LJMedA03 Bohemian-Latin Medieval Literature - dynasty of Luxembourg

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
LJMedA02 Bohemian-Latin Med. Lit. I
B. A. State Exam in Latin Language and Literature or the appropriate knowledge of Latin proved by an exam. Successful completion of LJMedA02 Bohemian-Latin Medieval Literature - dynasty of Premyslides.
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
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Course objectives
The course is an introduction into the subject of Latin literature of the Bohemian Middle Ages from the 13th century to the end of the period (i.e. to the time of John Hus, or the Hussite movement).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to describe the history of medieval Latin literature in Bohemia in the 14th century; to explain the influences of the classical tradition on medieval literature; to describe the connections of 14th-century Latin literature of Bohemian origin with the development of Latin literature in Europe, as well as with the contemporary Old Czech literature; to evaluate the most significant representatives of particular genres of the 14th-century Latin literature in Bohemia; to analyze language and style of selected treatises.
Syllabus
  • Latin literature in 14th-century Bohemia: 1. Hagiography.
  • 2. Biography and autobiography.
  • 3. Historiography (Zbraslav chronicle, chroniclers of the time of Charles IV.).
  • 4. Education and didactic literature.
  • 5. The so-called protohumanism.
  • 6. Sermons.
  • 7. Literature for entertainment. Exempla. Travel literature.
  • 8. Secular poetry.
  • 9. Religious lyric poetry (hymns, sequences, tropes, cantilenas).
  • 10. "Drama".
  • 11. Devotional and mystical literature.
  • 12. Scholarly literature.
Literature
    required literature
  • NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Latinská literatura českého středověku do roku 1400. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2000, 365 pp. info
  • VIDMANOVÁ, Anežka. Laborintus :latinská literatura středověkých Čech. Vyd. 1. Praha: KLP-Koniasch Latin Press, 1994, 222 s. ISBN 80-901508-6-1. info
    recommended literature
  • NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Středověká latina (Medieval Latin). První vyd. Praha: KLP, 2002, 164 pp. 654,2. ISBN 80-85917-82-3. info
  • SPUNAR, Pavel. Kultura středověku. 2. pozměn. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1995, 226 s. ISBN 8020005471. info
  • The Oxford handbook of medieval Latin literature. Edited by Ralph J. Hexter - David Townsend. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, xvii, 636. ISBN 9780195394016. info
  • Europe : a literary history, 1348-1418. Edited by David Wallace. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, xlii, 844. ISBN 9780199580026. info
  • Středověká latinská literatura (6.-15. století) : příručka. Edited by Claudio Leonardi. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2014, 502 stran. ISBN 9788020023872. info
Teaching methods
Lecture on the selected topics; discussion over selected works of the authors analyzed in the classes; reading of selected texts.
Assessment methods
Regular attendance and active class participation (min. 75%); final oral exam testing students' orientation in the literature discussed during both semesters of the course (10th-14th centuries); discussion over the work of a selected author.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Teacher's information
Addition to literature: Čítanka latinských textů z pozdně středověkých Čech. Ed. L. Doležalová - M. Dragoun - J. Ctibor. Praha: Scriptorium, 2017.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2016, Spring 2019, Autumn 2024.
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