REBcA16 Classical Greek for Students of Modern Greek II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Steklá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Timetable
Wed 9:10–10:45 122
Prerequisites (in Czech)
REBcA15 Classical Greek I
Znalost gramatiky v rozsahu 5 lekcí učebnice Lexis.
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
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 with respect to the later development of the 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; translate easy Greek texts using a dictionary; explain the functions of selected syntactic structures; understand and derive the emergence of Modern Greek grammar forms on the basis of Ancient Greek forms.
Syllabus
  • 1. Revision of present tense and imperfect tense 2. Strong aorist active and middle voice 3. The role of aorist, perfective condition. 4. Weak aorist active and middle voice 5. Future tense active and mediopassive 6. Personal, relative, demonstrative pronouns. 7. Comparison of adjectives. 8. Consonant stems – explosive sounds. 9. Consonant stems – liquid sounds. 10. Irregular comparison of adjectives and adverbs. 11. Weak aorist passive. 12. Weak future tense passive. 13. Summary and revision.
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), reading of simple Greek texts, drill.
Assessment methods
Students’ active attendance is necessary. Credits are obtained by passing a written test (12 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 Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
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