FF:RLB154 Religious Texts in Latin II - Course Information
RLB154 Reading of Religious Texts in Latin II
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2012
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Aleš Chalupa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 17:30–19:05 pracovna
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- RLB111 Latin IV || RLKB111 Latin IV
Jako prerekvizita je vyžadováno absolvování kurzu Latina pro religionisty IV (RLB111 nebo RLKB111). Možnost zápisu studentů mimo religionistiku bude posouzena individuálně. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Study of Religions (programme FF, N-HS)
- Study of Religions (programme FF, N-PH) (2)
- Course objectives
- The course is a workshop of practical translation, where various ancient and medieval Latin texts concerning religion are read, translated and commented upon.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- translate very well Latin texts addressed by the seminars
- translate relatively well an unknown Latin text on religion
- look up or guess specific religious background information necessary for translation of Latin texts on religion - Syllabus
- (0) Introduction. (1) Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae X.15. (2) Livius, Ab urbe condita XXXIX, 8, 13. (3) Senatus consultum de bacchanalibus; Seneca, De super-stitione, frg. 35-36. (4) Tacitus, Annales II, 69; VI, 20-21. (5) Apuleius, Asinus Aureus XI. (6) Letter of Ewervin of Steinfeld to St. Bernard. (7) Saracen divination in the village Calanda (Catalonia). (8) The legend of Pietro Parenzo. (9) Interrogation of John - paleographic exercise. (10) Interrogation of John - translation. (11) Revision. (12) Test.
- Literature
- required literature
- Latinsko-český slovník. Edited by Josef Miroslav Pražák - František Novotný - Josef Sedláček. 20. vyd. Praha: KLP-Koniasch Latin Press, 1999, 1425 s. ISBN 80-85917-51-3. info
- not specified
- Novum glossarium mediae latinitatis ab anno DCCC usque ad annum MCC : edendum curavit consilium academiarum consociatarum. Edited by François Dolbeau - Anne Grondeux - Michel Lemoine - Monique Duchet-Su. Hafniae: Ejnar Munksgaard, 1995, 270 sloupc. ISBN 8716118308. info
- Teaching methods
- Workshop of practical translation with commentary (grammar, background information...).
- Assessment methods
- 1) 80% attendance.
2) Home preparation for each class.
3) Written test - practical translation of known and unknown Latin text (use of dictionaries and grammars is allowed). - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/spring2012/RLB154