FF:LJBcB06 Reading Caesar II - Course Information

LJBcB06 Reading Caesar II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová

Timetable

Wed 8:20–9:55 A31 stara

Prerequisites (in Czech)

LJBcB05 Reading Caesar I

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, B-FI)
• Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI)
• Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The course is based on an annotated reading of Caesar's Commentarii de bello Gallico. During the second semester of this course, students read the 4th and 6th book of the Caesar's work. The stress is laid mainly on the understanding, adequate translation and ability of explaining the grammar (in correspondence to the course "Latin Grammar I and II"). The course also includes a practical introduction to the text critics and its use by analysing the original text.

Syllabus

• Reading of Caesar's Commentarii de bello Gallico: books 4, 6
• Gramatical analysis of Caesar's text.
• Caesar's most used grammatical constructions: ablativus absolutus, accusativus cum infinitivo, temporal sentences, indirect speech etc.
• Interpretation of the cultural-historical background.
• Introduction to textual critique and it's use during the reading of original Latin text.

Literature

• CAESAR, C. Iulius. Commentarii rerum gestarum. Vol. 1: Bellum Gallicum. Edidit Alfred Klotz. Přetisk 4. vyd. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1957. info
• CAESAR, C. Iulius. Commentarii rerum gestarum. Vol. 1: Bellum Gallicum. Edidit Otto Seel. 3rd ed. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1977. info
• CAESAR, Gaius Iulius. Válečné paměti : o válce gallské, o válce občanské, alexandrijské, africké a hispánské. Translated by Ivan Bureš. 1. soubor. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1972, 634 s. URL info
• MAURACH, Gregor. Caesar der Geschichtsschreiber. Kommentar für Schule und Studium. Münster: Aschendorff, 2003. ISBN 3-402-02166-8. info
• ADCOCK, Frank, E. Caesar as Man of Letters. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1956, ix, 114. info
• HORNIG, Georg. C. Iulius Caesar: Commentarii belli Gallici. Erläuterungen zu Buch I-IV, Teil B: Lehrerkommentar. 2nd ed. Frankfurt am Main: Diesterweg, 1968. info
• HORNIG, Georg. C. Iulius Caesar: Commentarii belli Gallici. Erläuterungen zu Buch V-VIII, Teil B: Lehrerkommentar. 2nd ed. Frankfurt am Main: Diesterweg, 1969. ISBN 3-425-04325-0. info
• DOBESCH, Gerhard and Wolfgang WENK. Caesar: Kommentarband. 1st ed. Wien: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1988. ISBN 3-209-00741-1. info
• ROTHENBURG, Karl-Heinz von. Caesaris, e commentariis de bello Gallico, Bellum Helveticum. Edited by Gaius Iulius Caesar, Illustrated by Faber. 1. Aufl. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag, 1997, 72 s. ISBN 3-12-667200-0. info
• NOVOTNÝ, František. Základní latinská mluvnice. 2. vyd., 1. vyd. v H & H. Praha: H & H, 1992, 297 s. ISBN 80-85467-91-7. info
• ČEŠKA, Josef. Textová kritika ve filologické praxi. Vyd. 1. Brno: UJEP Brno, 1973, 70 s. info
• CHRIST, K. Caesar. Annäherungen an einen Diktator. München, 1994. info
• STRASBURGER, H. Caesar im Urteil seiner Zeitgenossen. Darmstadt, 1968. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: Studenti jednooborové klasické filologie skládají kolokvium a po jeho úspěšném ukončení jsou hodnoceni počtem kreditů 4.

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