REBcA18 Classical Greek for Students of Modern Greek IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Hana Bohrnová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 9:10–10:45 M11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
REBcA17 Classical Greek III
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
Continuation of normative grammar of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek. The aim of the course is to present a general survey of Ancient Greek grammar to students and outline the development into Modern Greek.
At the end of the course, students will be able to analyze complex Greek sentences; explain the use of concrete grammatical features in Greek sentences; understand more complex authentic Greek texts with the use of dictionaries; compare grammatical features in Ancient Greek with those of Modern Greek.
Syllabus
  • 1. The optative mood, basic information on sequence of tenses
  • 2. A short introduction to perfect tense in Greek
  • 3. Strong aorist
  • 4. Root aorist
  • 5. Formation of aorist and future stem with verbs whose stem ends in a liquid sound
  • 6. Athematic conjugation
  • 7. Basic survey of syntax
Literature
    required literature
  • HEILMANN, W. and K. ROESKE. Lexis. Einführung in die griechische Sprache. Frankfurt am Main, 1972. info
  • LEPAŘ, František. Nehomérovský slovník řeckočeský. V Mladé Boleslavi: Karel Vačlena, 1892, 1181 s. info
    not specified
  • LIDDELL, H. G. and R. SCOTT. A Greek-English Dictionary. Oxford, 1951. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, grammar exercises. Reading of continuous Greek text. Students are required to translate and gramatically analyze particular chapters in advance at home with use of vocabulary. During the classes, the text is translated and the grammar is explained.
Assessment methods
The course ends with an examination which consists of a written part and an oral part. Written part: translation of an authentic Greek text with the use of a dictionary, a translation of sentences from Greek into Czech focused on syntax, morphological identifying of verb forms exercise, verification of knowledge of irregular verb forms (the most frequent verbs). Oral part: students translate a chosen part from the Gospel of Luke, identifying verb forms, possibly comment on syntactic phenomena.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015.
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