FF:LJMedA02 Bohemian-Latin Med. Lit. I - Course Information
LJMedA02 Bohemian-Latin Medieval Literature I
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová - Timetable
- Wed 13:20–14:55 A31 stara
- 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
- Classical Philology (programme FF, M-FI)
- Classical Philology (programme FF, N-FI)
- Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI)
- Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
- Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
- Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS3)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS3)
- Course objectives
- Latin literature of the Czech Middle Ages from its beginnings (10th century) to the end of the period (to the times of Iohannes Hus and partly the Hussite movement). The course is divided into two parts. At the end of the second part, students should be able to describe the history of medieval Latin literature in Bohemia in 14th century; to explain the influences of the classical tradition on medieval literature; to identify the connections of the 14th-century Latin literature in Bohemia with the development of the Latin literature in Europe, as well as with the contemporary Old Czech literature; to evaluate the most significant representatives of particular genres of the 14th-century Latin literature in Bohemia; to analyze the language and style of their selected works.
- 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
- Teaching methods
- Lectures.
- Assessment methods
- Regular attendance and active class participation (min. 75%); final oral exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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