FF:LJMedA03b Bohemian-Latin Med. Lit. II - Course Information

LJMedA03b Bohemian-Latin Medieval Literature II

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites

LJMedA02b Bohemian-Latin Med. Lit. I
The lecture is designed for everyone interested in Medieval Latin literature. Knowledge of Latin is not required.

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

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Course objectives

The course is an introduction into the subject of Latin literature of the Bohemian Middle Ages from its beginnings to the end of the period (i.e. from the 10th century to the time of John Hus, or the Hussite movement). The course is divided into two parts. At the end of this second part, students should be able to describe the history of medieval Latin literature in Bohemia in the 14th century; to explain the influences of the classical tradition on medieval literature; to describe the connections of 14th-century Latin literature of Bohemian origin with the development of Latin literature in Europe, as well as with the contemporary Old Czech literature; to evaluate the most significant representatives of particular genres of the 14th-century Latin literature in Bohemia; to analyze language and style of selected treatises.

Syllabus

• Latin literature in 14th-century Bohemia: 1. Hagiography.
• 2. Biography and autobiography.
• 3. Historiography (Zbraslav chronicle, chroniclers of the time of Charles IV.).
• 4. Education and didactic literature.
• 5. The so-called protohumanism.
• 6. Sermons.
• 7. Literature for entertainment. Exempla. Travel literature.
• 8. Secular poetry.
• 9. Religious lyric poetry (hymns, sequences, tropes, cantilenas).
• 10. "Drama".
• 11. Devotional and mystical literature.
• 12. Scholarly literature.

Literature

• NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. (red.) Jaroslav Ludvíkovský: Antika, Čechy a evropská tradice. Spisy FFBU (Jaroslav Ludvíkovský: Antiquity, Czech and European Tradition). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 169 pp. Spisy 240. ISBN 80-210-2804-1. info
• NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Středověká latina (Medieval Latin). První vyd. Praha: KLP, 2002, 164 pp. 654,2. ISBN 80-85917-82-3. info
• NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Latinská literatura českého středověku do roku 1400. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2000, 365 pp. info
• SPUNAR, Pavel. Kultura středověku. 2. pozměn. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1995, 226 s. ISBN 8020005471. info
• VIDMANOVÁ, Anežka. Laborintus :latinská literatura středověkých Čech. Vyd. 1. Praha: KLP-Koniasch Latin Press, 1994, 222 s. ISBN 80-901508-6-1. info
• SPUNAR, Pavel. Kultura českého středověku. Vydání první. Praha: Odeon, 1987, 557 stran. URL info
• VIDMANOVÁ, Anežka and Eva KUŤÁKOVÁ. Slovník latinských spisovatelů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1984, 718 s. info

Teaching methods

Lecture on the selected topics; discussion over selected works of the authors analyzed in the classes; reading of selected texts.

Assessment methods

Regular attendance and active class participation (min. 75%); final oral exam testing students' orientation in the literature discussed during both semesters of the course (10th-14th centuries); discussion over the work of a selected author (students read only Czech translations).

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.

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