DSBcB07 Reflexion of Ancient Literature in Later Art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Jana Malaníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Jana Malaníková, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
! DSBcB007 Ancient Literature in Art
At least basic knowledge of Latin is an advantage, not a requirement for the enrollment into the course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The topic of the seminar concerns selected Latin texts which consequently served as themes for various kinds of visual art; these texts will be discussed from the following points of view: language, stylistics, and as a piece of visual art. The course is taught in Czech.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be capable of discerning and interpreting themes of ancient literature used in visual arts.
Syllabus
  • The importance of cultural heritage of ancient literature for understanding of visual arts of the following centuries
  • Caesar
  • Athena and Poseidon
  • Lucretia
  • Trimalchio's feast
  • Beasts in emblematics etc.
  • A donkey
Literature
    required literature
  • HALL, James. Slovník námětů a symbolů ve výtvarném umění. Vyd. 2., v Pasece 1. Praha: Paseka, 2008, 517 s. ISBN 9788071859024. info
  • Latinsko-český slovník. Edited by Josef Miroslav Pražák - František Novotný - Josef Sedláček. 20. vyd. Praha: KLP-Koniasch Latin Press, 1999, 1425 s. ISBN 80-85917-51-3. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, František. Řecká a římská metrika. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1955, 131 s. info
  • PRAŽÁK, Josef Miroslav, Josef SEDLÁČEK and František NOVOTNÝ. Latinsko-český slovník : k potřebě gymnasií a reálných gymnasií. Vyd. 11., nezm. (nezm. dot. V Praze: nákladem Československé grafické unie, 1938, xii, 1348. info
    recommended literature
  • PETRONIUS ARBITER. Petronii Arbitri Satyricon reliquiae. Edited by Konrad Müller. 4. ed. Stutgardiae: in aedibus B.G. Teubneri, 1995, xlviii, 19. ISBN 3-519-01580-3. info
  • OVIDIUS. P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoses. Edited by William Scovil Anderson. Stuttgardiae: in aedibus B.G. Teubneri, 1993, xxviii, 41. ISBN 3-8154-1565-9. 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
  • CAESAR, C. Iulius. Commentarii rerum gestarum. Vol. 1: Bellum Gallicum. Edidit Otto Seel. 3rd ed. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1977. info
  • Slovník antické kultury. Edited by Václav Bahník. Praha: Svoboda, 1974, 717 s. URL info
  • SVOBODA, Ludvík. Encyklopedie antiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1973, 741 s. URL info
  • LIVIUS, Titus. Titi Livi Ab urbe condita. Edited by Charles Flamstead Walters - Robert Seymour Conway. 1st pub. Oxonii: Clarendon, 1919, xxviii, 38. ISBN 0198146213. URL info
  • PLINIUS SECUNDUS, C. Naturalis historia. V. sv., ed. L. Ian- K. Mayhoff. Lipsko, 1897. info
Teaching methods
The course has the form of a seminar.
Assessment methods
The credits are granted on the basis of a duly written and submitted seminar paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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