UZLJMC3 Reading "Carmina Burana"

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Dana Stehlíková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites
Passing the 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
Main objectives of the course can be summarized as follows:
- to understand primary texts of medieval secular lyrics, its language, poetics and content
- to get acquainted with Carmina Burana as the most important and best known collection of the poetry of this kind (necessary if one wants to become familiar with this literary genre)
Syllabus
  • The following texts will be examined (after intensive individual preparation):
  • CB 11, 16, 17, 41, 42, 44, 51, 74, 75, 100, 117, 123, 130, 131a, 136, 138, 143, 191, 196, 211, 219
  • - following the edition Carmina Burana, ed. A. Hilka, O. Schumann, 1930, 1941.
Literature
  • Carmina Burana. Bd. 2, Kommentar. [H.] 1, Einleitung : (die Handschrift der Carmina Burana), die moralisch-satirischen Dichtungen. Edited by Alfons Hilka - Otto Schumann. Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1930. info
  • Carmina Burana : lateinisch/deutsch. Edited by Günter Bernt. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2006, 352 s. ISBN 3150087856. info
  • Písně žáků darebáků. Edited by Rudolf Mertlík, Illustrated by Zdeněk Mézl. 1. souborné vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1970, cdlxxxiii. URL info
Assessment methods
Individual home reading. Credit: students should prove their ability to understand the text (the language as well as the content), to translate it and to read rhythmic poetry (vagant strophe etc.)
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 each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010.
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