REBcA15 Classical Greek for Students of Modern Greek I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Steklá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 A40
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
The course provides students with normative grammar of the Attic Greek dialect of the Classical period, to a degree which is necessary for understanding Greek texts. The focus is placed on practice of grammatical phenomena, particularly morphological. The aim of the course is to present the old phase of Greek language to students and thus contribute to their better understanding of Modern Greek language. At the end of the course students should be able to: reproduce nominal and verbal paradigms studied within the course (vide syllabus of the course); explain grammatical rules studied within the course; recognize grammatical categories of the morphological forms studied within the course; translate Greek sentences and simple texts into Czech; describe the grammatical structure of a clause.
Syllabus
  • 1. the alphabet, pronunciation of Greek, diacritical and punctuation marks 2. grammatical structure of Greek 3. O-stem declination 4. conjugation of non-contracted vowel verbs and consonant verbs in present tense active and mediopassive 5. accusative-with-infinitive constructions 6. A-stem declination 7. imperfect tense active and middle voice, the augment 8. expressing irreality 9. A-stems: masculine and a impurum 10. present mediopassive participle, absolute genitive construction 11. present indicative of the verb to be, formation of adverbs 12. nominative-with-infinitive construction 13. strong aorist
Literature
  • HEILMANN, W. and K. ROESKE. Lexis. Einführung in die griechische Sprache. Frankfurt am Main, 1972. info
  • FÜRST, Kamil. Cvičebnice jazyka řeckého : pro 5. a 6. třídu gymnasií. 2., nezměněné vyd. V Praze: Profesorské nakladatelství a knihkupectví, 1947, 208 s. info
  • NIEDERLE, Jindřich, Václav NIEDERLE and Ladislav VARCL. Mluvnice jazyka řeckého. Ve Vyšehradu 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 288 s. ISBN 8070212837. info
  • LEPAŘ, František. Nehomérovský slovník řeckočeský. V Mladé Boleslavi: Karel Vačlena, 1892, 1181 s. info
  • Řecko-český slovník. Edited by Václav Prach. Praha: Scriptum, 1993, 588 s. ISBN 80-85528-22-3. info
  • MENGE, H. Repetitorium der griechischen Syntax. Wolfenbüttel, 1914. info
  • BORNEMANN, E. and E. RISCH. Griechische Grammatik. Frankfurt, 1978. info
  • SCHWYZER, E. and A. DEBRUNNER. Griechische Grammatik. München, 1939. info
  • SCHULZ, Jaroslav Gustav. Attické tvary slovesné : podle nápisů a rukopisů (Přív.) : Řecko-český slovník ; Attické tvary slovesné : podle nápisů a rukopisů. [S.l.]: [s.n.], 1988, 135 s. info
  • VLACHOS, V. P. Ta rimata omala ke anomala tis archeas ellinikis. Gutenber Athina, 1990. info
  • LIDDELL, H. G. and R. SCOTT. A Greek-English Dictionary. Oxford, 1951. info
  • PAPE, Wilhelm. Dr. W. Pape's Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache : in vier Bänden. Edited by Maximilian Sengebusch. 3. Aufl. Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1880, 1424 s. info
  • PAPE, Wilhelm. Dr. W. Pape's Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache : in vier Bänden. Edited by Maximilian Sengebusch. 3. Aufl. Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1880, xviii, 154. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, practice (grammar exercises, translating), reading of simple Greek texts, drill.
Assessment methods
Students’ active attendance is necessary. Credits are obtained by passing a written test (the first 6 lessons of the textbook Lexis). The test consists of a short coherent Greek text translation, a translation of sentences from Greek into Czech, identifying verb forms exercise and a translation of verb forms (from and into Czech), declension of nouns and adjectives.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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