FF:KRBcA13 Classical Greek I - Course Information
KRBcA13 Classical Greek I
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jana Steklá, 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
- Wed 8:00–9:40 A21
- Prerequisites
- ! NOWANY ( KRBcC03 Introduction to Ancient Greek )
Knowledge of the Greek alphabet is an advantage. - 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 provides students with the knowledge of normative grammar of the Attic Greek dialect of the Classical period to a degree which is necessary for understanding Greek texts. At the end of the course students should be able to: reproduce at heart nominal and verbal paradigms studied during the course (see syllabus of the course); explain grammatical rules studied in the course; recognize grammatical categories of the morphological forms studied in the course; translate Greek sentences and simple texts into Czech; describe the grammatical structure of a clause.
- Syllabus
- 1. the alphabet, pronunciation of Greek, diacritical and punctuation marks 2. grammatical structure of Greek 3. O-stem declination 4. conjugation of non-contracted vowel verbs and consonant verbs in present tense active and mediopassive 5. accusative-with-infinitive constructions 6. A-stem declination 7. imperfect tense active and middle voice, the augment 8. expressing irreality 9. A-stems: masculine and a impurum 10. present mediopassive participle, absolute genitive construction 11. present indicative of the verb to be, formation of adverbs 12. nominative-with-infinitive construction
- Literature
- required literature
- HEILMANN, W. and K. ROESKE. Lexis. Einführung in die griechische Sprache. Frankfurt am Main, 1972. info
- NIEDERLE, Jindřich, Václav NIEDERLE and Ladislav VARCL. Mluvnice jazyka řeckého. Ve Vyšehradu 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 288 s. ISBN 8070212837. info
- recommended literature
- LEPAŘ, František. Nehomérovský slovník řeckočeský. V Mladé Boleslavi: Karel Vačlena, 1892, 1181 s. info
- BORNEMANN, E. and E. RISCH. Griechische Grammatik. Frankfurt, 1978. info
- not specified
- FÜRST, Kamil. Cvičebnice jazyka řeckého : pro 5. a 6. třídu gymnasií. 2., nezměněné vyd. V Praze: Profesorské nakladatelství a knihkupectví, 1947, 208 s. info
- Řecko-český slovník. Edited by Václav Prach. Praha: Scriptum, 1993, 588 s. ISBN 80-85528-22-3. info
- MENGE, H. Repetitorium der griechischen Syntax. Wolfenbüttel, 1914. info
- SCHWYZER, E. and A. DEBRUNNER. Griechische Grammatik. München, 1939. info
- SCHULZ, Jaroslav Gustav. Attické tvary slovesné : podle nápisů a rukopisů (Přív.) : Řecko-český slovník ; Attické tvary slovesné : podle nápisů a rukopisů. [S.l.]: [s.n.], 1988, 135 s. info
- VLACHOS, V. P. Ta rimata omala ke anomala tis archeas ellinikis. Gutenber Athina, 1990. info
- LIDDELL, H. G. and R. SCOTT. A Greek-English Dictionary. Oxford, 1951. info
- PAPE, Wilhelm. Dr. W. Pape's Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache : in vier Bänden. Edited by Maximilian Sengebusch. 3. Aufl. Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1880, 1424 s. info
- PAPE, Wilhelm. Dr. W. Pape's Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache : in vier Bänden. Edited by Maximilian Sengebusch. 3. Aufl. Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1880, xviii, 154. info
- Teaching methods
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods consist of lectures, practice (grammar exercises and translation), reading of simple Greek texts, drill. During the semester it is obligatory to do homework-tests in e-learning course.
- Assessment methods
- Students' active attendance during classes is necessary. Credits are obtained by passing the written test, which presupposes the knowledge of the first 5-6 lessons of the textbook Lexis. The test consists of a translation of sentences from Greek into Czech, identifying verb forms exercise and a translation of verb forms, declension of nouns and adjectives. Pass mark = 70%.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět povinný (A kredit) pro studenty klasické archeologie a dvouborové latiny, pro studenty ostatních oborů je volitelný (B kredit). - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
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- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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