UZLJB02 Classical Metrics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Latin.
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
Basics of Greek and Roman metrics (with special stress on Roman metrics). Students should gain both theoretical preparation and practical skill to handle with classical metres. The ordinary course is supported by an e-course www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/enrol.php?id=614 , where students can find also special bibliography to single lessons.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction into the metrics; origin and development of the Greek and Roman metres; the way of recitation.
  • 2. Existence of ictus.
  • 3. Saturnian verse.
  • 4.-5. Dactyls: their origin and development.
  • 6.-7. Iambi; their specific qualities in the Roamn poetry
  • 8.-9. Trochees.
  • 10. Anapests.
  • 11. Ionici, choriambi and peoni.
  • 12. Logaedic verses.
  • 13. Polymetri.
Literature
  • DREXLER, Hans. Einführung in die römische Metrik. 5., unveränd. Aufl. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1993, 200 s. ISBN 3-534-04494-0. info
  • CRUSIUS, Friedrich. Römische Metrik : eine Einführung. München: Max Hueber, 1929, vii, 163. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, František. Řecká a římská metrika. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1955, 131 s. info
  • Accent and rhythm :prosodic features of Latin and Greek : a study in theory and reconstruction. Edited by W. Sidney Allen. Cambridge: University Press, 1973. ISBN 0-521-20098-9. info
  • KRÁL, Josef. Řecká a římská rhythmika a metrika. 2, Řecká a římská metrika. Sv. 2. V Praze: Nákladem Jednoty českých filologů, 1911. info
  • OKÁL, Miloslav. Antická metrika a prekladanie gréckej a latinskej poézie do slovenčiny. Bratislava: Slovenský spisovateľ, 1990. ISBN 8022001562. info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Úvod do studia literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1977, 151 s. URL info
  • PETRŮ, Eduard. Úvod do studia literární vědy. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 2000, 187 s. ISBN 80-85839-44-X. info
Assessment methods
Lectures. Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Studenti jednooborové klasické filologie ukončují předmět kolokviem!
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
Credit evaluation note: Pokud se student rozhodne pro ukončení kolokviem, započítávají se mu 3 kredity.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007.
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