KRMgrA03 M.A. Interpretative Seminar I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Priv.-Doz. Dr.phil. Stefan Schaffner, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Timetable
each even Monday 14:10–17:25 pracovna
Prerequisites
KRBcA04 Greek Grammar IV
Primary orientation in a Greek text.
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
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Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to understand selected passages of Homer's work; At the end of this course students shoudl be able:
to understand the selected passages of Homer epics;
to comment on these passages both linguistically and stylistically;
to analyze literary devices used in the work.
Syllabus
  • The seminar begins with a description of the most important features of Homeric metrics in so far as these metrical features are important for the linguistic interpretation of the text (for example breaks of a verse where hiatus is allowed; effects of old Digamma). Then a linguistic interpretation of single parts of the Homeric epics will follow. Off course the special wishes and interests of the participants can be taken into account when the parts of text for interpretation are selected. The seminar also serves as an introduction into the historical grammar and the language history of Greek. The study of the language of the Homeric epics is of importance for 1. How to judge the genesis of the Homeric epics and how to determine the different age of single parts of the texts. In this context are important: • the characteristic mixture of Ionian and Aeolic elements of the Homeric artificial language; • the sometimes in younger parts observable wrong use of archaic words and syntactic constructions which were not understandable anymore for younger poets. 2. the philological interpretation of the text (for example the determination of the meaning of Homeric words or word formations which are not continued in the later Greek language); 3. the Greek language history.
Literature
  • LIDDELL, H. G. and R. SCOTT. A Greek-English Dictionary. Oxford, 1951. info
  • SMYTH, Herbert Weir. Greek Grammar. Harvard University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-674-36250-0. info
  • SCHWYZER, E. and A. DEBRUNNER. Griechische Grammatik. München, 1939. info
  • příslušnou literaturu zadává vyučující individuálně na základě zvoleného tématu
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, translation and commentary on text. Homework is supposed.
Assessment methods
Colloquium
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: Předmět je povinný.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016.
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