KRMgrA07 Greek Literature: Selected Topics I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:50–12:25 L41
Prerequisites
Passing the courses History of the Classical Literature I, II
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
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Course objectives
The main content of the course are selected themes of the ancient Greek literature, that have been explored recently and could not be explained due to the shortage of time.
At the end of this course, students should have a thorough knowledge of the selected topics of the ancient Greek literature.
Syllabus
  • 1.-2. Hellenistic period; Museion
  • 3.-7. Callimachean Hymns and his other poetry
  • 8. Apollonius Rhodius as a hellenistic poet
  • 9. Theocritus and his idylls
  • 10. Herondas and his mimiambi
  • 11.-13. Menandros and new comedy
Literature
  • CANFORA, Luciano. Storia della letteratura greca. Roma: Laterza, 1994. ISBN 88-421-0205-9. info
  • DEL CORNO, D. Letteratura greca. Milano, 1988. info
  • LESKY, A. Geschichte der griechischen Literatur. Bern, 1971. info
  • KALLIMACHOS. Werke : griechisch und deutsch. Translated by Markus Asper. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2004, x, 548. ISBN 3534136934. info
  • A companion to Hellenistic literature. Edited by James Joseph Clauss - Martine Cuypers. 1st pub. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, xxv. ISBN 9781405136792. info
  • Brill's companion to Hellenistic epigram. Edited by Peter Bing - Jon Steffen Bruss. Boston: Brill, 2007, 656 p. ;. ISBN 9004152180. info
  • Brill's companion to Callimachus. Edited by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes - Luigi Lehnus - Susan A. Stephens. Leiden: Brill, 2011, xviii, 708. ISBN 9789004156739. info
  • Brill's companion to Apollonius Rhodius. Edited by Theodore D. Papanghelis - Antōnios Renkakos. Second, revised edition. Leiden: Brill, 2011, 479 stran. ISBN 9789004205888. info
  • APOLLÓNIOS RHODSKÝ. Argonautica. Edited by R. L. Hunter. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015, ix, 339. ISBN 9781107063518. info
  • Callimachus : the hymns. Translated by Susan A. Stephens. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, xiv, 324. ISBN 9780199783045. info
  • APOLLÓNIOS RHODSKÝ. Argonautika. Edited by Magdalena Moravová, Translated by Josef Jaroš. Vyd. 2. Praha: Argo, 2013, 319 s. ISBN 9788025707395. info
  • Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus. Edited by Theocritus - R. L. Hunter. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003, xii, 226 p. ISBN 0520235606. info
  • When a young man falls in lovethe sexual exploitation of women in new comedy. Edited by Vincent J. Rosivach. New York: Routledge, 2003, viii, 211. ISBN 0203068580. info
  • MENANDROS. Menander. Translated by W. Geoffrey Arnott. 1st pub. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1996, x, 509. ISBN 9780674995062. info
  • MENANDROS. Komedie pro všední den. Translated by Karel Hubka - Eva Stehlíková. Vydání první. Praha: Svoboda, 1983, 409 stran. info
  • THEOKRITOS, MOSCHOS and BIÓN ZE SMYRNY. Idyly. Translated by Rudolf Kuthan. V Praze: Společnost přátel antické kultury, 1927, xvi, 101. URL info
Teaching methods
Planned learning activities and teaching methods consist in a set of lectures 1½ hours per week and preparatory homework (reading discussed texts).
Assessment methods
Credits are awarded for an essay on the the selected topic related to ancient greek literature. Specific topics of the essays will be agreed upon at the last lecture session. Essay should fulfill the basic standards of the scholarly work (use of relevant secondary literature, citations, etc.), length of the essay: 5 pages of 1 800 characters.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2015.
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