UZLJA16 M. A. Final Exam in Latin Language and Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: SZK (final examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Daša Bartoňková, CSc. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites
UZLJA10 Test in Latin Grammar
In order to be admitted to the M. A. State Exam from the Latin Language and Literature, the student must succesfully complete B.A. State Exam from the Latin Language and Literature, must gain the prescribed amount of credits in M.A. Degree programme, must successfully complete the courses compulsory for all students of the Faculty of Arts and must complete the courses concerned with the required readings. He must also submit the M.A. Diploma Thesis or submit the M.A. Final Thesis.
Reading list:
Catullus: all poems except 61, 63, 64; 3 optional poems by heart. Propertius: I,1,18; III 21; IV 11. Tibullus: I 1,3,10; II 2; IV 7-9, 11. Horace: all. Seneca: Ad Luc. 1, 16,47. Pliny the Younger: I 1,9; II 6, 16; VI 16,20 33; IX 6, 36; X 1, 2, 29, 30, 37, 38, 96, 97. Plautus: one optional comedy. Tacitus: all.
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 aim of the exam is to examine student's knowledge and skills gained in Master's Degree programme (see course syllabus).
Syllabus
  • Content of the exam for the classical specialization:
  • 1. Detailed knowledge of the system of Latin grammar and the development of Latin language. 2. Detailed knowledge of the development of Roman literature and the awareness of its relationship with the Greek literature. 3. General knowledge of the other fields of Roman culture (philosophy, life and institutions, law, cult, private life...). 4. Thorough familiarity with the authors of the prescribed reading (Horace and Tacitus).
  • Content of the exam for the medievistic specialization:
  • 1. Detailed knowledge of the Latin literature, including its later and Christian stages. 2. General knowledge of the Czech medieval literature written in Latin. 3. General knowledge of the European medieval literature written in Latin. 4. Thorough familiarity with the author of the prescribed reading (Augustine).
  • Content of the exam for single-subject study:
  • 1. Detailed knowledge of the system of Latin grammar and the development of Latin language. 2. Detailed knowledge of the Latin literature, including its later and Christian stages, and its relationship with the Greek literature. 3. General knowledge of the Czech medieval literature written in Latin. 4. General knowledge of the European medieval literature written in Latin. 5. General knowledge of the other fields of Roman culture (philosophy, life and institutions, law, cult, private life...). 6. Thorough familiarity with the authors of the prescribed reading (Horace and Tacitus).
Literature
  • AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius. Confessiones (Orig.). info
  • TACITUS, Publius Cornelius. Cornelii Taciti Historiarum quae supersunt. Edited by Émile Person. Nouv. éd. Paris: Librairie classique d'Eugene Belin, 460 s. info
  • De civitate dei : The city of God. Vol. 1 : The city of God. Vol. 2. info
  • 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
  • HORATIUS, Quintus Flaccus. Odi ; Epodi. Edited by Maria Clara Pellegrini - Luca Canali - Quintus Flaccus Horatius. Milano: Oscar Mondadori, 2004, xx, 541. ISBN 8804528974. info
  • HOFMANN, Johann Baptist and Anton SZANTYR. Stilistica latina. Edited by Alfonso Traina - Renato Oniga - Bruna Pieri, Translated by Camillo Ner. 1. ed. Bologna: Pàtron Editore, 2002, xiv, 522. ISBN 8855526790. info
  • NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Středověká latina (Medieval Latin). První vyd. Praha: KLP, 2002, 164 pp. 654,2. ISBN 80-85917-82-3. info
  • HORATIUS, Quintus Flaccus. Opera. Edited by D. R. Shackleton Bailey. Ed. 4. Monachii: In aedibus K.G. Saur, 2001, x, 372. ISBN 3598712340. info
  • NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Latinská literatura českého středověku do roku 1400. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2000, 368 pp. ISBN 80-7021-305-1. info
  • MENGE, Hermann. Lehrbuch der lateinischen Syntax und Semantik. Edited by Friedrich Maier - Thorsten Burkard - Markus Schauer. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2000, xxxviii, 1. ISBN 3-534-13661-6. info
  • HORATIUS, Quintus Flaccus. Sermones. Edited by Gerhard Fink, Translated by Wilhelm Schöne - Hans Färber. Düsseldorf: Artemis & Winkler, 1999, 225 s. ISBN 3760813577. info
  • Medieval Latin : an introduction and bibliographical guide. Edited by F. A. C. Mantello - A. G. Rigg. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1996, xiv, 774 s. ISBN 0-8132-0841-6. info
  • SPUNAR, Pavel. Kultura středověku. 2. pozměn. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1995, 226 s. ISBN 8020005471. info
  • VIDMANOVÁ, Anežka. Laborintus :latinská literatura středověkých Čech. Vyd. 1. Praha: KLP-Koniasch Latin Press, 1994, 222 s. ISBN 80-901508-6-1. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Latinská syntaktická cvičení :se slovníkem. Praha: Universita Karlova, 1993, 192 s. ISBN 80-7066-807-5. info
  • TRAINA, Alfonso and Tullio BERTOTTI. Sintassi normativa della lingua latina :teoria. 2. ed. Bologna: Cappelli Editore, 1993, 519 s. ISBN 88-379-0717-6. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, František. Základní latinská mluvnice. 2. vyd., 1. vyd. v H & H. Praha: H & H, 1992, 297 s. ISBN 80-85467-91-7. info
  • TACITUS, Publius Cornelius. P. Cornelii Taciti Annalium libri XV-XVI : Einleitung, Text und vollständiger kritischer Apparat aller bekannten Handschriften. Edited by Franz Römer. Wien: Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger, 1976. ISBN 3205070240. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, František. Historická mluvnice latinského jazyka. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1955, 361 s. URL info
  • TACITUS, Publius Cornelius. Cornelii Taciti libri qui supersunt. Edited by Karl Halm. Ed. ster. Lipsiae: B.G. Teubner, 1901, 396 s. info
Assessment methods
Written and oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010.
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