FF:NJII_136 Writing Systems of German - Course Information
NJII_136 Writing Systems of German
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Vlastimil Brom, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Vlastimil Brom, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 10:50–12:25 M22
- 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
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, B-TV)
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-TV)
- Course objectives
- Writting systems used in German will be discussed both in the historical perspective as well as the problems of the contemporary usage. A brief overview of the writing systems of the European languages will be presented, further the most important stages will be discussed (handwrittings and prints). The seminar work consists of practical reading of selected original documents illustrating the respective periods.
- Syllabus
- Introduction
- Writing systems in the European languages
- Germanic Languages
- Middle Ages
- Prints
- German "Fraktur" and "Kurrentschrift"
- Problems of the orthographical norms and reforms
- Literature
- DEGERING, Hermann. Die Schrift : Atlas der Schriftformen des Abendlandes vom Altertum bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A. G., 36 s., pří. info
- Die Geschichte der Schrift. Edited by Andrew Robinson, Translated by Martin Rometsch. Düsseldorf: Albatros, 2004, 224 s. ISBN 3491961297. info
- PÁTKOVÁ, Hana. Cvičení z pozdně středověké paleografie. Vyd. 1. Dolní Břežany: Scriptorium, 2001, 30 s. ISBN 8086197190. info
- HLEDÍKOVÁ, Zdeňka, Jaroslav KAŠPAR and Ivana EBELOVÁ. Paleografická čítanka. 1. vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2000, 243 stran. ISBN 9788024600499. info
- Duden :Rechtschreibung der deutschen Sprache. 21., völlig neu bearb. aund. Mannheim: Dudenverlag, 1996, 910 s. ISBN 3-411-04011-4. info
- KRUPA, Viktor and Jozef GENZOR. Písma sveta. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Obzor, 1989, 358 s. ISBN 8021500115. info
- KAŠPAR, Jaroslav. Úvod do novověké latinské paleografie se zvláštním zřetelem k českým zemím. 3. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 144 s. URL info
- Die Schrift in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Edited by Hans Jensen. 3. Aufl. Berlin: VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1984, 607 s. info
- GUTZWILLER, Hellmut. Die Entwicklung der Schrift vom 12. bis ins 19. Jahrhundert. Olten: Gesamtherstellung Walter-Verlag, 1981, 155 s. info
- KAŠPAR, Jaroslav. Úvod do novověké latinské paleografie se zvláštním zřetelem k českým zemím. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 95 s. URL info
- ŠEBÁNEK, Jindřich. Základy pomocných věd historických. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1966, 114 s. info
- Monumenta Paleographica Vindobonensia. Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1913. info
- BRANDI, Karl. Unsere Schrift : drei Abhandlungen zur Einführung in die Geschichte der Schrift und des Buchdrucks. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1911, vi, 80 s.,. info
- FRIEDRICH, Gustav. Učebná kniha palaeografie latinské. V Praze: Bursík & Kohout, 1898, 230 s. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures; seminar work, reading of handwriting and print texts, writing German "Kurrentschrift"
- Assessment methods
- final written test - transcription of an older manuscript sample, transcribing "Fraktur" into "Kurrentschrift"
- Language of instruction
- German
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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