FF:DSMgrZk M. A. State Final Exam - Course Information

DSMgrZk M. A. State Final Exam

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: SZK (final examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marek Meško, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites

In order to be admitted to the M. A. State Exam from the Ancient History, the student must succesfully complete B.A. State Exam from the Ancient History, must gain the prescribed amount of credits in M.A. Degree programme, must successfully complete the courses compulsory for all students of the Faculty of Arts and must also submit the M.A. Diploma Thesis or submit the M.A. Final Thesis.

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

• Ancient History (programme FF, N-HI) (2)
• Ancient History (programme FF, N-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of the exam is to examine student's knowledge and skills gained in Master's Degree programme (see course syllabus).

Syllabus

• 1) Analogies and differences between the state in the Ancient Near East and Classical Antiquity
• 2) Main contribution of Mesopotamian civilizations, ancient Egypt, India, and China to world cultural heritage
• 3) Main contribution of cultures of the ancient Mediterranean for further development of civilization
• 4) The significance and character of "intermediate periods" in ancient development and the characteristics of the intermediate period between Antiquity and Middle Ages
• 5) The significance of sacral kingdom in ancient history
• 6) Methodology of studying ancient history
• 7) Evolutionary changes between Europe and Near East
• 8) The significance of religion in antiquity
• 9) Ethics of ancient civilizations (summary characteristics)
• 10) Daily life in ancient Greece
• 11) Daily life in ancient Rome
• 12) Life and culture of Roman provinces
• 13) Barbarian states between Antiquity and Middle Ages
• 14) Sources for ancient history (in accordance with language training and specialization of the student)
• 15) Contacts of ancient civilizations with the outer world (in accordance with specialization of the student)
• 16) Ancient epigraphics, numismatics, and papyrology (their significance for understanding of a given period)
• 17) Slavery and human rights in antiquity
• 18) Classical antiquity, renaissance and humanism, classical antiquity and Czech culture

Literature

recommended literature
• BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila. Bič boží-sakrální král (The Scourge of God - Sacral King). In Bořivoj, Marek. Visuque et auditu iuxta venerabilis adrogantiam effugerat. Vyd. 1. Praha: Jednota klasických filologů, 2013, p. 195-204. ISBN 978-80-904945-2-7. info
• The Oxford handbook of the state in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean. Edited by Peter F. Bang - Walter Scheidel. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, xii, 555. ISBN 9780195188318. info
• BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila. Stěhování národů (The great migration of peoples). III. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2007, 416 pp. Historica. ISBN 978-80-7021-705-4. info
• Antika a česká kultura. Edited by Ladislav Varcl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1978, 575 s. URL info
• The Cambridge Ancient History I-XII. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1924. info

Teaching methods

Written and oral exam. Examination by committee.

Assessment methods

Vote of State Exam Committee.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.

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