KRMgrB01 Mycanean Greek

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc. (lecturer), Mgr. Lucie Tešnarová (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Monday 14:10–15:45 pracovna
Prerequisites
LJBcZK B. A. State Exam || LJSoZk First State Exam in Latin || KRBcZk B.A. Final Exam || KRSoZk Comprehensive Exam || KRBcA04 Greek Grammar IV
B.C. Final Exam in Classical Greek.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
This course is an introduction into the study of the Mycenaean epigraphy and dialect and of its place among the other Greek dialects. Characteristics of the Mycenaean civilization as the first important period in the history of Greek people.
The main aim of the course is to acquire the knowledge of history of Mycenaean Greek in linguistic, historical and cultural-political context. At the end of this course the students should be able to describe the history of Mycenology; identify the Aegean Syllabic and Cypriot Scripts; analyse the texts of the Linear B Script; explain the main features of Mycenaean Greek; sketch the survey of the development of Early Greek.
Syllabus
  • 1.The archaeological, ethnical and linguistical background of the Mycenaean civilization.
  • 2. The decipherment of the Linear B Script. History of Mycenology.
  • 3. Aegean syllabic writing systems (Cretan Hieroglyphic Script: 2200-1600 B-C.; Cretan Linear A: 1900-1450; Creto-Mycenaean Linear B: 1400-1200 B.C., used for Mycenaean Greek; Cypriot-Minoan: 1550-1100; Classical Cypriot: 1050-200 B.C., used for Cypriot Greek).
  • 4. The System of Linear B Script /ideograms = pictograms, syllabograms for syllables, signs for numerals and measures; orthographical rules); specimina of LB texts.
  • 5. Texts of the Linear B Script, finding places of the inscriptions, the chronology of the texts and their classification according to the content. Reading of the inscriptions.
  • 6. Mycenaean phonology.
  • 7. Mycenaean morphology (Word-formation, Parts of Speech, Nominal and Verbal Categories, Mycenaean Inflection (declension, conjugation).
  • 8. The Mycenaean lexical stock and its relation to the Homeric language and to the Classical Greek dialects. Semantic changes and shifts within the Mycenaean expressions.
  • 9. Mycenaean Syntax.
  • 10. The Contribution of Mycenaean to the etymological study of Ancient Greek.
  • 11. The linguistic character of Mycenaean and its place among the other Greek dialects.
  • 12. The survey of the development of Early Greek until ca 500 B.C.
Literature
  • THUMB, A. and E. KIECKERS. Handbuch der griechischen Dialekte. Heidelberg, 1932. info
  • Studia Mycenaea : proceedings of the Mycenaean symposium, Brno, april 1966. Edited by Antonín Bartoněk. Vyd. 1. Brno: Universita J.E. Purkyně, 1968, 260 s. URL info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Handbuch des mykenischen Griechisch (Manual of Mycenaean Greek). Heidelberg: Winter, 2003, 676 pp. ISBN 3-8253-1449-9. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. The Mycenaean Language and Dialect. In Atti e Memorie del Secondo Congresso Internazional de Micenologia. Roma: Gruppo editoriale internazionale, 1996, p. 7-23. ISBN 88-8011-075-6. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Mycenaean Common Nouns in the Disguise of Proper Names. In Floreant Studia Mycenaea, Akten des X. Intern. Myken. Colloquiums. Wien, 2000, p. 121-130. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Semantic Distribution of the Mycenaean substantives (The Semantic Distribution of Mycenaean Substantives.). Listy filologické. Praha: Ústav pro klasická studia AV ČR, 1994, vol. 1994, No 116, p. 97-108. ISSN 0024-4457. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. On the Mycenaean Lexical Stock. In Proceedings of the XIIth Colloquim of Mycenaean Studies. Austin, 2001, p. 43-56. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Homeric Words in Mycenaean. In Recherches en linguistique grecque : Actes du 5e Colloque international de linguistique grecque. I. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2002, p. 21-26, 329 pp. ISBN 2747527425. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading of selected passages, interpretation.
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
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