LJBcB05 Reading Caesar I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, 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
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 first semester of this course, students read the 1st book of the Caesar's work. The course is reccomended to students in the first study-year and it prepares student for the advance (move-on) exam in the end of the first study-year.
Syllabus
  • Reading of Caesar's Commentarii de bello Gallico: book 1.
  • Practice of adequate translation of the Latin original text. (Stress on the differences between 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.
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
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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