FF:LJ251 M. A. Interpretative Seminar I - Course Information
LJ251 Master's Interpretative Seminar I
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 12:00–13:40 A22
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- PROGRAM(N-LJ_) || PROGRAM(N-LJU_)
- 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
- Classical Philology (programme FF, N-FI)
- Latin language and literature (programme FF, N-LJ_) (3)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-LJU_) (3)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to present a complex language, literature and culture picture of particular author of the so called "post-classical" period of Roman literature. Apuleius, whose work represents the peak of Roman Second Sophistic, is introduced as a typical example. On the background, typical genres and characteristics of the above mentioned period are analyzed.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students should be able to:
- translate selected passages of Apuleius' literary and scholoarly works;
- comment on these passages both linguistically and stylistically;
- discuss literary context of Apuleius' works;
- describe literary devices used in his works. - Syllabus
- 1. Apuleius: priest, philosopher, orator or literate?
- 2. Literary context of Apuleius' works: so-called Second Sophistics.
- 3. Philosophical works: a) De Socrate et eius dogmate. De deo Socratis. Introduction.
- 4. Philosophical works: b) De Socrate et eius dogmate. De deo Socratis. Textual analysis: linguistic devices (epitheta, grecisms, diminutives etc.), argumentation methods, stylistic and literary devices.
- 5. Philosophical works: c) Platonician or sophist?
- 6. Rhetorical-scholarly works: a) Pro se de magia, Florida. Introduction.
- 7. Rhetorical-scholarly works: b) Pro se de magia, Florida. Textual analysis: linguistic devices (epitheta, grecisms, diminutives etc.), argumentation methods, stylistic and literary devices.
- 8. Rhetorical-scholarly works: c) Talented scholar and orator or fallacious magician and seducer?
- 9. Novelistic work: a) Metamorhoses sive Asinus aureus. Introduction.
- 10. Novelistic work: b) Metamorhoses sive Asinus aureus. Textual analysis: linguistic devices (epitheta, grecisms, diminutives etc.), argumentation methods, stylistic and literary devices.
- 11. Novelistic work: c) Mystery initiate or ironical critic? Autobiography or fiction?
- 12. Novelistic work: d) Novel, fairy-tale, satire, parody: Influence of Metamorphoses in later literature (esp. Renaissance).
- 13. Final synthesis: Apuleius: Sophist and Platonist, priest and ironic, orator and comic.
- 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
- A companion to Latin literature. Edited by S. J. Harrison. 1st pub. in pbk. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2007, xviii, 450. ISBN 9781405161312. 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. 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
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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