PV1A129 Latin IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Mazalová, 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 Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:40 B2.32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PV1A109 Latin III
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 aim of the course is: to exercise reading and translating of an unknown Classical Latin text of intermediate difficulty or a simple Medieval Latin text into Czech with the assistance of a dictionary; to explain the basic oddities in the graphical form of Medieval Latin.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to: read and translate an unknown Classical Latin text of intermediate difficulty or a simple Medieval Latin text into Czech with the assistance of a dictionary; comprehend the basic oddities in the graphical form of Medieval Latin.
Syllabus
  • 1. introduction to translation – selecting a dictionary, interdisciplinary aspects and the purpose of the translation; knowledge of Latin editions 2. revision and practical application of the topics explained during the three previous Latin courses – translation of short, coherent texts written in Classical and Medieval Latin; the texts are excerpted from these works: Caesar – Commentarii de Bello Gallico; Cicero – Tusculanae disputationes; Biblia sacra iuxta vulgatam versionem; Hus´s letters; Petrus Alphonsi – Disciplina clericalis.
Literature
  • KUŤÁKOVÁ, Eva and Dana SLABOCHOVÁ. Ad fontes cursus latinus. 3. vyd. V Praze: Karolinum, 2004, 344 s. ISBN 9788024609287. info
  • Cursus Latinus compactus III. München 1998. ISBN 3-486-88508-1.
  • MAZALOVÁ, Lucie. Čítanka snadných textů ze středověké latiny (Reading book of simple medieval Latin texts). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 119 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6969-5. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • CAESAR, C. Iulius. Commentarii rerum gestarum. Vol. 1: Bellum Gallicum. Edidit Otto Seel. 3rd ed. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1977. info
  • CICERO, Marcus Tullius. M. Tulli Ciceronis scripta quae manserunt omnia. Edited by M. Pohlenz. Ed. stereotypa eds. prioris. Stutgardiae: B.G. Teubneri, 1982, xxiv, s. ISBN 3519012200. info
  • Biblia Sacra :iuxta Vulgatam versionem. Edited by B. Fischer - Roger Gryson - Robert Weber. 4., verbes. Aufl. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1994, xliii, 198. ISBN 3-438-05303-9. info
  • PEDRO ALFONSO. Disciplina clericalis. Edited by Cristiano Leone - Laura Minervini. Roma: Salerno, 2010, xciv, 187. ISBN 9788884026897. info
  • HUS, Jan. M. Jana Husi korespondence a dokumenty. Edited by Václav Novotný. V Praze: nákladem Komise pro vydávání pramenů náboženského hnutí českého, 1920, lvi, 381. info
Teaching methods
One 1.5-hour class per week consisting of a lecture and a seminar.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: regular class attendance (75%); oral colloquium, which will examine the ability to translate a short Latin text with the assistance of a dictionary and explain the grammatical elements contained in the text.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zapisují imatrikulační ročníky 2016-2018.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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