BA_06 Readings in the Literature and History of the Baltic Area

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Halina Beresnevičiúte Nosalova, Ph.D., M.A. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Halina Beresnevičiúte Nosalova, Ph.D., M.A.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
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
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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 int the scope of the western literature of midlle-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
  • Život a utrpení sv. Vojtěcha biskupa a mučedníka. Praha 1935
  • Petrus de Dusburgk: Chronicon Terræ Prussiæ.
  • Henrikus de Lettis: Chronicon Liuonicum uetus continens res gestus trium primorum episcoporum. 1224 - 1227
  • Erben, K.J.: Nestorův letopis ruský. Praha 1940
  • Anonym: Livlandische Reimchronik. 1290 – 1296
  • Lietuvos statutai (1529, 1566, 1588)
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: samostatná četba.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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