BA110 Independent Readings in the Literature and History of the Baltic Area

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 1 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan-Marek Šík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hebedová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
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
Course objectives
The students are given a list of literary works (fiction, i.e. belles-lettres, chronicles), which they have to exploit as historical sources for the period concerned (the Middle Ages of the Baltic region).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to evaluate a historical source, express its content and distinguish different historical layers of a text.
Syllabus
  • Oldiest textual sources concerning Baltics. Tha Nodric folklore of Sami, Finnish, Estonian people etc. Baltic folklore. Cronicles of Livonia Russian cronicles. Baltics in the scope of the western literature of middle-ages.
Literature
    required literature
  • HAVLÍČEK BOROVSKÝ, Karel. Křest svatého Vladimíra. Praha: Odeon, 1985. info
    recommended literature
  • Jako když dvoranou proletí pták : antologie nejstarší anglické poezie a prózy (700-1100). Edited by Jan Čermák. 1. vyd. Praha: Triáda, 2009, 671 s. ISBN 9788087256114. info
    not specified
  • Erben, K.J.: Nestorův letopis ruský. Praha 1940
  • Henrikus de Lettis: Chronicon Liuonicum uetus continens res gestus trium primorum episcoporum. 1224 - 1227
  • Petrus de Dusburgk: Chronicon Terræ Prussiæ.
  • Lietuvos statutai (1529, 1566, 1588)
  • Život a utrpení sv. Vojtěcha biskupa a mučedníka. Praha 1935
  • Anonym: Livlandische Reimchronik. 1290 – 1296
Teaching methods
Home reading.
Assessment methods
A prescribed number of protocols (which is specified every time at the beginning of the course) must be submitted to the lecturer.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: studenti samostatně čtou zadané tituly a zpracovávají výpisky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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