UZLJA09 Reading and Metrical Analysis of Horace

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
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
B.A. Final State Exam from 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 core of the course consists of reading, translating and interpreting selected poems of Horace. At the end of the course the students will be able to translate and interpret adequately the poems of Horace in the context of the poetry of the Augustan Period. They will also be able to recognize and analyse all typical Horatian meters.
Syllabus
  • 1. Car. I, 1-4
  • 2. Car. I, 7-11
  • 3. Car. I, 14, 22, 24, 37
  • 4. Car. II, 3, 7, 10, 14, 18
  • 5. Car. III 1-3
  • 6. Car. III, 8, 9 , 12-13, 30
  • 7. Car. IV, 3, 5, 7
  • 8. Epod. 2, 11-13
  • 9. Epod. 15-17
  • 10. Sat. I, 1, 9
  • 11. Sat. II, 6, 8
  • 12. Epist. I, 2, 10
  • 13. Ars poetica
Literature
  • HORATIUS, Quintus Flaccus. Q. Horati Flacci, Opera. Edited by David R. Shackleton Bailey. Ed. altera. Stutgardiae: in aedibus B.G. Teubneri, 1991, x, 372 s. ISBN 3-519-11436-4. info
  • ORAZIO. Odi e Epodi. ed. A. Traina,E. Mandruzzato. Milano, 1985. info
  • HORATIUS, Quintus Flaccus. Satire. Edited by Mario Labate. Milano: RCS Rizzoli Libri, 1981, 337 s. ISBN 88-17-12302-1. info
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a seminar. Active participation is expected from all students. Credit is awarded in a manner of a colloquium - reading, translating and interpreting a selected poem.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
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 však zapsat semestr před složením státní bakalářské zkoušky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006.
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