UZLJA04 Roman Literature: Selected Topics II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:35 A41 stara
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
As well as in the course Selected Themes I, the aim of the course is to present the aspects, this time of Roman prose, that are not dealt with in introductory courses on the history of Roman literature offered in the bachelor program and that are, however, subjects of modern academic research.
At the end of the course, students should be able: to find and properly analyse authorial statements (both explicit and implicit); to define the characteristic features of particular literary genres (particulary the topoi present in the prefaces); to recognize who is the expected reader of the text.
Syllabus
  • 1.-2. Roman novel and "fable" (Apuleius).
  • 3.-5. Philosophical and didactic dialogue (Cicero: De re publica, Macrobius: Saturnalia).
  • 6.-7. Philosophical epistle (Seneca: Epistulae morales, Symmachus: Relationes).
  • 8. Philosophical commentary (Macrobius: Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis).
  • 9. Satirical prose (Petronius).
  • 10.-13. Roman textbook and encyclopaedia (Cato: De agricultura, zlomky z Ad Marcum filium; Rhetorica ad Herennium; Varro: De re rustica; Vitruvius: De architectura; Quintilianus: Institutio oratoria; Gellius: Noctes Atticae; Martianus Capella: De nuptiis Philologiae Mercuriique, Boethius: De institutione musica).
Literature
  • BARTOŇKOVÁ, Daša. (ed., transl.) Gian Biagio Conte: Dějiny římské literatury. (Gian Biago Conte: History of Latin Literature.). 2., revid. a dopl. vydání. Praha: KLP - Koniasch Latin Press, 2008, 800 pp. sine. ISBN 978-80-86791-57-9. info
  • Die römische Literatur in Text und Darstellung. Edited by Michael von Albrecht. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2001, 488 s. ISBN 3-15-008068-1. info
  • Die römische Literatur in Text und Darstellung. Edited by Michael von Albrecht - Anton D. Leeman. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2000, 456 s. ISBN 3-15-008067-3. info
  • Die römische Literatur in Text und Darstellung. Edited by Michael von Albrecht - Hubert Petersmann - Astrid Petersmann. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2000, 476 s. ISBN 3-15-008066-5. info
  • Die römische Literatur in Text und Darstellung. Edited by Michael von Albrecht - Walter Kißel. 2., verbes. und bibliographi. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1998, 472 s. ISBN 315008069X. info
  • Die römische Literatur in Text und Darstellung. Bd. 4, Kaiserzeit. I, Von Seneca maior bis Apuleius : Kaiserzeit. I, Von Seneca maior bis Apuleius (Podřaz.). Edited by Michael von Albrecht - Walter Kißel. 2., verbes. und bibliographi. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1998, 472 s. ISBN 3-15-008069-X. info
  • CONTE, Gian Biagio. L'autore nascosto :un'interpretazione del "Satyricon". Bologna: Società editrice il Mulino, 1997, 218 s. ISBN 88-15-05767-6. info
  • ALBRECHT, Michael von. Meister römischer Prosa : von Cato bis Apuleius : Interpretationen. 3., erg. Aufl. Tübingen: Francke Verlag, 1995, 259 s. ISBN 3772022413. info
  • Die griechische Literatur in Text und Darstellung. Edited by Herwig Görgemanns. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1988, 406 s. ISBN 3-15-008065-7. info
  • Die römische Literatur in Text und Darstellung. Edited by Michael von Albrecht - Hans Armin Gärtner. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1988, 591 s. ISBN 3-15-008070-3. info
  • Die griechische Literatur in Text und Darstellung. Edited by Herwig Görgemanns - Bernd Effe. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1985, 368 s. ISBN 3-15-008064-9. 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
Assessment methods
Attendance and participation in the course (min. 75%). Current reading of presented literal texts. Ability to interpret the particular formal features. Written comparison of any two poems of the analysed genre. If needed, oral examining.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008.
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