LJMgrA05 Interpretative Seminar I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Daša Bartoňková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 M22
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
At the end of the course students should be able to: translate selected passages of Petronius' Satyricon;
comment on these passages both linguistically and stylistically;
discuss literary context of Apuleius' work;
describe literary devices used in the work.
Syllabus
  • Personality of the author.
  • Reading and translation of selected passages of Apuleius' work.
  • Analysis of language.
  • Grecisms.
  • Stylistic and literary devices used in Apuleius' work.
Literature
  • STEHLÍKOVÁ, Eva. Apuleius and Drama. Listy filologické. Praha: Academia, 2008, vol. 131, 3-4, p. 541-543. ISSN 0024-4457. info
  • 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
  • MAY, Regine. Apuleius and drama : the ass on stage. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, xi, 379. ISBN 0199202923. info
  • Lectiones scrupulosae : essays on the text and interpretation of Apuleius' Metamorphoses in honour of Maaike Zimmerman. Edited by W. H. Keulen - Ruurd R. Nauta - Stelios Panayotakis. Groningen: Barkhuis, 2006, xv, 338. ISBN 9077922164. info
  • LEE, Benjamin Todd. Apuleius' Florida : a commentary. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2005, viii, 215. ISBN 3110177714. 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
  • APULEIUS, Lucius. Opera quae supersunt. Edited by Rudolf Helm. Monachii: In aedibus K.G. Saur, 2001, viii, 301. ISBN 3598710550. info
  • BARTOŇKOVÁ, Dagmar. Řecký román I. Praha: Arista, 2001, 354 pp. Antická knihovna. ISBN 80-86410-10-2. 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
  • 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
  • APULEIUS, Lucius. Apologie, aneb, Vlastní obhajoba proti nařčení z čarodějnictví. Translated by Václav Bahník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1989, 129 s. ISBN 8020500758. info
  • FEHLING, Detlev. Amor und Psyche :die Schöpfung des Apuleius und ihre Einwirkung auf das Märchen, eine Kritik der romantischen Märchentheorie. Mainz: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, 1977. ISBN 3-515-02710-6. info
  • APULEIUS, Lucius. Zlatý osel. Translated by Václav Bahník. Ve Svobodě vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1974, 331 s. info
  • WALSCH, P. G. The Roman Novel. The Satyricon of Petronius and the Metamorphoses of Apuleius. Cambridge, 1970. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, translation and commentary on text. Homework.
Assessment methods
Presence in the class (75%). Seminary work and presentation. Final test (translation of a sample of text).
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 once in two years.
Credit evaluation note: Pro studenty doktorského studia (latinská medievistika) platí počet kreditů 10.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen studentům magisterského cyklu, ve výjimečných případadech jej lze po dohodě s vyučujícím zapsat semestr před složením státní bakalářské zkoušky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
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