LJ263 Interpretative Seminar: Medieval Latin

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Dana Stehlíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
PROGRAM(N-LJ_) || PROGRAM(N-LJU_)
Knowledge of Latin to the extent of the B. A. State Exam. The exam itself is not required for the enrollment.
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
The aim of this course is to present the problems of studying, interpreting and translating Medieval Latin literature based on a particular text. The course has a particular subject of the most famous medieval collection of secular poetry, the Carmina Burana (12th century). The content and formal variety of individual pieces of this collection offer a comprehensive idea about the prime phase of development of medieval secular poetry.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to appreciate the state-of-the-art of the research into the Carmina Burana collection. They will understand the linguistic features and they will be able to analyze the prosody and interpret the content of individual pieces of this literary corpus. As a result, students will acquire deeper understanding of the specific features of medieval Latin literature, such as the choice and meaning of the so-called auctoritates in the literary output of medieval authors.
Syllabus
  • State-of-the-art of the research.
  • Origin of the corpus.
  • Content of the corpus.
  • Influence of the Carmina Burana collection within the context of medieval secular poetry.
  • Medieval prosody.
  • Reading, translation and interpretation of selected pieces, including the choince of the so-called authorities (11, 16, 17, 41, 42, 44, 51, 74, 75, 100, 117, 123, 130, 131a, 136, 138, 143, 191, 196, 211, 219).
Literature
    required literature
  • Carmina burana. Edited by Wilhelm Meyer - Alfons Hilka - Otto Schumann. 2., unveränderte Aufl. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, 1978, xvi, 112. ISBN 3533007804. info
  • Carmina burana. Edited by Wilhelm Meyer - Alfons Hilka - Otto Schumann. 2. Aufl. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, 1971, xvi, 315. ISBN 3533007812. info
  • Carmina Burana. Bd. 2, Kommentar. [H.] 1, Einleitung : (die Handschrift der Carmina Burana), die moralisch-satirischen Dichtungen. Edited by Alfons Hilka - Otto Schumann. Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1930. info
    recommended literature
  • slovníky klasické a středověké latiny podle pokynů vedoucí semináře
  • Carmina Burana : lateinisch/deutsch. Edited by Günter Bernt. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2006, 352 s. ISBN 3150087856. info
  • Concordantia in Carmina Burana. Edited by Benedikt Konrad Vollmann - Manfred Wacht. Hildeshein: Olms-Weidmann, 1996, 887 s. ISBN 3-487-10253-6. info
  • Carmina Burana : Texte und Übersetzungen. Edited by Benedikt Konrad Vollmann - Peter Diemer - Dorothea Diemer. 1. Aufl. Frankfurt am Main: Deutscher Klassiker Verlag, 1987, 1415 s. ISBN 3618661452. info
    not specified
  • Carmina scholarium vagorum. Edited by Rudolf Mertlík, Illustrated by Zdeněk Mézl. 1. souborné vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1971, 483 s. URL info
Teaching methods
One 2-hour seminar per week, reading (translation), class discussion.
Assessment methods
Requirements: regular attendance in the course (min. 75%) and active participation in the class discussions; continuous reading of presented texts; written paper (translation with commentary).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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