UZLJM05 Latin Literature of the Medieval Europe

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Zuzana Jungová
Prerequisites
B. A. State Exam in Latin Language and Literature
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
Course objectives
The lecture provides an overwiew of the Latin literary production in Europe from the late antiquity to the high Middle Ages.
Syllabus
  • The most important genres of medieval Latin literature and their development; Specific features of the medieval literature; Relationship between Latin literature and arising national literatures; Preconditions of literary development in the late Roman times; Overview of the Latin patristics; So called interim period in different parts of Europe; 9th-10th century - Carolingian Renaissance and Ottonian Renaissance; 11th century - beginning of the medieval Latin literatures blossoming; 12th century - Golden Age of the medieval Latin literature, "humanism" of the 12th century; 13th and 14th century - Literature of the late high Middle Ages, indications of the Renaissance and Humanism
Literature
  • Conte, G. B., Dějiny římské literatury, Praha 2003
  • Brunhölzl, Franz, Geschichte der lateinischen Literatur des Mttelalters, Müncehn 1976, 1992
  • Manitius, Max, Geshichte der lateinischen Literatur des Mittelalters I-III, München 1911, 1923, 1931
  • Letteratura latina medievale, (secoli VI-XV) :un manuale. Edited by Ferruccio Bertini - Claudio Leonardi. Firenze: SISMEL, 2002, xii, 512 s. ISBN 88-8450-098-2. info
  • Slovník latinských spisovatelů. Edited by Eva Kuťáková - Anežka Vidmanová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1984, 718 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Závěrečné hodnocení formou kolokvia po odevzdání domácí písemné práce. Je vyžadován obecný přehled o latinské literatuře středověké Evropy. Uchazeč si pro závěrečnu písemnou domácí práci o rozsahu cca 8 stran zvolí libovolného autora, podá o něm základní informaci a komentovaný překlad ukázky z jeho díla.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen studentům magisterského cyklu, ve výjimečných případadech jej lze po dohodě s vyučujícím zapsat semestr před složením státní bakalářské zkoušky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2005, recent)
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