UZLJM02 Bohemian-Latin Medieval Literature I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Anna Pumprová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites
B. A. State Exam in Latin Language and Literature or the appropriate knowledge of Latin proved by an exam.
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
Latin literature of the Czech Middle Ages from its beginnings (10th century) to the end of Middle Ages (to the times of Iohannes Hus). Main objectives of the course can be summarized as follows: to present the individual genres of the Latin Bohemian literature; to point out its connections with the development of Latin literature in Europe, as well as with the contemporary Old Czech literature; to explicate influences of the classical tradition on medieval literature. The course is divided into two parts. At the end of its first part, students should be familiar with history of medieval Latin literature in Bohemia to the end of the 13th century.
Syllabus
  • 1. Medieval Latin literature in Bohemia (definition, content, research on).
  • 2. Characteristics of Medieval Latin literature.
  • 3. Development of Bohemian Latin literature to the end of the 13th century: Hagiography.
  • 4. Historiography
  • 5. Sacred lyric (hymns, sequences, tropes, cantilenas).
  • 6. "Drama".
  • 7. Sermons.
  • 8. Diplomatics and rhetoric (charters, epistolography, formularies, dictamina).
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
Assessment methods
Type of teaching: lecture. Requirements: regular attendance and active class participation (min. 75%); reading of presented texts; final oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
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