RLKB116 Classical Greek for the Students of Religion I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Dudzik, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Jana Steklá, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable
Mon 16:40–18:15 A43 stara
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides students with normative grammar of the Attic Greek dialect of the Classical period, to a degree which is necessary for understanding Greek texts. At the end of the course students should be able to: reproduce nominal and verbal paradigms studied within the course (vide syllabus of the course); explain grammatical rules studied within the course; recognize grammatical categories of the morphological forms studied within the course; translate Greek sentences and simple texts into Czech; describe the grammatical structure of a clause.
Syllabus
  • 1. the alphabet, pronunciation of Greek, diacritical and punctuation marks 2. grammatical structure of Greek 3. O-stem declination 4. conjugation of non-contracted vowel verbs and consonant verbs in present tense active and mediopassive 5. accusative-with-infinitive constructions 6. A-stem declination 7. imperfect tense active and middle voice, the augment 8. expressing irreality 9. A-stems: masculine and a impurum 10. present mediopassive participle, absolute genitive construction 11. present indicative of the verb to be, formation of adverbs 12. nominative-with-infinitive construction 13. strong aorist
Literature
  • HEILMANN, W. and K. ROESKE. Lexis. Einführung in die griechische Sprache. Frankfurt am Main, 1972. info
  • NIEDERLE, Jindřich, Václav NIEDERLE and Ladislav VARCL. Mluvnice jazyka řeckého. Ve Vyšehradu 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 288 s. ISBN 8070212837. info
  • FÜRST, Kamil. Cvičebnice jazyka řeckého : pro 5. a 6. třídu gymnasií. 2., nezměněné vyd. V Praze: Profesorské nakladatelství a knihkupectví, 1947, 208 s. info
  • LEPAŘ, František. Nehomérovský slovník řeckočeský. V Mladé Boleslavi: Karel Vačlena, 1892, 1181 s. info
  • Řecko-český slovník. Edited by Václav Prach. Praha: Scriptum, 1993, 588 s. ISBN 80-85528-22-3. info
  • SCHULZ, Jaroslav Gustav. Attické tvary slovesné : podle nápisů a rukopisů (Přív.) : Řecko-český slovník ; Attické tvary slovesné : podle nápisů a rukopisů. [S.l.]: [s.n.], 1988, 135 s. info
  • PAPE, Wilhelm. Dr. W. Pape's Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache : in vier Bänden. Edited by Maximilian Sengebusch. 3. Aufl. Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1880, xviii, 154. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, practice (translating, grammar exercises). Regular class attendance and homework are required.
Assessment methods
Students’ active attendance is necessary. Credits are obtained by passing a written test (the first 5 lessons of the textbook Lexis). The test consists of a translation of sentences from Greek into Czech, identifying verb forms exercise and a translation of verb forms, declension of nouns and adjectives.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Podle počtu zapsaných může být spojen s kurzem Klasická řečtina pro latináře I.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhasem vyučující.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009.
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