LJMedC11 Reading the European and Bohemian hagiography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
LJBcA04 Latin Grammar V || OBOR(LJU) || OBOR(LLS) || (OBOR(LJ) && TYP_STUDIA(N))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to check whether students are able to understand, translate into Czech and comment on selected passages from a prescribed corpus of medieval Latin hagiographical sources.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to understand, translate into Czech and comment on selected passages from medieval Latin hagiography and interpret their linguistic characteristics and historical context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Christiani monachi Vita est passio S. Venceslai et S. Ludmilae avae eius
  • 2. Versus de passione sancti Adalberti
  • 3. Legenda aurea (ed. Graesse), 22 De sancto Nicolao, 57 De epiphania Domini, 662 De sancto Francisco
  • 4. Working with dictionaries, commentaries and grammar books
  • 5. Linguistic analysis of the texts
  • 6. Interpreting the texts in a wider historical context
Literature
    required literature
  • VARAZZE, Iacopo da. Legenda aurea. Edited by Giovanni Paolo Maggioni. 2. ed. Tavarnuzze: SISMEL, 1998, s. 664-136. ISBN 88-87027-63-3. info
  • Legenda Christiani :vita et passio sancti Wenceslai et sancte Ludmile ave eius. Translated by Jaroslav Ludvíkovský. Vydání ve Vyšehradu prvn. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1978, 164 stran. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Les saints et leur culte en Europe centrale au Moyen Âge (XIe-début du XVIe siècle). Edited by Marie-Madeleine de Cevins - Olivier Marin. Turnhout: Brepols, 2017, 382 stran. ISBN 9782503575483. info
  • Středověké legendy o českých světcích. Edited by Jaroslav Kolár - Markéta Selucká. Vyd. 2. Brno: Host, 2011, 260 s. ISBN 9788072945801. info
    not specified
  • KALHOUS, David. Legenda Christiani and Modern Historiography. Leiden - New York: Brill, 2015, 166 pp. East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450. ISBN 978-90-04-28490-6. URL info
Teaching methods
The course is not regularly taught during the semester. Individual reading of selected passages, use of dictionaries and other tools, and, if necessary, consultation with the teacher.
Assessment methods
The knowledge of the texts is tested by translating selected passages from Latin into Czech and commenting on their linguistic features and historical and social context. The examination is oral, students have time for preparing the translation. Examination takes place in the examination period as well as during the semester (in the latter case, it is necessary to make appointment personally or by e-mail).
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 each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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