UZLJMC4 Reading Bohemian-Latin Legends and Chronicles

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites
Passing B. A. State Exam in Latin Language and Literature
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
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
- to understand primary texts of Czech-Latin medieval hagiography and historiography
- to be able to distinguish the specific features of these genres
- to get acquainted with specific lexis and language of these texts
- to get acqainted with literary qualities of these texts
- to read and analyse poetry within these texts: metrics, rhythm.
Syllabus
  • Christiani monachi Vita et passio sancti Venceslai et sanctae Ludmilae aviae eius
  • Versus de passione sancti Adalberti
  • Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Bohemorum liber I.
Literature
  • 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
  • Fontes rerum Bohemicarum (Souběž.) : Prameny dějin českých. D. 1, Životy svatých. Sv. 2 : Prameny dějin českých. D. 3, Letopisové Jindřicha Heimburského; Život císaře Karla IV.; Řeči, jež měli při pohřbu císaře Karla IV. Jan Očko, arcibiskup pražský a M. info
  • KOSMAS. Die Chronik der Böhmen des Cosmas von Prag. Edited by Bertold Bretholz - Wilhelm Weinberger. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1923, xcviii, 29. info
  • KOSMAS. Cosmae Chronicon Bohemorum (Podřaz.) : Scriptorum rerum Bohemicarum. Tomus I, Cosmae ... Chronicon Bohemorum ... info
Assessment methods
Individual home reading. Credit: students should prove their ability to understand, translate and comment on the texts.
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, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009.
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