of Oedipus, the king of Thebes, whose whole life was a representation of learning through suffering. Finding himself in Colonus, blind Oedipus exhausted with journey sits down on the rock in Eumenides grove which makes the space that welcomes him as a spectator and performance, the one persecuting and the one persecuted, the right and the guilty. The principal issue of the tragedy is that which distinguishes: who glorifies, and who is shaming «their worthy city» (Soph. OC.929-930), protecting or oppressing Oedipus respectively? The latter disputes are gradually turning into those regarding who should only take other people’s lessons and who has the right to teach them. The opening of the tragedy sees Oedipus positioning himself as an old student – the one who due to age submitted to life lessons and came to Colonus to learn. Further on he evolves into a disciple-prophet – the one driven by the gravity of his life lessons, to become an eternal protection for Colon. The tragedy ends up with him maturing into a student-mentor, who by realizing his life lessons gained the virtue of blindness to explicate it in Colonus. Oedipus’ paideia is the one of the person, who seeks to find the path to himself, showing others the boundaries within which he will instruct himself or act as a mentor for others.
The plot of Orestes and Electra, jointly implementing the revenge plan for the death of their fat... more The plot of Orestes and Electra, jointly implementing the revenge plan for the death of their father Agamemnon, is taken as the basis of the tragedy Libation Bearers by Aeschylus and the tragedies of the same name Electra by Euripides and Sophocles. А divine will and human desires intertwine at the key points of each of these tragedies, where the protagonists demonstrate different practices of the prayer as precepts to the city, which has to accept and justify the crime they are plotting. Orestes and Electra's prayer practices in Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles will be analyzed according to the following questions: To whom do Orestes and Electra pray and why? Have their prayers been heard? What events precede the prayers? In which spaces of the city are the key prayers pronounced and what is the role of the chorus in it? What has the city been instructed to do through these prayers? Both Orestes and Electra assert their right to precept and seek support from the gods as the supreme preceptors in different spatial coordinates of the city. Theу view the city not only as a space where prayers are pronounced, but as another main character that can speak, for example, through the chorus lines or give tacit instructions through allusions to the details which appear in urban space descriptions. Not only does the city hear the prayers pronounced by the heroes, but it can give additional power for their materialization. For the protagonists, the city is as an open/closed space of crime and punishment, where they could and should claim new statuses of the ruler-mentors.
During the time of Euripides and Aristophanes, innovative pedagogical ideas were discussed in an ... more During the time of Euripides and Aristophanes, innovative pedagogical ideas were discussed in an equally innovative man-ner. The intellectuals of that era played a significant role in cre-ating an ironic pedagogical triangle consisting of Euripides, Aris-tophanes, Socrates, and the sophists in classical Athens. Employ-ing tragedy and comedy in varying degrees, Euripides and Aris-tophanes drew attention to the contrast between traditional and sophistic education, portraying it as a complex problem that could not be easily resolved by an average person. A comparative historical and pedagogical analysis of Euripides' tragedy “Me-dea” and Aristophanes' comedy “Clouds” revealed another direc-tion for studying the possibilities of mutual penetration of gen-res. Through the depiction of families with children who were divided into speakers and listeners in the spatial coordinates of the city and home, Euripides and Aristophanes participated in the ongoing debate regarding Socrates and the sophists. Euripides and Aristophanes include in their works agons between the advo-cates of just (non-sophistic) and unjust (sophistic) speeches, which touch upon educational issues. The main characters lose in these agons and realize that their problems cannot be solved even when they use sophistic techniques. This comprehension compels them to transition from words to actions, resorting to criminal acts to demonstrate the perilous consequences of sophistic educa-tion to the polis. A simultaneous historical and pedagogical anal-ysis of Euripides' tragedy “Medea” and Aristophanes' comedy “Clouds” is accompanied by references to other works of Euripi-des and Aristophanes, as well as by Plato and Xenophon, which contain explicit or implicit references to the teaching methods of Socrates and / or the sophists.
Non-ferrous Metals, 2020
The article is devoted to the study of archaeological evidences and literary tradition regarding ... more The article is devoted to the study of archaeological evidences and literary tradition regarding ancient Greek shields as metal artifacts or as the artifacts made by the use of metal. Presented is an attempt at interpreting the names “σάκος” (sakos) and “ἀσπίς” (aspis), by which ancient authors called the Greek shields in the Archaic and Classical Periods. New data on the dating of some artefacts let assume that a number of shields, the production technology of which goes back to the Late Bronze Age or made later (in the Geometric or Archaic Periods) may have been displayed in sanctuaries under the influence of the artifacts from the Late Bronze Age. The authors propose a version according to which Herodotus, describing the Croesus’ gifts in Thebes, uses the word “σάκος”, thereby emphasizing the uncommonness of the golden shield, its heroic antiquity and the reliability of the Amphiaraus’ shield. Archaeological parallels and the words “φαενάν [ἀσπ]ίδα” from an inscription found in T...
ΣΧΟΛΗ. Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, 2021
The article is a brief overview of the speeches and discussions that took place at the first acad... more The article is a brief overview of the speeches and discussions that took place at the first academic seminar on the history of pedagogical culture, which was organized at the Department of Humanities of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University and took place on November 8, 2021.The review aims to provide a representation of the participants' papers and areas of discussion that arose from questions to the papers and / or reflections on the results of the seminar, as well as to inform the reader with some materials of interdisciplinary research on the phenomenology and anthropology of urban educational space.
The article provides a historical and pedagogical analysis of the images of Chiron, a centaur who... more The article provides a historical and pedagogical analysis of the images of Chiron, a centaur who devoted a significant part of his life to teaching. Among the extensive list of knowledge, skills and abilities that Chiron possessed and passed on to his numerous students, there are three areas related to education: 1) how to fight and take a life, 2) how to heal and return life – the art of healing, the reverse of the military, 3) special skills, such as how to play musical instruments or recognize constellations.
We have compared the textual and visual (images on ceramics of the 6th-5th centuries BC) traditions that represent the student paths of Achilles and Asclepius, for whom medical knowledge was an important part of the curriculum. Achilles and Asclepius were students who came to Chiron as infants and for whom Chiron became a mentor-nurse. Asclepius was an excellent student who made significant progress in medicine, but Achilles, nevertheless, was the most gifted student of the centaur and, probably, the closest to him, not only in kinship, but also in spirit. A comparison of stories about how Chiron trained and educated Achilles and Asclepius allows us to see that in the ancient tradition Chiron is depicted as an urban centaur. Unlike other centaurs, his dual nature is subject to humanity: unlike his relatives, he is wise, not aggressive, heals people and arranges their affairs, develops unique curricula for students and educates them outside the city, but for the city. That is why Chiron as a mentor is always depicted with a kind face and outdoors; he is half dressed in a tunic and his front legs do not end with hooves, these are human legs. His school on Mount Pelion is distinguished by its originality: education and upbringing close to nature is designed to prepare a student for life in the city and activities for the benefit of the city.
Lifelong education: the XXI century, 2014
Аннотация: в статье современное непрерывное образование рассматривается как современный вариант «... more Аннотация: в статье современное непрерывное образование рассматривается как современный вариант «заботы о себе» и своей идентичности в эпоху, которая приходит после окончания эпохи постмодерна. Автор показывает, что античная концептуальная идея заботящегося о себе человека, который ответственно относится к выбору образовательного пути и движению по нему на протяжении всей жизни, оказывается не чуждой субъекту современной педагогической lifelong-реальности. Термин «непрерывное образование» соотносится в статье с такими понятиями, как «забота о себе», «симулякр», «псевдообразование» или «квазиобразование», «электронное образование» («e-learning»), мобильное образование («m(obile)-learning»), «обучающий город» («learning city»). Это дает возможность охарактеризовать современного обучающегося человека, взятого вне четких возрастных и временных границ, который приобретает способность «учиться учиться» в школьные годы и не утрачивает ее в течение всей жизни. В статье показана эволюция «заботы о себе» как стратегии образовательной непрерывности. Современное понимание античного проекта «заботы о себе» в контексте непрерывности (само)обучения позволяет ответить на вопрос, как можно осуществить образовательную заботу о себе в эпоху метамодерна. Автор приводит примеры парадоксальности современных (само)образовательных процессов, показывает, как радикально изменился образовательный ландшафт современности, в котором забота об идентичности осуществляется в виде принципиально новых форм. Делается вывод о том, что выработанная античностью идея человека, на протяжении всей жизни заботящегося о самом себе с помощью образования, ориентирует современную педагогическую теорию и практику на разные диапазоны «заботы» ради сохранения идентичности и обретения себя в культуре. Работа над статьей поддержана грантом РГНФ 14-06-00315а. Ключевые слова: забота о себе, непрерывное образование, электронное образование, псевдообразование, квазиобразование, симулякр.
Conversatoria Litteraria, 2021
The article defines the features of military virtue, which is given to the heroes from the Kalmyk... more The article defines the features of military virtue, which is given to the heroes from the Kalmyk version of the heroic Epic of Jangar. The main hero of the Epic is the hero Jangar, who rallied the heroes around himself and created the country of Bumba. All the songs of the Epic are associated with Jangar. The hero Jangar personifies a wise ruler and a brave warrior, who instructs his heroes and inspires them to exploits. Jangar and his heroes are not just brave warriors, but also bearers of unique characters and skills. Their individuality is emphasized in the descriptions of their actions, weapons and war horses. In the epic there are also young heroes, who following the example of the heroes, defend the country of Bumba from enemies. Since the Kalmyk “Jangar” is a composite work, the article compares songs belonging to the repertoires of different jangarchis: twelve songs translated by S. Lipkin (which includes ten songs from the repertoire of Eelyan Ovla), six songs from the rep...
The heritage of the ancient Roman politician, orator and thinker Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – ... more The heritage of the ancient Roman politician, orator and thinker Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), is considered as a set of texts that over centuries have been included in the curricula for humanities students, significantly changing the narrative tradition and detecting a way of understanding what is related to humanities. The key questions for the authors is the following: how and for what purposes was Cicero’s heritage presented to humanities students in educational texts in the first two decades of the 20th and 21st centuries? At the beginning of last century, scholars’ attention to Cicero was largely due to Augustus Samuel Wilkins (1843–1905), Paul Monroe (1869–1947) and his disciple Ellwood Cubberley (1868-1941). Many textbooks compiled by P. Monroe, A.S. Wilkins and E. Cubberley were published one after another. Thanks to the educational books of P. Monroe, A.S. Wilkins and E. Cubberley, different approaches to presenting Cicero's works for educational purposes were developed. It is these approaches that were reflected in educational books for humanists a century later. In Russian textbooks, sourcebooks, and anthologies on history of pedagogy, Cicero was mostly a figure of omission not only in the first decades, but throughout the entire 20th century. At the beginning of the 21st century, many learning books for humanities students appeared. Their authors and compilers consider Cicero as an author who left a conceptual description of pedagogical reality (a detailed description of educational process) and chose a narrative description (description of what happened through the eyes of those who take part in it). We have to regret that the Russian domestic tradition of including Cicero's heritage in the content of humanitarian education has hardly undergone any changes over a century: fragments of his works continue to be presented on a small scale, are practically not grouped according to key issues, and rarely accompanied by pedagogical commentaries. The question of why some texts were selected while others were not, can be asked to every author and compiler who included Cicero's texts in their books for humanities students. The search for answers to this “eternal question” can be associated both with the flexibility of the humanitarian curriculum, and with the personal preferences of the authors and compilers of learning books.
Образовательные пространства и антропопрактики города / авт.: Афонасина А.С., Безрогов В.Г., Ведешкин М.А., Лурье З.А., Каргальцев А.В., Корецкая М.А., Можайский А.Ю., Перфилова Т.Б., Пичугина В.К., Светлов Р.В., Смирнов С.А., Степанова А.С., Суриков И.Е., Щеглов А.Д. М.: Аквилон, 2021. 480 с. под общ. ред. В.К. Пичугиной, 2021
В книге публикуются результаты междисциплинарных исследований образовательных пространств и антро... more В книге публикуются результаты междисциплинарных исследований образовательных пространств и антропопрактик, которые формируют образ любого города и не сводятся к простой сумме мест локализации образовательной активности горожан. Авторы предприняли попытку рассмотреть особенности эволюции образов города и человека, получающего образование в городе или вне его, а также сопоставить образовательные
траектории, навигации и практики древних и современных городов.
Виталий Безрогов - 60 лет: колл. монография / авт.: Романов А. А., Асташова Н. А., Бим-Бад Б. М., Богуславский М. В., Воловик А. К., Корнетов Г. Б., Кошелева О. Е., Полякова М. А., Пичугина В. К., Рогачева Е. Ю., Уткин А. В., Шевелев А. Н. – Рязань: «Концепция», 2020. – 352 с. под. ред. А.А. Романова, 2020
Книга посвящена Виталию Григорьевичу Безрогову, его светлой памяти и богатому наследию. Коллеги н... more Книга посвящена Виталию Григорьевичу Безрогову, его светлой памяти и богатому наследию. Коллеги называют его вы-дающимся ученым, вошедшим в историю педагогики в качестве одного из реформаторов этой науки рубежа двух последних столетий, поставивших ее на новые методологические рельсы, задавших параметры ведущего локомотива. Многосторонностью научных интересов, активной включенностью в мировое общение историков педагогики он заслужил право быть в истории Героем нашей науки. Мы должны написать о нем – «Scripta manent»! Издание адресуется историкам педагогики, преподавателям педагогических дисциплин и студентам вузов, будущим педагогам, учителям, всем тем, кто интересуется педагогикой и ее историей.
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The dramatized epic Orestis Tragoedia is one of the works of Dracontius, a poet of the second hal... more The dramatized epic Orestis Tragoedia is one of the works of Dracontius, a poet of the second half of the 5th century, who addressed both pagan and Christian themes. In this work, Dracontius not only combines different mythological stories about Orestes and his relatives, but also highlights Orestes' moving into adulthood as one of the main storylines. Dracontius breaks from the existing tradition, within the framework of which young Orestes was placed under the care of Strophius, the king of Crissa in Phocis, and then returned to his homeland to avenge the death of Agamemnon. His Orestes is not so much a "product" of educating people who seek to implement the revenge plan, but rather a person who implements a hidden self-education program that helps him in the struggle for power. Dracontius' protagonist is struck with a specific type of moral disease; he is portrayed either as a man who knows (= an adult) or a man who does not know (= still a child). The article also explores the use of Thebes by Dracontius as a mirror, which reflects the events of the Orestis Tragoedia. Draconius also uses the mythological tradition associated with Thebes as a means of assessing the behavior of his heroes.
Journal website with our article: http://www.rudmet.com/journal/1981/article/33363/?language=en
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The article is devoted to the study of archaeological evidences and literary tradition regarding ancient Greek shields as metal artifacts or as the artifacts made by the use of metal. Presented is an attempt at interpreting the names “σάκος” (sakos) and “ἀσπίς” (aspis), by which ancient authors called the Greek shields in the Archaic and Classical Periods. New data on the dating of some artefacts let assume that a number of shields, the production technology of which goes back to the Late Bronze Age or made later (in the Geometric or Archaic Periods) may have been displayed in sanctuaries under the influence of the artifacts from the Late Bronze Age. The authors propose a version according to which Herodotus, describing the Croesus’ gifts in Thebes, uses the word “σάκος”, thereby emphasizing the uncommonness of the golden shield, its heroic antiquity and the reliability of the Amphiaraus’ shield. Archaeological parallels and the words “φαενὰν [ἀσπ]ίδα” from an inscription found at Thebes suggest that it was a round shield. This artifact had not only a religious, but also a historical and educational function, being an article that bounds up the Thebans with their heroic past.
The article analyzes Mark Tullius Cicero's speeches, writings and letters of different years, in ... more The article analyzes Mark Tullius Cicero's speeches, writings and letters of different years, in which he touches upon the issues of education through culture in the educational space of the ancient city. Expressing his opinion on the theatre, poetry and art (in the broad sense of the word, including the art of living and the art of speech), Cicero not only emphasized the educational power of culture, but also pointed to its educational weakness, which takes place if the functions of culture are reduced to mere entertainment.
The theme of the fourth issue is "Ancient Education of the Warrior" (materials and proposals are ... more The theme of the fourth issue is "Ancient Education of the Warrior" (materials and proposals are accepted until March 11, 2020). In the Greek and Roman cultures, military prowess and military skills were viewed as decisive factors of what it meant to be a citizen and, in general, a Greek or a Roman. Military memorabilia and trophies were everywhere: on monuments and tombs, in the sculptural decoration of temples and even in the dining halls of private houses, where offensive and defensive weapons hung on the walls, and elegant dishes were decorated with military scenes. The military theme was present in the theater and at the popular assembly, in councils and courts, in markets and at funerals. Antique education always went hand in hand not only with physical education, but also with “literary education,” which implied the study of Homer and other poets who praised military prowess. It was the Latin word “virtus” that, along with the ancient Greek word “ἀρετή”, characterized a man and suggested civil and military service to the state.
Тема выпуска - античное воспитание воина. Воинская доблесть и воинские умения рассматривались в культуре Греции и Рима как определяющие факторы того, что означало быть гражданином и в целом – греком или римлянином. Воинская символика и напоминания о войне находились повсюду: на монументах и гробницах, в скульптурном декоре храмов и даже в обеденных комнатах частных домов, где наступательное и оборонительное вооружение висело на стенах, а изящная посуда декорировалась военными сценами. Военная тема звучала в театре и на народном собрании, в советах и судах, на рынках и похоронах. Античное образование всегда шло рука об руку не только с физическим воспитанием, но и с «литературным образованием», которое предполагало изучение Гомера и других поэтов, воспевающих воинскую доблесть. Латинское virtus, как и древнегреческое ἀρετή, являлось тем, что характеризовало мужчину и предполагало служение государству и предопределяло теорию и практику обучения военному делу.
Hypothekai, №.4, 2020
The article analyzes the descriptions of warriors in Aeschylus’s tragedy Seven against Thebes tha... more The article analyzes the descriptions of warriors in Aeschylus’s tragedy Seven against Thebes that are given in the “shield scene” and determines the pedagogical dimension of this tragedy. Aeschylus pays special attention to the decoration of the shields of the commanders who attacked Thebes, relying on two different ways of decorating the shields that Homer describes in The Iliad. According to George Henry Chase’s terminology, in Homer, Achilles’ shield can be called “a decorative” shield, and Agamemnon’s shield is referred to as “a terrible” shield. Aeschylus turns the description of the shield decoration of the commanders attacking Thebes into a core element of the plot in Seven against Thebes, maximizing the connection between the image on the shield and the shield-bearer. He created an elaborate system of “terrible” and “decorative” shields (Aesch. Sept. 375-676), as well as of the shields that cannot be categorized as “terrible” and “decorative” (Aesch. Sept. 19; 43; 91; 100; 160). The analysis of this system made it possible to put forward and prove three hypothetical assumptions: 1) In Aeschylus, Eteocles demands from the Thebans to win or die, focusing on the fact that the city created a special educational space for them and raised them as shield-bearers. His patriotic speeches and, later, his judgments expressed in the “shield scene” demonstrate a desire to justify and then test the educational concept “ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς” (“either with it, or upon it”) (Plut. Lacae. 241f.10); 2) Aeschylus turns the description of the decoration of the “decorative” or “terrible” shields into a core element of the plot. The decorated shields of all the attackers on Thebes described in the “shield scene” form a kind of single “mixed” shield, similar in complexity to the decoration on Achilles’ shield, which includes elements of intimidation, as it was on Agamemnon’s shield; 3) Eteocles wants to establish himself as the king-mentor for the people, which will most clearly appear in the “shield scene”, where he solves a series of military riddles. These riddles require him to correctly decipher what is depicted on the decorative or terrible shields of each of the attackers. Aeschylus uses the shield as pedagogical tool in the tragedy Seven against Thebes, to which Euripides and Statius will later offer their alternatives by referring to the decoration of the shields of the leaders who attacked Thebes.
Пичугина В. К., Можайский А. Ю. ТРАГИЧЕСКАЯ ВИЗУАЛИЗАЦИЯ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОГО ПРОСТРАНСТВА ФИВ В «ФИВ... more Пичугина В. К., Можайский А. Ю. ТРАГИЧЕСКАЯ ВИЗУАЛИЗАЦИЯ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОГО ПРОСТРАНСТВА ФИВ В «ФИВАИДЕ» СТАЦИЯ // ΠΡΑΞΗMΑ. Проблемы визуальной семиотики (ΠΡΑΞΗMΑ. Journal of Visual Semiotics). 2020. Вып. 3 (25). С. 99-117.
The Thebaid by Publius Papinius Statius is the most extensive surviving
account of the war started by the sons of the Theban king Oedipus – Eteocles and Polynices. This fratricidal war is a crime that Statius wants to tell the reader about, having established himself in the role of a moralizing poet who is equally Roman and Greek. In the case of Oedipus’ children, the war is a divine instruction-punishment that mortals cannot or do not want to prevent. Eteocles and Polynices, as described by Statius, are young men evil by nature, experiencing the innate hatred of each other and lust for power. Having mixed the genres, Statius created a new version of the mythological events, which both ancient Greek and ancient Roman playwrights turned to. In his version, Eteocles and Polynices are not the last generation to whom the curse passed.
Though the curse descended on the male line among the descendants of the Theban king Laius, it inevitably affected the female line as well. As if giving Eteocles and Polynices a chance to become better, Statius keeps delaying the beginning of the war, which allows Polynices to have a baby who is destined to become the fourth generation of the “wicked family”. Statius does not report on the fate of this child, giving readers the right to decide for themselves whether he will become the next pedagogical fiasco or turn into a pedagogical victory over the curse of the House of Laius. The article also analyzes the terminology used by Statius and Hyginus regarding the burial of Polynices – one of the key
points of the plot. To refer to the funeral pyre, Hyginus uses the word «pyra» borrowed from Greek (πυρά). Statius chooses to use the Latin word «bustum» to refer to the funeral pyre of Eteocles, where Antigone and Argia place the body of Polynices. The scene of Antigone and Argia burying Polynices, described by Statius and Hyginus, is reproduced on a marble sarcophagus dating back to late II AD (Villa Doria Pamphilj). The fact that the version of Antigone and Argia buried Polynices was not invented in the Roman times but is rooted in an ancient Greek tradition going back to the archaic period is confirmed by the artifacts from material culture: for example, a sarcophagus from Corinth dating
from the middle of the second century AD, which demonstrates a classical Greek influence, and an Etruscan amphora dating from approx. 550 BC (Basel: Inv. Züst 209), which depicts a combat between Polynices and Tydeus that Argia and her sister Deipyle watched.
In the writings of the Ancient Roman philosopher, politician and orator Mark Tullius Cicero, the ... more In the writings of the Ancient Roman philosopher, politician and orator Mark Tullius Cicero, the necessity to relate the nature of statehood, the nature of man, the nature of law, and the nature of society becomes a pedagogical principle, on the basis of which the philosophy of education should be built. Cicero advances an original concept of education as an institution which protects both the state and the person. Thus, he actually forms the area that we now call the ecophilosophy of education. Cicero is close to Socrates’ pedagogy with its need to take care of the self through education in the city, which lives an active political life and represents a small-scale copy of the world. Reasoning upon this in On the Nature of the Gods and the Tusculan disputations, Cicero outlines two strategies of educational care of the self: for those who are directly involved in the political life of Rome, and for those who have deliberately retreated from the city and preferred scholarly leisure to politics. Praising Socrates for making philosophy useful for the city, Cicero is eager to do the same with the philosophy of education. His initial message is that a person is not born with full knowledge of his surrounding and inner nature; he is only able to acquire this knowledge through education. Cicero’s legacy is an experience of an ecophilosophical interpretation of modern education, which he views simultaneously as a necessity, a need and a duty to carefully create himself through others.
FEATURES OF “PUBLIC LITERACY”: M.S. KOUTORGA IN THE SPACE OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF RUSSIA AND EUR... more FEATURES OF “PUBLIC LITERACY”: M.S. KOUTORGA IN THE SPACE OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF RUSSIA AND EUROPE
Characterized are milestones in scientific and pedagogical activities of professor of St. Petersburg (1835–1869) and Moscow (1869–1874)
Universities M.S. Koutorga. Out of numerable sources, that give an overview of his life path, those ones were selected that allow us to see how he integrated into Higher educational spaces of Russia and Europe. Special attention is given to his trip abroad on which Koutorga went along with other students of Professors Institute (1833–1835) around Greece and Egypt (1860–1861). His works on educational issues that he discussed mainly in the context of development of national higher education are analyzed. By correlating civic and mental, ancient and modern education, Koutorga asserts the need to establish Western education in Russia, but not through emulating it uncritically, but by appealing to meaningful samples of scientific knowledge. In his understanding, higher education should be deeply rooted in joint academic search of teacher and students. Two manuscripts from Archive Fund 410, Manuscript Department of the National Library of Russia, that contain information on M.S. Koutorga activities at St. Petersburg University, are published for the first time. The first one is a discussion of origins of ancient Greek scholarship, and the second presumably contains M.S. Koutorga lecture notes on education and erudition.
Охарактеризованы основные этапы научной и педагогической деятельности профессора Петербургского (1835–1869) и Московского (1869–1874) университетов М.С. Куторги. Из многочисленных источников, дающих представление об особенностях его жизненного пути, выбраны те, которые позволяет увидеть особенности его интеграции в пространства высшего образования России и Европы. Особое внимание уделено заграничной командировке, в которую Куторга отправился вместе с другими воспитанниками Профессорского института (1833–1835) в образовательные путешествия по Греции и Египту (1860–1861). Проанализированы его работы по вопросам народной образованности, которые он обсуждал преимущественно в контексте развития отечественного высшего образования. Соотнося гражданскую и умственную, античную и современную образованность, Куторга видит необходимость утвердить в России западную образованность, но не как слепое копирование, а как обращение к значимым образцам получения научного знания. В его понимании в основе высшего образования всегда должен лежать совместный научный поиск преподавателя и студентов. Две рукописи из архивного фонда 410 отдела рукописей РНБ, содержащие информацию о деятельности М.С. Куторги в Петербургском университете, публикуются впервые. Первая представляет собой рассуждения об истоках древнегреческой образованности, а вторая предположительно содержит конспекты лекций М.С. Куторги об образованности.
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We have compared the textual and visual (images on ceramics of the 6th-5th centuries BC) traditions that represent the student paths of Achilles and Asclepius, for whom medical knowledge was an important part of the curriculum. Achilles and Asclepius were students who came to Chiron as infants and for whom Chiron became a mentor-nurse. Asclepius was an excellent student who made significant progress in medicine, but Achilles, nevertheless, was the most gifted student of the centaur and, probably, the closest to him, not only in kinship, but also in spirit. A comparison of stories about how Chiron trained and educated Achilles and Asclepius allows us to see that in the ancient tradition Chiron is depicted as an urban centaur. Unlike other centaurs, his dual nature is subject to humanity: unlike his relatives, he is wise, not aggressive, heals people and arranges their affairs, develops unique curricula for students and educates them outside the city, but for the city. That is why Chiron as a mentor is always depicted with a kind face and outdoors; he is half dressed in a tunic and his front legs do not end with hooves, these are human legs. His school on Mount Pelion is distinguished by its originality: education and upbringing close to nature is designed to prepare a student for life in the city and activities for the benefit of the city.
траектории, навигации и практики древних и современных городов.
The article is devoted to the study of archaeological evidences and literary tradition regarding ancient Greek shields as metal artifacts or as the artifacts made by the use of metal. Presented is an attempt at interpreting the names “σάκος” (sakos) and “ἀσπίς” (aspis), by which ancient authors called the Greek shields in the Archaic and Classical Periods. New data on the dating of some artefacts let assume that a number of shields, the production technology of which goes back to the Late Bronze Age or made later (in the Geometric or Archaic Periods) may have been displayed in sanctuaries under the influence of the artifacts from the Late Bronze Age. The authors propose a version according to which Herodotus, describing the Croesus’ gifts in Thebes, uses the word “σάκος”, thereby emphasizing the uncommonness of the golden shield, its heroic antiquity and the reliability of the Amphiaraus’ shield. Archaeological parallels and the words “φαενὰν [ἀσπ]ίδα” from an inscription found at Thebes suggest that it was a round shield. This artifact had not only a religious, but also a historical and educational function, being an article that bounds up the Thebans with their heroic past.
Тема выпуска - античное воспитание воина. Воинская доблесть и воинские умения рассматривались в культуре Греции и Рима как определяющие факторы того, что означало быть гражданином и в целом – греком или римлянином. Воинская символика и напоминания о войне находились повсюду: на монументах и гробницах, в скульптурном декоре храмов и даже в обеденных комнатах частных домов, где наступательное и оборонительное вооружение висело на стенах, а изящная посуда декорировалась военными сценами. Военная тема звучала в театре и на народном собрании, в советах и судах, на рынках и похоронах. Античное образование всегда шло рука об руку не только с физическим воспитанием, но и с «литературным образованием», которое предполагало изучение Гомера и других поэтов, воспевающих воинскую доблесть. Латинское virtus, как и древнегреческое ἀρετή, являлось тем, что характеризовало мужчину и предполагало служение государству и предопределяло теорию и практику обучения военному делу.
The Thebaid by Publius Papinius Statius is the most extensive surviving
account of the war started by the sons of the Theban king Oedipus – Eteocles and Polynices. This fratricidal war is a crime that Statius wants to tell the reader about, having established himself in the role of a moralizing poet who is equally Roman and Greek. In the case of Oedipus’ children, the war is a divine instruction-punishment that mortals cannot or do not want to prevent. Eteocles and Polynices, as described by Statius, are young men evil by nature, experiencing the innate hatred of each other and lust for power. Having mixed the genres, Statius created a new version of the mythological events, which both ancient Greek and ancient Roman playwrights turned to. In his version, Eteocles and Polynices are not the last generation to whom the curse passed.
Though the curse descended on the male line among the descendants of the Theban king Laius, it inevitably affected the female line as well. As if giving Eteocles and Polynices a chance to become better, Statius keeps delaying the beginning of the war, which allows Polynices to have a baby who is destined to become the fourth generation of the “wicked family”. Statius does not report on the fate of this child, giving readers the right to decide for themselves whether he will become the next pedagogical fiasco or turn into a pedagogical victory over the curse of the House of Laius. The article also analyzes the terminology used by Statius and Hyginus regarding the burial of Polynices – one of the key
points of the plot. To refer to the funeral pyre, Hyginus uses the word «pyra» borrowed from Greek (πυρά). Statius chooses to use the Latin word «bustum» to refer to the funeral pyre of Eteocles, where Antigone and Argia place the body of Polynices. The scene of Antigone and Argia burying Polynices, described by Statius and Hyginus, is reproduced on a marble sarcophagus dating back to late II AD (Villa Doria Pamphilj). The fact that the version of Antigone and Argia buried Polynices was not invented in the Roman times but is rooted in an ancient Greek tradition going back to the archaic period is confirmed by the artifacts from material culture: for example, a sarcophagus from Corinth dating
from the middle of the second century AD, which demonstrates a classical Greek influence, and an Etruscan amphora dating from approx. 550 BC (Basel: Inv. Züst 209), which depicts a combat between Polynices and Tydeus that Argia and her sister Deipyle watched.
Characterized are milestones in scientific and pedagogical activities of professor of St. Petersburg (1835–1869) and Moscow (1869–1874)
Universities M.S. Koutorga. Out of numerable sources, that give an overview of his life path, those ones were selected that allow us to see how he integrated into Higher educational spaces of Russia and Europe. Special attention is given to his trip abroad on which Koutorga went along with other students of Professors Institute (1833–1835) around Greece and Egypt (1860–1861). His works on educational issues that he discussed mainly in the context of development of national higher education are analyzed. By correlating civic and mental, ancient and modern education, Koutorga asserts the need to establish Western education in Russia, but not through emulating it uncritically, but by appealing to meaningful samples of scientific knowledge. In his understanding, higher education should be deeply rooted in joint academic search of teacher and students. Two manuscripts from Archive Fund 410, Manuscript Department of the National Library of Russia, that contain information on M.S. Koutorga activities at St. Petersburg University, are published for the first time. The first one is a discussion of origins of ancient Greek scholarship, and the second presumably contains M.S. Koutorga lecture notes on education and erudition.
Охарактеризованы основные этапы научной и педагогической деятельности профессора Петербургского (1835–1869) и Московского (1869–1874) университетов М.С. Куторги. Из многочисленных источников, дающих представление об особенностях его жизненного пути, выбраны те, которые позволяет увидеть особенности его интеграции в пространства высшего образования России и Европы. Особое внимание уделено заграничной командировке, в которую Куторга отправился вместе с другими воспитанниками Профессорского института (1833–1835) в образовательные путешествия по Греции и Египту (1860–1861). Проанализированы его работы по вопросам народной образованности, которые он обсуждал преимущественно в контексте развития отечественного высшего образования. Соотнося гражданскую и умственную, античную и современную образованность, Куторга видит необходимость утвердить в России западную образованность, но не как слепое копирование, а как обращение к значимым образцам получения научного знания. В его понимании в основе высшего образования всегда должен лежать совместный научный поиск преподавателя и студентов. Две рукописи из архивного фонда 410 отдела рукописей РНБ, содержащие информацию о деятельности М.С. Куторги в Петербургском университете, публикуются впервые. Первая представляет собой рассуждения об истоках древнегреческой образованности, а вторая предположительно содержит конспекты лекций М.С. Куторги об образованности.
We have compared the textual and visual (images on ceramics of the 6th-5th centuries BC) traditions that represent the student paths of Achilles and Asclepius, for whom medical knowledge was an important part of the curriculum. Achilles and Asclepius were students who came to Chiron as infants and for whom Chiron became a mentor-nurse. Asclepius was an excellent student who made significant progress in medicine, but Achilles, nevertheless, was the most gifted student of the centaur and, probably, the closest to him, not only in kinship, but also in spirit. A comparison of stories about how Chiron trained and educated Achilles and Asclepius allows us to see that in the ancient tradition Chiron is depicted as an urban centaur. Unlike other centaurs, his dual nature is subject to humanity: unlike his relatives, he is wise, not aggressive, heals people and arranges their affairs, develops unique curricula for students and educates them outside the city, but for the city. That is why Chiron as a mentor is always depicted with a kind face and outdoors; he is half dressed in a tunic and his front legs do not end with hooves, these are human legs. His school on Mount Pelion is distinguished by its originality: education and upbringing close to nature is designed to prepare a student for life in the city and activities for the benefit of the city.
траектории, навигации и практики древних и современных городов.
The article is devoted to the study of archaeological evidences and literary tradition regarding ancient Greek shields as metal artifacts or as the artifacts made by the use of metal. Presented is an attempt at interpreting the names “σάκος” (sakos) and “ἀσπίς” (aspis), by which ancient authors called the Greek shields in the Archaic and Classical Periods. New data on the dating of some artefacts let assume that a number of shields, the production technology of which goes back to the Late Bronze Age or made later (in the Geometric or Archaic Periods) may have been displayed in sanctuaries under the influence of the artifacts from the Late Bronze Age. The authors propose a version according to which Herodotus, describing the Croesus’ gifts in Thebes, uses the word “σάκος”, thereby emphasizing the uncommonness of the golden shield, its heroic antiquity and the reliability of the Amphiaraus’ shield. Archaeological parallels and the words “φαενὰν [ἀσπ]ίδα” from an inscription found at Thebes suggest that it was a round shield. This artifact had not only a religious, but also a historical and educational function, being an article that bounds up the Thebans with their heroic past.
Тема выпуска - античное воспитание воина. Воинская доблесть и воинские умения рассматривались в культуре Греции и Рима как определяющие факторы того, что означало быть гражданином и в целом – греком или римлянином. Воинская символика и напоминания о войне находились повсюду: на монументах и гробницах, в скульптурном декоре храмов и даже в обеденных комнатах частных домов, где наступательное и оборонительное вооружение висело на стенах, а изящная посуда декорировалась военными сценами. Военная тема звучала в театре и на народном собрании, в советах и судах, на рынках и похоронах. Античное образование всегда шло рука об руку не только с физическим воспитанием, но и с «литературным образованием», которое предполагало изучение Гомера и других поэтов, воспевающих воинскую доблесть. Латинское virtus, как и древнегреческое ἀρετή, являлось тем, что характеризовало мужчину и предполагало служение государству и предопределяло теорию и практику обучения военному делу.
The Thebaid by Publius Papinius Statius is the most extensive surviving
account of the war started by the sons of the Theban king Oedipus – Eteocles and Polynices. This fratricidal war is a crime that Statius wants to tell the reader about, having established himself in the role of a moralizing poet who is equally Roman and Greek. In the case of Oedipus’ children, the war is a divine instruction-punishment that mortals cannot or do not want to prevent. Eteocles and Polynices, as described by Statius, are young men evil by nature, experiencing the innate hatred of each other and lust for power. Having mixed the genres, Statius created a new version of the mythological events, which both ancient Greek and ancient Roman playwrights turned to. In his version, Eteocles and Polynices are not the last generation to whom the curse passed.
Though the curse descended on the male line among the descendants of the Theban king Laius, it inevitably affected the female line as well. As if giving Eteocles and Polynices a chance to become better, Statius keeps delaying the beginning of the war, which allows Polynices to have a baby who is destined to become the fourth generation of the “wicked family”. Statius does not report on the fate of this child, giving readers the right to decide for themselves whether he will become the next pedagogical fiasco or turn into a pedagogical victory over the curse of the House of Laius. The article also analyzes the terminology used by Statius and Hyginus regarding the burial of Polynices – one of the key
points of the plot. To refer to the funeral pyre, Hyginus uses the word «pyra» borrowed from Greek (πυρά). Statius chooses to use the Latin word «bustum» to refer to the funeral pyre of Eteocles, where Antigone and Argia place the body of Polynices. The scene of Antigone and Argia burying Polynices, described by Statius and Hyginus, is reproduced on a marble sarcophagus dating back to late II AD (Villa Doria Pamphilj). The fact that the version of Antigone and Argia buried Polynices was not invented in the Roman times but is rooted in an ancient Greek tradition going back to the archaic period is confirmed by the artifacts from material culture: for example, a sarcophagus from Corinth dating
from the middle of the second century AD, which demonstrates a classical Greek influence, and an Etruscan amphora dating from approx. 550 BC (Basel: Inv. Züst 209), which depicts a combat between Polynices and Tydeus that Argia and her sister Deipyle watched.
Characterized are milestones in scientific and pedagogical activities of professor of St. Petersburg (1835–1869) and Moscow (1869–1874)
Universities M.S. Koutorga. Out of numerable sources, that give an overview of his life path, those ones were selected that allow us to see how he integrated into Higher educational spaces of Russia and Europe. Special attention is given to his trip abroad on which Koutorga went along with other students of Professors Institute (1833–1835) around Greece and Egypt (1860–1861). His works on educational issues that he discussed mainly in the context of development of national higher education are analyzed. By correlating civic and mental, ancient and modern education, Koutorga asserts the need to establish Western education in Russia, but not through emulating it uncritically, but by appealing to meaningful samples of scientific knowledge. In his understanding, higher education should be deeply rooted in joint academic search of teacher and students. Two manuscripts from Archive Fund 410, Manuscript Department of the National Library of Russia, that contain information on M.S. Koutorga activities at St. Petersburg University, are published for the first time. The first one is a discussion of origins of ancient Greek scholarship, and the second presumably contains M.S. Koutorga lecture notes on education and erudition.
Охарактеризованы основные этапы научной и педагогической деятельности профессора Петербургского (1835–1869) и Московского (1869–1874) университетов М.С. Куторги. Из многочисленных источников, дающих представление об особенностях его жизненного пути, выбраны те, которые позволяет увидеть особенности его интеграции в пространства высшего образования России и Европы. Особое внимание уделено заграничной командировке, в которую Куторга отправился вместе с другими воспитанниками Профессорского института (1833–1835) в образовательные путешествия по Греции и Египту (1860–1861). Проанализированы его работы по вопросам народной образованности, которые он обсуждал преимущественно в контексте развития отечественного высшего образования. Соотнося гражданскую и умственную, античную и современную образованность, Куторга видит необходимость утвердить в России западную образованность, но не как слепое копирование, а как обращение к значимым образцам получения научного знания. В его понимании в основе высшего образования всегда должен лежать совместный научный поиск преподавателя и студентов. Две рукописи из архивного фонда 410 отдела рукописей РНБ, содержащие информацию о деятельности М.С. Куторги в Петербургском университете, публикуются впервые. Первая представляет собой рассуждения об истоках древнегреческой образованности, а вторая предположительно содержит конспекты лекций М.С. Куторги об образованности.
The theme of the issue is “Sophists and Education”. The ques-tion of whether the sophists were unique mentors can be called eter-nal. The multitude of definitions of the sophists and their numerous typologies have opened and continue to open many paths for seeking answers. Henri-Irénée Marrou emphasized that the heterogeneity of the ideas of the sophists did not allow them to be united into a philo-sophical school, but allowed them to be considered solely as “teach-ers of a higher school”. Despite the fact that it is not appropriate to equate modern teachers with sophists, the sophist essence is inherent-ly present in every teacher. Since the days of Protagoras, who fa-mously claimed not to teach his students what they did not need, cen-turies have passed, yet the debate regarding the necessity of certain knowledge persists.
The issue focuses on the activities of representatives of the first and second sophistics, as well as the “sophistic echo” that rolled through the centuries and reflected on the scientific and educational tradition in the 21st century. Sophistic speeches reverberated in the tragedies of Euripides and the comedies of Aristophanes, while so-phistic aspects permeated the writings of Arnobius and Galen. The theme of sophism was important both for the Renaissance philosoph-ical and rhetorical traditions and for modern times, where sophism can be seen as a tool for overcoming the modern ontological crisis in education. The issue includes a series of articles on sophists and sophistry in the educational space of the city (grant from the Russian Science Foundation, project No. 18–78–10001). To submit materials and check the theme of the next issues, as well as to make remarks, suggestions and comments, please contact the Editor-in-Chief at the following e-mail address: Pichugina_V@mail.ru — Victoria Pichugina.
Тема выпуска – «Медицинское образование в Античности». Выпуск состоит из трех частей и объединяет статьи о способах накопления и передачи медицинских знаний в пространстве античного города. Город а античную эпоху являлся пространством институционализации и профессионализации, где в сложном соотношении находились идеи, практики и опыт медицинской помощи.
в Риме, на пространствах всей античной ойкумены до VI века н.э.
Тема третьего выпуска – «Образование в поздней Античности». Период поздней античности - время стремительной трансформации институтов классической древности, появления новых и развития старых культурно-интеллектуальных и религиозных традиций. Именно в эпоху заката Римской империи античное образование переживает свой последний расцвет, ознаменовавшийся деятельностью таких выдающихся наставников как Либаний и Хорикий, Марий Викторин и Фемистий, Авзоний и Гимерий, функционированием столь значимых образовательных центров как Афинская, Александрийская, Газская, Бурдигальская, Беритская и другие школы. Изучению широкого спектра факторов, обеспечивших данный социо-культурный феномен, взаимодействия старых и новых элементов образовательной жизни Средиземноморского мира III-VII вв. мы посвящаем третий выпуск "Hypothekai".