MED05 Classical Literature I (Greek)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Daša Bartoňková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:35 C11
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to present the compendious history of the ancient Greek literature, the first European literature at all. The Greeks contributed to the Western Civilisation by inventing the majority of literary genres which were therafter adopted by particular European national literatures, mediated to them by Roman literature (taught in the following semester). At the end of this course, students should be able to nominate the most important Greek writings and to classify them according to their genre characteristics. They should also be able to intepret the particular Greek writings on account of individual reading of their Czech translations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Periods of the Ancient Greek literature. Scholarly literature. Papyri, parchments, codices.
  • 2. The beginnings of epic poetry. Homeric question.
  • 3. Didactic epos.
  • 4. Lyric poetry: monodic and choral lyric.
  • 5. Elegy. Iamb. Epigram.
  • 6. Prose of the Archaic period.
  • 7. The beginning of drama (tragedy, comedy.); Aischylos.
  • 8. Sophocles. Euripides.
  • 9. Attic comedy ("the Old Comedy") and hellenistic comedy ("the New Comedy")
  • 10. Attic philosophy.
  • 11. Attic historiography and rhetoric.
  • 12. Hellenistic poetry. Allexandrean Moderne. New genres.
  • 13. Hellenistic prose (historiographical, philosophic, the novel).
Literature
  • BARTOŇKOVÁ, Dagmar. (ed., transl.) Luciano Canfora: Dějiny řecké literatury. 2., revidované a doplněné vydání. ((ed., transl.) Luciano Canfora: History of Greek Literature. 2., revised and supplemented edition.). Praha: KLP - Koniasch Latin Press, 2004, 904 pp. sine. ISBN 80-86791-10-6. info
  • DEL CORNO, D. Letteratura greca. Milano, 1988. info
  • LESKY, Albin. Geschichte der griechischen Literatur. Bern-München: Francke, 1971, 1023 pp. ISBN 3-7720-0050-9. info
  • STIEBITZ, Ferdinand. Stručné dějiny řecké literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1967, 247 s. info
  • SCHMID, Wilhelm and Otto STÄHLIN. Geschichte der griechischen Literatur. München: Beck, 1961. info
Teaching methods
The course is provided as lectures. Students are required to attend the lectures regulary and to read and interpret recommended Czech translations according to the teacher's demand.
Assessment methods
To obtain the credits, students have to succeed in the written test at the end of semester. The test consists of two parts: knowledge test and short essay-analysis of the individal reading.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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