FF:PV2A312 Medieval Latin II - Course Information
PV2A312 Medieval Latin II
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Iva Adámková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Iva Adámková, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Olga Barová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Thu 14:00–15:40 B2.11, except Thu 18. 4.
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! PV2A210 Medieval Latin II &&! NOW ( PV2A210 Medieval Latin II )
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Medieval Latin is a historico-cultural and linguistic phenomenon, continuing the old traditions of the Latin language and the literature of Classical Antiquity. The course on Medieval Latin provides a comprehensive overview of this continuity and highlights the main characteristics of Medieval Latin and literature as upholders of spiritual culture in both the European and Czech Middle Ages. The course also presents Medieval Latin as a language of historical sources and diplomatic documents. It outlines all the information about the sources and specialized literature for the further study of this topic.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, students will be able to:
- be familiar with the development of medieval Latin from a linguistic and literary viewpoint
- translate more complicated medieval Latin texts of a literary and diplomatic nature with the help of dictionaries - Syllabus
- Topics and chronology of Medieval Latin;
- History of the study of Medieval Latin;
- Constitutive elements of Medieval Latin;
- Dictionaries and tools pertaining to Medieval Latin.
- The state of the Latin language after the decline of the Roman Empire;
- Latin of the Merovingian period.
- Carolingian Renaissance;
- Benedictine monasteries of the Early Middle Ages;
- Insular Latin and its representatives;
- Christianization of the Bohemian lands and the beginnings of Czech-Latin literature;
- Latin in the high Middle ages;
- Forms and genres of medieval Latin prose;
- Forms of medieval Latin poetry;
- Medieval Latin religious poetry;
- Medieval Latin secular poetry.
- Seminar: Reading, translation and analysis of selected literary - and especially diplomatic - texts.
- Literature
- NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Latinská literatura českého středověku do roku 1400. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2000, 368 pp. ISBN 80-7021-305-1. info
- NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Středověká latina (Medieval Latin). První vyd. Praha: KLP, 2002, 164 pp. 654,2. ISBN 80-85917-82-3. info
- NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Středověká latina. 1. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy university, 1995, 114 s. ISBN 8021010592. info
- VIDMANOVÁ, Anežka. Laborintus :latinská literatura středověkých Čech. Vyd. 1. Praha: KLP-Koniasch Latin Press, 1994, 222 s. ISBN 80-901508-6-1. info
- NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Texty ke cvičením ze středověké latiny. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 87 s. ISBN 8021010584. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures (50%) Seminar (50%)
- Assessment methods
- Oral examination
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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