ESA093 Courtly Culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Lee, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Timetable
Tue 16:40–18:15 zruseno D21
Prerequisites
Students must be able to present and defend their own opinions and to accept constructive criticism and advice.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand the conception of courtly love to learn the history of research into courtly love (G. Paris, C.S. Lewis, J. Robertson, Don Monson) to become acquainted with the most important medieval and Renaissance authors of the courtly culture (Andreas Capellanus, G. Boccaccio, G. Chaucer, Guillaume de Poitiers).
Syllabus
  • The courtly love and courtly culture. The history of research into the phenomenon of courtly love.
  • The phenomen of the troubadours.
  • Andreas Capellanus - De amore (the 1st book of De amore). The most important essays about this treatise (Monson, Lewis, Robertson, Bowden, Ruhe).
  • G. Chaucer -Troilus a Kriseida.
  • Chretién de Troyes - Cligés.
  • G. Boccaccio - Decameron.
Literature
  • MOORE, John C.
  • BENTON, John F. The Court of Champagne as a Literary Center. Speculum. 1961, vol. 36, no. 4, s. 551-591.
  • KELLY, Douglas. Coutly Love in Perspektive: The Hierarchy of Love in Andreas Capellanus. Traditio. 1968, vol. 24, no. , s. 119-147.
  • BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. Dekameron. Illustrated by Radovan Krátký. 1. vyd. Praha: Melantrich, 1979, 668 s. info
  • CHAUCER, Geoffrey. Canterburské povídky. Translated by František Vrba. Vyd. 2. Praha: Odeon, 1970, 435 s. info
  • LEWIS, C. S. The allegory of love : a study in medieval tradition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1958, 378 p. info
Teaching methods
Every lecture requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
Lectures, class discussion, homeworks, reading. Written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Předmět není určen posluchačům oboru filmová věda.
Information on course enrolment limitations: posluchači bc. estetiky, kteří začali své studium před více než třemi semestry, musí mít splněnu postupovou zkoušku (ESAPZE), jinak si tento předmět nemohou zapsat
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