FF:MED05 Classical Literature I - Course Information

MED05 Classical Literature I (Greek)

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 14:10–15:45 A21

Prerequisites

(! LJBcA05 Classical Literature I ) && (! LJBcA06 Classical Literature II ) && !NOW( LJBcA05 Classical Literature I ) && !NOW( LJBcA07 Classical Literature III )
No specific demands.

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 aim of the course is to present the compendious history of the ancient Greek literature, the first European literature at all. The Greeks contributed to the Western Civilisation by inventing the majority of literary genres which were therafter adopted by particular European national literatures, mediated to them by Roman literature (taught in the following semester). At the end of this course, students should be able to nominate the most important Greek writings and to classify them according to their genre characteristics. They should also be able to intepret the particular Greek writings on account of individual reading of their Czech translations.

Syllabus

• 1. Periods of the Ancient Greek literature.
• 2. The beginnings of epic poetry. Homeric question.
• 3. Didactic epos.
• 4. Lyric poetry: monodic and choral lyric.
• 5. Elegy. Iamb. Epigram.
• 6. Prose of the Archaic period.
• 7. The beginning of drama (tragedy, comedy.); Aischylos.
• 8. Sophocles. Euripides.
• 9. Attic comedy ("the Old Comedy") and hellenistic comedy ("the New Comedy")
• 10. Attic philosophy.
• 11. Attic historiography and rhetoric.
• 12. Hellenistic poetry. Allexandrean Moderne. New genres.
• 13. Hellenistic prose (historiographical, philosophic, the novel).

Literature

• BARTOŇKOVÁ, Dagmar. (ed., transl.) Luciano Canfora: Dějiny řecké literatury. 2., revidované a doplněné vydání. ((ed., transl.) Luciano Canfora: History of Greek Literature. 2., revised and supplemented edition.). Praha: KLP - Koniasch Latin Press, 2004, 904 pp. sine. ISBN 80-86791-10-6. info
• DEL CORNO, D. Letteratura greca. Milano, 1988. info
• LESKY, Albin. Geschichte der griechischen Literatur. Bern-München: Francke, 1971, 1023 pp. ISBN 3-7720-0050-9. info
• STIEBITZ, Ferdinand. Stručné dějiny řecké literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1967, 247 s. info
• SCHMID, Wilhelm and Otto STÄHLIN. Geschichte der griechischen Literatur. München: Beck, 1961. info

Teaching methods

The course is provided as lectures, which are supported by an e-course.

Assessment methods

To obtain the credits, students have to succeed in the written test consisting of multiple-choice questions, minimum pass level 60 % + they have to supply a short essay-analysis of the individal reading of ancient greek literature.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Tento předmět si nezapisujte, pokud již máte zapsán předmět LJBcA05, který poskytuje hlubší znalosti starořecké literatury.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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