PV2B46 Autographs of the 18th - 20th Century

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dalibor Havel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 10:50–12:25 B2.21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This series of seminars aims to equip its graduates with the skills for practical work with the autographs of prominent figures, most of them active in Bohemia and Moravia, from the period roughly from the National Revival to the present. Extra attention will be paid to literary figures (writers, poets), historians, composers and other public figures.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- read difficult manuscripts by prominent figures from Czech history from the National Revival to the present day (esp. historians, writers and other publicly engaged individuals)
- identify the individual scribal hand in sources written in Neo-Gothic and Humanist script
- compare a hand-written and printed text of the same work, draw textological conclusions for the form of the archetype
- prepare a critical edition based on the manuscript of a literary work from the 18th-20th century
- work with Modern Age manuscripts from the 18th-20th century
Syllabus
  • 1. The undergraduate will improve their ability to interpret generally tricky personal manuscripts by the named individuals;
  • 2. They will acquaint themselves with editorial techniques aimed at making personal correspondence accessible and publishing literary works preserved in the form of autograph manuscripts;
  • 3. They will carry out a comparison of autographs with any printed editions of the literary works and texts in question;
  • 4. They will acquaint themselves with the method of comparing school writing with individuals’ handwriting;
  • 5. They will acquaint themselves with the main principles of scientific graphology
Literature
  • Polák, Stanislav: Studium novověkého písma, Vlastivědný sborník Podbrdska 7, 1973, s. 3-154.
  • ČORNEJOVÁ, Michaela, Lucie RYCHNOVSKÁ and Jana ZEMANOVÁ. Dějiny českého pravopisu (do r. 1902) / History of Czech Orthography (up to 1902) (History of Czech Orthography (up to 1902)). 1st ed. Brno: Host - Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 480 pp. ISBN 978-80-7294-508-5. URL info
  • KAŠPAR, Jaroslav. Soubor statí o novověkém písmu. 1. vyd. Praha: Universita Karlova, 1993, 213 s. ISBN 80-7066-679-X. 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
  • KAŠPAR, Jaroslav. Úvod do novověké latinské paleografie se zvláštním zřetelem k českým zemím. 3. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 218 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
Credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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