FF:LJBcB15 Reading medieval Latin - Course Information
LJBcB15 Reading medieval Latin texts
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Lucie Mazalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Thu 8:00–9:40 A21
- Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of Classical latin language (2 or 3 semesters).
- 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
- there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- At the end of this course students will able to:
- read and translate a simple medieval Latin text (e.g. chronicle, legend, preaching, visio, hymn, sequence, epic poetry, charter, letter, exemplum, a short passage of scholarly texts)
- comprehend specific features of medieval Latin pertaining to its graphical forms, morphology and style - Syllabus
- l. Characteristic features of medieval Latin
- 2. Medieval prose - exemplum.
- 3. Medieval prose - chronicle, annaly.
- 4. Medieval prose - preaching.
- 5. Prose - letter, visio.
- 6. Prose - legend.
- 8. Medieval Latin poetry - hymns, sequences.
- 9. Secular lyric poetry, goliard poetry.
- 10. Poetry with chivalric and animal content.
- 11. Charter, a short passages from scholarly tracts.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- MAZALOVÁ, Lucie. Čítanka snadných textů ze středověké latiny (Reading book of simple medieval Latin texts). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 119 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6969-5. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
- not specified
- "Ohrfeigen gegen Barzahlung" und viele andere lateinische Geschichten aus Antike, Mittelalter und Neuzeit : Texte für die Übergangslektüre. Edited by Manfred Fuhrmann - Joachim Klowski. 1. Aufl. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag, 2000, 32 s. ISBN 312654410X. info
- NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Texty ke cvičením ze středověké latiny. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 87 s. ISBN 8021010584. info
- ZACHOVÁ, Jana. Cvičebnice latiny pro posluchače historických oborů. Jinočany: H & H, 1992. ISBN 80-85467-05-4. info
- KAMÍNKOVÁ, Eva. Výbor středověkých latinských textů. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1968. info
- Bohemia latina : litterarum latinarum ad gentem terramque Bohemoslovenicam pertinentium nonulla exempla selecta. Edited by Karel Hrdina. Pragae: sumptibus Societatis philologorum Bohemorum, 1931, 134 s. info
- Teaching methods
- One 1.5 hours class per week consisting of a lecture and a seminar.
- Assessment methods
- Requirements for acquiring a credit: oral examination during which students are obliged to show the ability to translate simple medieval Latin text as well as to describe elementary features of Medieval Latin. Class attendance is required.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Information about innovation of course.
- This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.
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