OJ512 Languages of India

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
no aquisitions
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
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Course objectives
The main objective of the course are to introduce students to the languages of India (Indo-Aryan, Dravidian and isolated languages) and its geographical, lingvistical, cultural and historical background, including the sketch of structures of grammatic and phonemic systems with typological remarks.
Syllabus
  • - geographical and political borders of India - "Greater India" - religion and Indian selfconsiousness - non indo-european and indo-european languages of India - old cultural languages of India (sanskrit and prakrits) - "invasion" languages of India (Persic and Arabic) - towards modern languages (based on Hindi model) - sociolinquistical relations of Indian languages
Literature
  • ZBAVITEL, Dušan. Bohové s lotosovýma očima : hinduistické mýty v indické literatuře tří tisíciletí. Vyd. 2. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1997, 455 s. ISBN 8070212152. info
  • ZBAVITEL, Dušan. Otazníky starověké Indie. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1997, 185 s. ISBN 80-7106-241-3. info
  • ZBAVITEL, Dušan and Jaroslav VACEK. Průvodce dějinami staroindické literatura. Vyd. 1. Třebíč: Arca JiMfa, 1996, 537 s. ISBN 80-85766-34-5. info
  • MASICA, Colin P. The Indo-Aryan languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, xvi, 539. ISBN 0521234204. info
  • BURROW, Thomas. Sanskrit language. Translated by N. Larina. Moskva: Progress, 1976, 409 s. info
  • ZBAVITEL, Dušan. Bozi, bráhmani, lidé : čtyři tisíciletí hinduismu. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1964, 293 s. URL info
  • Démonovy povídky. Edited by Ivo Fišer, Translated by Oldřich Friš. vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1956, 173 s. info
  • Nalah a Damajantí. Translated by Vincenc Lesný. Kladno: nákladem a tiskem J. Šnajdra, 1924, 98 s. info
Teaching methods
The teacher introduces the ethnic and cultural history and present of the area. The students presents their descriptions of the chosen important languages, including their literary context.
Assessment methods
Output is based on a description of a chosen language of the region, in the context of historical, geographical and political conditions.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2006, Autumn 2015, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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