UZLJA05 Interpretative Seminar I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The main objectives of the course can be summarized as follows:
to understand the selected passages of Petronius' Satyricon;
to comment on these passages both linguistically and stylistically;
After completing this course, student is able to use information gained in this and other courses to comment on historical and literary context of Petronius' works (on elementary level);
to analyze literary devices used in the work.
Syllabus
  • Introduction - Satyricon in literary and historical context.
  • Personality of the author.
  • Reading and translation of selected passages of Petronius' work. Cena Trimalchionis.
  • Analysis of language.
  • Grecisms.
  • Vulgar Latin elements in Petronius' work. Vulgar Latin as a means to characterize protagonists.
  • Ways to express irony in Satyricon.
  • Metrical analysis.
Literature
  • BARTOŇKOVÁ, Daša. (ed., transl.) Gian Biagio Conte: Dějiny římské literatury. (Gian Biago Conte: History of Latin Literature.). 2., revid. a dopl. vydání. Praha: KLP - Koniasch Latin Press, 2008, 800 pp. sine. ISBN 978-80-86791-57-9. info
  • HABERMEHL, Peter. Petronius, Satyrica 79-141 : ein philologisch-literarischer Kommentar. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2006, lxxi, 488. ISBN 9783110185331. info
  • CONTE, Gian Biagio. Profilo storico della letteratura latina : dalle origini alla tarda età imperiale. 1. ed. Grassina (Firenze): Monnier Università, 2004, xxiii, 343. ISBN 8800860877. info
  • BARTOŇKOVÁ, Dagmar. Řecký román I. Praha: Arista, 2001, 354 pp. Antická knihovna. ISBN 80-86410-10-2. info
  • HERMAN, József. Vulgar Latin. Přel. Wright, Roger. University Park (PA): Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000, 130 pp. ISBN 0-271-02001-6. info
  • LUKÁŠOVÁ, Jana. Realismus u Petronia. Edited by Dagmar Bartoňková. 1999, 92 s. info
  • CONTE, Gian Biagio. L'autore nascosto :un'interpretazione del "Satyricon". Bologna: Società editrice il Mulino, 1997, 218 s. ISBN 88-15-05767-6. info
  • BARTOŇKOVÁ, Dagmar. Il Prosimetrum in Naturales Quaestiones di Seneca (Il Prosimetrum in Naturales Quaestiones di Seneca in Litteraria Humanitas III.). Litteraria Humanitas III. 1996. info
  • BARTOŇKOVÁ, Dagmar. Letteratura prosimetrica e narrativa antica. In La letteratura di consumo nel mondo greco-latino, ed. O. Pecere, A. Stramaglia. Universita degli Studi di Cassino, 1996, p. 251-264. info
  • 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
  • CONTE, Gian Biagio. Letteratura latina : manuale storico dalle origini alla fine dell'impero romano. Nuov. ed. Firenze: Le Monnier, 1992, viii, 711. ISBN 8800421563. info
  • Dialog a satira : Platón, Xenofón, Cicero, Petronius, Seneca, Lúkianos. Translated by Václav Bahník. Vyd. jako celek 1. Praha: Odeon, 1977, 706 s. URL info
  • PETRONIUS ARBITER. Satyrikon. 5. vyd., (v Odeonu 1. úpln. Praha: Odeon, 1970, 149 s. URL info
  • WALSCH, P. G. The Roman Novel. The Satyricon of Petronius and the Metamorphoses of Apuleius. Cambridge, 1970. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, translation and commentary on text. Homework.
Assessment methods
Presence in the class (75%). Seminary work and presentation. Final test (translation of a sample of text, knowledge of metrical schemes used in the work).
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.
Credit evaluation note: Pro studenty doktorského studia (latinská medievistika) platí počet kreditů 10.
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 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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