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CJBC801 Ancient Medical and Generally Scientific Books

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Michaela Soleiman pour Hashemi, CSc. (lecturer)

Supervisor

doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature and Library Studies - Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Eva Zachová

Timetable

Tue 17:30–19:05 M12

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course will be conceived as interdisciplinary with the aim of transmitting the richness of texts of the older literature focused on the natural science. The course is designed in particular for students of the medical fields of study. The set of ten lectures will begin with the presentation of the writings of Osvald Croll (1560-1609). His European known textbook of natural science Basylica chymica, including also the description of human body and illnesses, was edited in 1608 and became a bestseller.
Subsequently, the subjects of the medieval literature, the literature of the Renaissance humanism and the literature of the baroque epoch will succeed in chronological order.
Also, the attention will be paid to the Old Czech medical terms of illnesses within the scope of more complex preview, including the contemporary conception of the various fields of study, comprehending the botany, astronomy, astrology, geography. After finishing the course students will - gain an overview of the most important writings of the old Czech literature that pay attention to the nature and man;
- understand the interdisciplinary character of the knowledge of Middle Age and Modern Period;
- understand the way of processing the contemporary knowledge in the concrete texts;
- be aware of the position of the natural sciences in the extensive context of subjects and genres of the old literature.

Syllabus

• 1. Osvlad Croll: Mysterious naturalist and medical man of the court of Rudolf?
• 2. The medieval "Fyzilogář" as a source of information on the man and nature.
• 3. The Renaissance travel book – confrontation of the concept of the world based on the reading and individual experience (Oldřich Prefát z Vlkanova and Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic and their voayges to the Holly Land).
• 4. The "Herbarium" and "Knihy lékařské" by Mattioli: their importance and reception in the Czech environment.
• 5. Tomáš Jordán z Klauzenburk – the Renaissance medical man and balneologist.
• 6. How did our ancestors travel to the so-called exotic lands a what did they write about it? (Persia, Iceland, Lappland, Mexico).
• 7. Theatrum as the encyclopedia of world and man, its traditions and forms in the Czech literature of humanism.
• 8. The "Lucidář" and its importance for the popular reader of the baroque epoch, the reflections of the "popular world" with his healer knowledge and magic.
• 9. The baroque homiletics with regard to the so-called popular medicine.
• 10. Osvald Croll and others: In what aspects are their writings incentive for us? (summary of the course).

Literature

• KOLDINSKÁ, Marie. Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic :cesta intelektuála k popravišti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2004. 573 s., [3. ISBN 80-7185-537-5. info
• PETRŮ, Eduard. Vzrušující skutečnost : fakta a fantazie ve středověké a humanistické literatuře. Ostrava: Profil, 1984. info
• HARANT Z POLŽIC A BEZDRUŽIC, Kryštof. Kristofa Haranta z Polžic a z Bezdružic a na Pecce atd. Cesta z království českého do Benátek, odtud do země Svaté, země Judské a dále do Egypta, a potom na horu Oreb, Sinai a Sv. Kateřiny v pusté Arabii. Díl I. : Cesta z království českého do Benátek, o. V Praze: V kommissí u Františka Řivnáče, 1854. info
• Staročeské knihy lékařské. Edited by Alena M. Černá. 1. vyd. Brno: Host, 2006. xvii, 472. ISBN 80-7294-204-2. info
• Croll, O.: Basilica chymica, Frankfurt 1609
• Česká touha cestovatelská : cestopisy, deníky a listy ze 17. století [26946]. Edited by Simona Binková - Josef Polišenský. Praha: Odeon, 1989. info
• Konečný, Matouš: Theatrum divinum, Praha 1616
• HARANT Z POLŽIC A BEZDRUŽIC, Kryštof. Kristofa Haranta z Polžic a z Bezdružic a na Pecce atd. Cesta z Království Českého do Benátek, odtud do země Svaté, země Judské a dále do Egypta, a potom na horu Oreb, Sinai a Sv. Kateřiny v pusté Arabii. Díl II. : Cesta z Království Českého do Benátek,. V Praze: V kommissí u Františka Řivnáče, 1855. info
• KLARET. Mistra Bartoloměje z Chlumce, řečeného Klaret, Ptačí zahrádka. Translated by Jana Nechutová, Illustrated by Adolf Born. Vyd. 1. Brno: Petrov, 1991. 106 s. ISBN 80-85247-09-7. info
• KOPECKÝ, Milan. Český humanismus. Praha: Melantrich, 1988. info
• PREFÁT Z VLKANOVA, Oldřich. Cesta z Prahy do Benátek a odtud potom po moři až do Palestiny. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007. 526 s. ISBN 978-80-7106-882. info
• BOČKOVÁ, Hana. Nathanaél Vodňanský z Uračova: Theatrum mundi minoris (Nathanaél Vodňanský of Uračov: Theatrum mundi minoris). 1. kritické vydání. Brno: Atlantis, 2001. 296 pp. Thesaurus absconditus, č. 4. ISBN 80-7108-228-7. info
• GUREVIČ, Aron. Nebe, peklo, svět :cesty k lidové kultuře středověku. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1996. 524 s. ISBN 80-85787-41-5. info
• Tectander, Georg: Iter Persicum..., Altenburg 1609
• Staročeské názvy chorob. ISBN 9788024614854. info
• MATTHIOLI, Petr Ondřej. Herbář, jinak, Bylinář velmi užitečný. Translated by Tadeáš Hájek z Hájku. Praha: Odeon, 1982. info

Teaching methods

The lecture uses mainly the method of presentation, analysis and application of theoretical knowledge during interpretations of selected texts.

Assessment methods

Assessment: oral or written test.

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught only once.

Teacher's information

Na výuce se budou rovným dílem podílet pracovnice Ústavu české literatury a knihovnictví FF MU prof. PhDr. Michaela Soleiman pour Hashemi, CSc., a doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012.

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