KRMgrB14 Reading Homer's Odyssey

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Juraj Franek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:50–12:25 A21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Working knowledge of English.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives (in Czech)
Course "Reading Homer's Odyssey" introduces students to the Homeric world by close reading of selected portions of the foundational text of Western literature, ancient Greek epic Odyssey. Following the completion of the course, students will become familiar with the contents and the genesis of the work ("Homeric question"), its metrical and linguistic features, as well as basic notions of Homeric society, morality, religion, warfare and politics.
Given the influence Odyssey exerted in European culture, good knowledge of its contents will benefit not only classicists, but also students of European national literatures, students of religion and art historians.
Lectures are held in English, the course is therefore well suited for incoming Erasmus students.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Introduction
  • What happened so far: The Story of Iliad
  • Metrical, stylistical and linguistic features
  • Close reading of selected portions of the Odyssey
  • From Odysseus to Ulysses
  • Concluding remarks
Literature
    required literature
  • Lattimore, Richmond (trans.) (2007). The Odyssey of Homer. New York - London: Harper Perennial.
    recommended literature
  • Wace, Alan J.B. - Stubbings, Frank H.A. (eds.) (1962). Companion to Homer. London: Macmillan.
  • Vidal-Naquet, Pierre (2000). Le monde d’Homère. Paris: Perrin.
  • Fowler, Robert (ed.) (2004). The Cambridge Companion to Homer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Rengakos, Antonios - Zimmermann, Bernhard (eds.) (2011). Homer-Handbuch: Leben - Werk - Wirkung. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler.
  • Morris, Ian - Powell, Barry (eds.) (2011). A New Companion to Homer. Leiden - New York: Brill.
  • Slezák, Thomas A. (2012). Homer oder Die Geburt der abendländischen Dichtung. München: C.H. Beck.
  • Finley, Moses I. (2002). The World of Odysseus. New York: New York Review Books.
  • Saïd, Suzanne (2010). Homère et l'Odyssée. Paris: Belin.
  • Nicolson, Adam (2014). The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters. London: William Collins.
Teaching methods (in Czech)
Reading, lectures and class discussions.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Multiple choice test, a minimum of 70% is required to pass.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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