LMD01 Roman Literature Interpretative Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Daša Bartoňková, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course can be summarized as follows:
to understand the selected parts of Petronius' Satyricon;
to comment on these parts both linguistically and stylistically;
to use information gained in other courses to comment on historical and literary context of Petronius' works (on elementary level);
to analyze literary devices used in the text.
Syllabus
  • Introduction - Satyricon in literary and historical context.
  • Personality of the author.
  • Reading and translation of selected parts of Petronius' work. Cena Trimalchionis.
  • Analysis of language.
  • Grecisms.
  • Vulgar Latin elements in Petronius' work. Vulgar Latin as a means of characterization of the 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
Assessment methods
Type of teaching: lectures, readings, translation and commentaries of the texts. Requirements: regular attendance and active class participation (75%), homework, essay, in-class presentation and final test (handing in a translation and commentary of given texts, knowledge of metrical schemes used in the texts).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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