FF:LJMedC09 Philosophical and Moral Texts - Course Information
LJMedC09 Individual Reading: Philosophical and Moral Texts
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Lucie Mazalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- LJBcZk Bachelor's State Exam || OBOR(LJU) || OBOR(LLS) || (OBOR(LJ) && TYP_STUDIA(N))
LJBcZk Bc. státní zkouška || OBOR ( LJU ) || OBOR ( LLS ) || ( OBOR ( LJ ) && TYP_STUDIA ( N )) - 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
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to check whether students themselves are able to understand selected passages from the Latin works which deal with philosophic or moral themes.
- Learning outcomes
- The students should be able to understand the literary and historical context of the Latin works written by Boethius, Seneca and Abelard and translate selected passages from these works (see Course Contents) into Czech language. The students are able to interpret linguistic and contentual details (especially philosophical aspects) of these works.
- Syllabus
- Introduction to the literary and historical context of the works written by Boethius, Seneca and Abelard
- Reading and translation:
- Boethius: De consolatione philosophiae: I,1 – carm.V; III, carm. IX
- Seneca: Ad Lucilium 1, 16, 47
- Petr Abaelard: Historia calamitatum, s. 63–82
- Interpretation of linguistic, philosophical and other contentual aspects of the mentioned works
- Literature
- required literature
- Boëthius, Anitius Manlius Torquatus Severinus, and Claudio Moreschini. De Consolatione Philosophiae ;: Opuscula Theologica. Editio altera. Monachii: K.G. Saur, 2005.
- Seneca a Hense, Otto, ed. Ad Lucilium epistularum moralium quae supersunt. Leipzig: Teubner, 1898. XL, 622 s. Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana. 1 - A. L. Annaei Senecae opera quae supersunt; Vol. 3.
- Abélard, Pierre. Historia Calamitatum. Paris: Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, 1967.
- recommended literature
- SENECA, Lucius Annaeus. Výbor z listů Luciliovi. Translated by Bohumil Ryba. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1969. 282 s
- SENECA. Briefe an Lucilius über Ethik. Edited by Franz Loretto. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2005, 96 s. ISBN 3150021340. info
- Teaching methods
- The course is not being taught in the standard form, but through the consultations during which the students solve the actual problems and answer the questions concerning the text prescribed for translation.
- Assessment methods
- The exam consists in translation of the chosen passages from Latin into Czech language and in ability to interpret linguistic and contentual (especially philosophical) aspects of these passages. The examination is oral, students have time for preparing the translation. The examination takes place in the examination period as well as during the semester (it is necessary to make appointment personally or by e-mail).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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