KRBcB11 Lucian and Philosophy

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Doz. Dirk Uwe Hansen, Dr. phil. (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites
Thorough orientation in the Ancient Greek text.
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to make students acquainted with the relationship between Lucian, one of the most famous representatives of the literature of the 2nd century AD, and the Greek philosophical tradition, as mirrored in his satirical writings. At the end of this course, students will have thorough knowledge about the period in question, Lucian's both literary and philosophical sources and models and his way of interpreting the tradition he emulates. Our main focus will be Lucian´s or one of his alter ego´s struggle against his main enemy: the charlatan.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to hellenistic philosophy (the main differences from the presocratic and classical philosophy /Plato/). 2. Stoics, Cynics and Epicureans from the beginnings to the imperial period. 3. Lucian and his critics of the contemporary philosophy. 4. Vybraná díla: Alexander, De morte Peregrini, Demonax, Vitarum auctio, Piscator. 5.-6. Complex analysis of selected passages.
Literature
  • LÚKIANOS. Selected dialogues. Translated by C. D. N. Costa. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, xvii, 278. ISBN 0192805932. info
  • LÚKIANOS. Luciani opera. Edited by M. D. Macleod. Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1987, xxii, 517. ISBN 0198145802. info
  • LÚKIANOS. Luciani opera. Edited by M. D. Macleod. Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1980, xi, 391. ISBN 0198145926. info
Teaching methods
Attendance and participation in the course (85%). Individual homework: interpretation of selected Greek passages. Short report of the one of following topics: Platonists, Peripatetics, Cynics, Stoics, Epicureans.
Assessment methods
At the end of the course, written essay on a particular theme.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: V týdnech 5.-16. října 2009.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Bude realizováno celkem 13 výukových hodin.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Studenti musí mít znalost klasické řečtiny odpovídající alespoň jednomu roku výuky.
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