UZLJC03 Reading Plautus and Lucretius

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites
B.A. State Exam.
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
Reading Plautus and Lucretius is not a regular course. Students obtian credit for individual reading of the prescribed passages from the works of the authors. Students are expected to read, understand and comment on selected works.
Syllabus
  • Prescribed reading:
  • Lucretius: I 1-148; II 1-66; III 1-93, 830-869; V 156-194, 925-1027.
  • Any comedy of Plautus.
  • Translation, metrical analysis, interpretation and comment on the selected passages.
Literature
  • PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius. Aulularia (Příl.) : T. Maccius Plautus: Aulularia. info
  • MUECKE, Frances. Plautus Menaechmi : a companion to The brothers Menaechmus, from Plautus: The pot of gold and other plays, translated by E.F. Watling, published in the Penguin classics. Edited by Plautus. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2003, 77 s. ISBN 0862922399. info
  • PLAUTUS. Amphitruo : lateinisch/deutsch. Edited by Jürgen Blänsdorf. Durchgesehene und bibliograp. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2002, 160 s. ISBN 3150099315. info
  • PLAUTUS. Mostellaria. Edited by Frank R. Merrill. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2002, lvii, 166. ISBN 1853996386. info
  • PLAUTUS. Plautus, Rudens : lateinische Übergangslektüre zur Einübung bzw. Wiederholung der Gliedsatzlehre. Edited by Wilhelm Pfaffel. 2. Aufl. Bamberg: C.C. Buchner, 2001, 55 s. ISBN 3766158597. info
  • PLAUTUS. Truculentus. Translated by Walter Hofmann. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2001, 237 s. ISBN 3534138007. info
  • PLAUTUS. Glorreiche Hauptmann. Edited by Peter Rau. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1998, 182 s. ISBN 3150080312. info
  • PLAUTUS. Mostellaria : die Gespensterkomödie. Edited by Hans-Joachim Glücklich. 4., völlig neu bearbeitete. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1998, 113 s. ISBN 3525716214. info
  • PLAUTUS. Four comedies. Edited by Erich Segal - Plautus. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, xlvi, 242. ISBN 0192838962. info
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. La natura. Edited by Francesco Giaconti. Nuova trad. [Milano]: Garzanti, 1994, lxxvi, 573. ISBN 88-11-36522-8. info
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus and Alfred ERNOUT. De la nature. Paris: Les Belles lettres, 1985, 289 s. ISBN 2070720802. info
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. De la nature. Edited by Alfred Ernout. Paris: Les Belles lettres, 1985, 289 s. ISBN 2-07-070802-0. info
  • PLAUTUS. Amfitryon a jiné komedie. Edited by Eva Stehlíková, Translated by Vladimír Iren Businský. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1978, 607 s. URL info
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. O přírodě. 2., přeprac. vyd., ve Svobo. Praha: Svoboda, 1971, 272 s. URL info
  • PLAUTUS. Komedie o strašidle : veselohra o pěti dějstvích. Translated by Jaroslav Pokorný. V Praze: Československé divadelní a literární jednatelství, 1953, 65 listů. info
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. On the nature of things. Edited by Epiktétos - Antoninus Marcus Aurelius, Translated by H. A. J. Munro. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1952, xi, 97. info
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. O přírodě (De rerum natura). Edited by Bohumil Ryba, Translated by Josef Kolář. 1. vyd. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1948, 278 s. info
  • PLAUTUS. Pseudolus : komedie. Translated by Vladimír Šrámek. První vydání. Kladno: J. Šnajdr, 1946, 109 stran. info
  • PLAUTUS. T. Macci Plauti Mostellaria. Edited by Georg Goetz - Fritz Schöll. Lipsiae: B.G. Teubner, 1927. info
  • PLAUTUS. T. Maccia Plauta komoedie Pseudolus : v rozměrech originalu. Translated by Jan Ladislav Čapek. V Praze: Nákladem České akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, 1907, xiv, 117. info
Assessment methods
Written and oral exam. Adequate translation, interpretation and commenting on the Latin text.
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 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010.
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