MED05 Overview of Classical Greek Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 A21
Prerequisites
(! KR011 Classical Greek Literature I ) && (! KR012 Classical Greek Literature II ) && !NOW( KR011 Classical Greek Literature I )
No special requirements for enetring the course.
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 the course is to present the compendious history of the ancient Greek literature, the first European literature at all. The Greeks contributed to the Western Civilisation by inventing the majority of literary genres which were therafter adopted by particular European national literatures, mediated to them by Roman literature (taught in the course MED 06).
Learning outcomes
After the completion of the course the students:
can describe the development of the Greek literature together with the historical context;
can characterize relevant genres of Greek prose and poetry and describe their particularities;
can name the prominent figures of the genres in question and characterize their works;
can intepret the particular Greek writings on account of individual reading of their Czech translations;
are also informed about the relevant secondary literature.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction; periods of the Ancient Greek literature;
  • 2. The beginnings of epic poetry; Homeric question;
  • 3. Didactic epos;
  • 4. Lyric poetry I: elegy; iamb; epigram;
  • 5. Lyric poetry II: monodic and choral lyric;
  • 6. The beginnings of drama (tragedy); Aischylos;
  • 7. Sophocles;
  • 8. Euripides;
  • 9. Comedy ("the Old Comedy" + the way to the "New Comedy");
  • 10. Highlights of the Greek historiography (Herodotus; Thucydides; Polybius);
  • 11. Attic oratory and rhetoric;
  • 12. Hellenistic poetry I: Alexandrian poetry; programme and protagonists
  • 13. Hellenistic poetry II: Epic poetry.
Literature
    required literature
  • HOMÉROS. Ílias. Translated by Otmar Vaňorný. 12. vyd. Praha: Petr Rezek, 2007, 598 s. ISBN 8086027252. info
  • HOMÉROS. Odysseia. Translated by Otmar Vaňorný. 16. vyd. Praha: Petr Rezek, 2007, 451 s. ISBN 8086027260. info
  • HÉSIODOS. Zpěvy železného věku (Zrození bohů, Práce a dny, Štít, Soutěž Homéra a Hésioda). Přeložila Julie Nováková. Praha: Svoboda, 1990. Prémie Antické knihovny. ISBN 80-205-0127-4. info
  • Řecká lyrika. Translated by Ferdinand Stiebitz. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1954, 356 s. URL info
  • AISCHYLOS and Johana KUDLÁČKOVÁ. Oresteia : tragická trilogie : premiéra 18. a 20. června 2002 ve Stavovském divadle. Edited by Ivan Rajmont, Translated by Petr Borkovec - Matyáš Havrda. V Praze: Národní divadlo v Praze, 2002, 254 s. ISBN 807258104X. info
  • SOFOKLÉS. Tragédie. Translated by Ferdinand Stiebitz - Rudolf Mertlík - Radislav Hošek. První souborné vydání. Praha: Svoboda, 1975, 623 stran. URL info
  • EURIPIDÉS. Médeia. Translated by Ferdinand Stiebitz. V nakladatelství Artur vyd. Praha: Artur, 2010, 67 stran. ISBN 9788087128374. URL info
  • HÉRODOTOS. Dějiny. Edited by Bořivoj Borecký, Translated by Jaroslav Šonka. Vyd. 3., V nakl. Academia 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 548 s. ISBN 8020011927. info
  • THÚKYDIDÉS. Dějiny peloponnéské války. Edited by Václav Bahník. Vyd. 2., v Odeonu 1. Praha: Odeon, 1977, 595 s. URL info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Poetika. Translated by Milan Mráz. Vyd. v Antické knihovně 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1996, 226 s. ISBN 8020502955. info
  • STIEBITZ, Ferdinand. Stručné dějiny řecké literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1967, 247 s. info
    recommended literature
  • BARTOŇKOVÁ, Dagmar. (ed., transl.) Luciano Canfora: Dějiny řecké literatury. 2., revidované a doplněné vydání. ((ed., transl.) Luciano Canfora: History of Greek Literature. 2., revised and supplemented edition.). Praha: KLP - Koniasch Latin Press, 2004, 904 pp. sine. ISBN 80-86791-10-6. info
  • The Cambridge history of classical literature. Edited by P. E. Easterling - Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox. 1. pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985, xv, 936. ISBN 0521210429. info
  • LESKY, Albin. Geschichte der griechischen Literatur. Bern-München: Francke, 1971, 1023 pp. ISBN 3-7720-0050-9. info
  • SCHMID, Wilhelm and Otto STÄHLIN. Geschichte der griechischen Literatur. München: Beck, 1961. info
  • DEL CORNO, D. Letteratura greca. Milano, 1988. info
Teaching methods
The course is provided as lectures, which are supported by an e-course.
Assessment methods
To obtain the credits, students have to succeed in the written test consisting of multiple-choice questions (including questions concerning the individual reading), minimum pass level 60 % + they have to supply a short essay-analysis of the individal reading of ancient greek literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
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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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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