MEDMgr04 Selected Topics of Medieval and Humanistic literature

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Mazalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Dana Stehlíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 10:50–12:25 M21
Prerequisites
Students have to pass the BA examination (specifically the course MED10 "Classical literature in the Middle Ages").
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
At the end of the course students will be able to discuss the continuity between the Ancient (mostly Latin, Roman) and Medieval literature (or literary culture) in a broader cultural context of the Middle Ages. Students will acquire the neccesary knowledge pertaining to the nature and the meaning of Medieval returns to Antiquity up to the phase of Renaissance Humanism.
Syllabus
  • Late Antiquity - prerequisites for later developments in both secular and religious literature
  • Aurelius Augustinus - De civitate Dei, Confessiones, De doctrina christiana (in translations)
  • Boethius, Consolatio philosophiae (in translation)
  • Medieval schooling in the Early and Late Middle Ages
  • Significance of poetics and rhetorics
  • Classical texts in the medieval literature (authorities)
  • Authority of the Bible
  • Phenomenon of the humanism of the 12th century
  • Petrarch and the beginnings of the Italian humanism
  • Beginnings of humanism in Bohemia, the so-called protohumanism
Literature
  • Nechutová, Jana. Středověk a antická kultura. In: Středověká latina. Praha, 2002.
  • Spunar, Pavel. Středověká vzdělanost. In: Svět středověku. Praha, 1969.
  • KEPARTOVÁ, Jana. Římané a Evropa. Antické dědictví v evropské kultuře. 1st ed. Praha: Karolinum, 2005, 298 pp. ISBN 80-246-0862-6. info
  • NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Aurelius Augustinus, Křesťanská vzdělanost - De doctrina christiana (Aurelius Augustinus, The Christian Doctrine). Praha: Vyšehrad, 2004, 232 pp. ISBN 80-7021-740-5. info
  • CURTIUS, Ernst Robert. Evropská literatura a latinský středověk. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 1998, 738 s. ISBN 80-86138-07-0. info
  • NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Úděl a útěcha. Brno: EMAN, 1995, 158 s. ISBN 80-900696-8-1. info
  • Sestra múza : světská poezie latinského středověku. Praha: Odeon, 1990. ISBN 8020701451. info
  • BOËTHIUS, Anitius Manlius Torquatu. Boëthius : poslední Říman. Translated by Václav Bahník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1981, 205 s. URL info
  • Antika a česká kultura. Edited by Ladislav Varcl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1978, 575 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lecture; working with Ancient and Medieval Latin texts (in translation)
Assessment methods
Final written test, including oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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