LJBcB06 Reading Caesar II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2005
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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
LJBcB05 Reading Caesar I
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 second semester of this course, students read the 4th and 6th book of the Caesar's work. The stress is laid mainly on the understanding, adekvate translation and ability of explaining the grammar.
Syllabus
  • Reading of Caesar's Commentarii de bello Gallico: books 4, 6
  • Practice of adequate translation of the Latin original text. (Stress on the differences between the 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.
  • Introduction to textual critique and it's use during the reading of original Latin text.
Literature
  • CAESAR, C. Iulius. Commentarii rerum gestarum. Vol. 1: Bellum Gallicum. Edidit Alfred Klotz. Přetisk 4. vyd. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1957. info
  • CAESAR, C. Iulius. Commentarii rerum gestarum. Vol. 1: Bellum Gallicum. Edidit Otto Seel. 3rd ed. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1977. info
  • CAESAR, Gaius Iulius. Válečné paměti : o válce gallské, o válce občanské, alexandrijské, africké a hispánské. Translated by Ivan Bureš. 1. soubor. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1972, 634 s. URL info
  • MAURACH, Gregor. Caesar der Geschichtsschreiber. Kommentar für Schule und Studium. Münster: Aschendorff, 2003. ISBN 3-402-02166-8. info
  • ADCOCK, Frank, E. Caesar as Man of Letters. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1956, ix, 114. info
  • HORNIG, Georg. C. Iulius Caesar: Commentarii belli Gallici. Erläuterungen zu Buch I-IV, Teil B: Lehrerkommentar. 2nd ed. Frankfurt am Main: Diesterweg, 1968. info
  • HORNIG, Georg. C. Iulius Caesar: Commentarii belli Gallici. Erläuterungen zu Buch V-VIII, Teil B: Lehrerkommentar. 2nd ed. Frankfurt am Main: Diesterweg, 1969. ISBN 3-425-04325-0. info
  • DOBESCH, Gerhard and Wolfgang WENK. Caesar: Kommentarband. 1st ed. Wien: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1988. ISBN 3-209-00741-1. info
  • ROTHENBURG, Karl-Heinz von. Caesaris, e commentariis de bello Gallico, Bellum Helveticum. Edited by Gaius Iulius Caesar, Illustrated by Faber. 1. Aufl. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag, 1997, 72 s. ISBN 3-12-667200-0. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, František. Základní latinská mluvnice. 2. vyd., 1. vyd. v H & H. Praha: H & H, 1992, 297 s. ISBN 80-85467-91-7. info
  • ČEŠKA, Josef. Textová kritika ve filologické praxi. Vyd. 1. Brno: UJEP Brno, 1973, 70 s. info
  • CHRIST, K. Caesar. Annäherungen an einen Diktator. München, 1994. info
  • STRASBURGER, H. Caesar im Urteil seiner Zeitgenossen. Darmstadt, 1968. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: Pro studenty jednooborové klasické filologie hodnoceno počtem kreditů 4.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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