LJBcB06 Reading Caesar II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
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
Timetable
Wed 8:20–9:55 30
Prerequisites (in Czech)
LJBcB05 Reading Caesar 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
Course objectives
The course is based on an annotated reading of Caesar's Commentarii de bello Gallico. During the second semester of this course, students read the 4th and 6th book of the Caesar's work. The stress is laid mainly on the understanding, adekvate translation and ability of explaining the grammar.
Syllabus
  • Reading of Caesar's Commentarii de bello Gallico: books 4, 6
  • Practice of adequate translation of the Latin original text. (Stress on the differences between the Latin syntactic constructions and the Czech modern ekvivalents.)
  • Comparation of the Latin original text and existing Czech translations.
  • Gramatical analysis.
  • Interpretation of the cultural-historical background.
  • Introduction to textual critique and it's use during the reading of original Latin text.
Literature
  • C. Iulii Caesaris Commentarii de bello Gallico; I. Text, II. Poznámky, III. Slovník. ed. R. Schenk. Praha, 1910. info
  • C. Iulii Caesaris Belli Gallici libri VII. für den Schulgebrauch erklärt von A. Doberenz. Leipzig, 1918. info
  • HORNIG, G. C. Iulius Caesar, Commentarii belli Gallici, Lehrerkommentar. Frankfurt am Main, 1973. info
  • ADCOCK, F. Caesar als Schriftsteller. Göttingen, 1962. info
  • BECKMANN F. Geographie und Etnographie in Caesars Bellum Gallicum. Dortmund, 1930. info
  • BRUHNS, H. Caesar und die römische Oberschicht in den Jahren 49-44 v. Chr. Göttingen, 1978. info
  • RICHTER, W. Caesar als Darsteller seiner Taten - eine Einführung. Heidelberg, 1977. info
  • STRASBURGER, H. Caesar im Urteil seiner Zeitgenossen. Darmstadt, 1968. info
  • CHRIST, K. Caesar. Annäherungen an einen Diktator. München, 1994. info
  • Dobesch, G. - Wenk, W. Caesar. (Text und Kommentar, 2. sv.) Wien: Hölder - Pichler - Tempsky, 1988.
  • ČEŠKA, Josef. Textová kritika ve filologické praxi. Vyd. 1. Brno: UJEP Brno, 1973, 70 s. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: Pro studenty jednooborové klasické filologie hodnoceno počtem kreditů 4.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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