KRBcA14 Classical Greek

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Poláková (lecturer), doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Juraj Franek, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Juraj Franek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Kateřina Bočková Loudová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:30–14:05 U33
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KRBcA13 Classical Greek || KLBcA21 Ancient Greek I || LJBcA13 Course: Greek I || OJ521 Greek I || RLB116 Classical Greek I
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
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.
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;
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
    required literature
  • HEILMANN, W. and K. ROESKE. Lexis. Einführung in die griechische Sprache. Frankfurt am Main, 1972. info
  • NIEDERLE, Jindřich, Václav NIEDERLE and Ladislav VARCL. Mluvnice jazyka řeckého. Ve Vyšehradu 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 288 s. ISBN 8070212837. info
    not specified
  • LEPAŘ, František. Nehomérovský slovník řeckočeský. V Mladé Boleslavi: Karel Vačlena, 1892, 1181 s. 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
  • Řecko-český slovník. Edited by Václav Prach. Praha: Scriptum, 1993, 588 s. ISBN 80-85528-22-3. info
Teaching methods
Planned learning activities and teaching methods consist of 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, an identification and translation of verbal forms (from and into Czech) and the declension of nouns and adjectives. Pass mark is 60%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Studenti klasické archeologie skládají povinně zkoušku.
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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