PV1B66 Latin IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Mazalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:10–15:45 L32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PV1A16 Latin III.
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
At the end of the course, students will be able to: read and translate an unknown Classical Latin text of average difficulty or a simple medieval Latin text into Czech with the assistance of a dictionary; comprehend basic odd features of the graphical form of medieval Latin.
Syllabus
  • 1. introduction to translation – selection of a dictionary, interdisciplinary aspects and the purpose of the translation; knowledge of Latin editions 2. revision and practical application of the topics explained during the three previous Latin courses – translation of shorter coherent texts written in Classical and medieval Latin; the texts are excerpted from these works: Caesar – Commentarii de Bello Gallico; Cicero – Tusculanae disputationes; Biblia sacra iuxta vulgatam versionem; Hus´s letters; Petrus Alphonsi – Disciplina clericalis.
Teaching methods
One 1.5 hours class per week consisting of a lecture and a seminar.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: regular class attendance (75%); oral colloquium, in which the ability to translate a shorter Latin text with the assistance of a dictionary and explanation of grammatical phenomena contained in the text will be examined.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nezapisuje kombinace AR-LJ
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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