REBcA17 Classical Greek for Students of Modern Greek III

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Hana Bohrnová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 9:10–10:45 M11
Prerequisites
REBcA16 Classical Greek II
A good knowledge of lessons 1-12 from the textbook Lexis.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Continuation of normative grammar of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek. The main aims of the course are to deepen the knowledge of Ancient Greek grammar.
At the end of the course, students will be able to analyze complex Greek sentences; explain the use of concrete grammatical features in Greek sentences; understand authentic Greek texts with the use of dictionaries.
Syllabus
  • 1. Revision: passive aorist and future tense. 2. Noun declination: nt-stems. 3. System of Greek participles. 4. Principles of vowel contraction in Greek. 5. Contracted –e verb stems. 6. Noun declination: s-stems. 7. Contracted –a verb stems. 8. Formation of subjunctive. 9. Use of conjunctive in main clauses. 10. Contracted –o verb stems. 11. Conjunctive in conditional, purpose and time subordinate clauses. 12. Noun declination: -i and –y vocalic stems. 13. Supplement to irregular comparison of adjectives.
Literature
    required literature
  • HEILMANN, W. and K. ROESKE. Lexis. Einführung in die griechische Sprache. Frankfurt am Main, 1972. info
  • NIEDERLE, Jindřich, Václav NIEDERLE and Ladislav VARCL. Mluvnice jazyka řeckého. Ve Vyšehradu 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 288 s. ISBN 8070212837. info
    recommended literature
  • LEPAŘ, František. Nehomérovský slovník řeckočeský. V Mladé Boleslavi: Karel Vačlena, 1892, 1181 s. info
    not specified
  • A Greek-English lexicon : with a revised supplement, 1996. Edited by Henry Stuart Jones - Roderick McKenzie - Henry George Liddell - Robert. 9th ed. completed 1940 with. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1996, xlv, 2042. ISBN 0198642261. info
Teaching methods
Planned learning activities and teaching methods consist of lectures, practice (grammar exercises), reading of Greek texts, drill.
Assessment methods
Students’ active attendance, including homework, is necessary. During the semester it is necessary to pass one written test. Credits are obtained by passing final written test. The test consists of a short coherent Greek text translation, a translation of sentences from Greek into Czech, morphological identifying of verb forms exercise, declension of nouns and adjectives. Pass mark is 60%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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