FF:LJMedA10 Textual Criticism - Course Information
LJMedA10 Seminar on Textual Criticism
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
The course is not taught in Spring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., 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 (in Czech)
- PROGRAM(N-LJ_) || PROGRAM(N-LJU_) || PROGRAM(N-LLS_) || LJBcSZk Bachelor's State Exam
- 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
- there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to introduce practical principles of textual criticism with special regards to medieval Latin manuscripts of Bohemian origin to the students of Latin.
- Learning outcomes
- All aspects of a preparation of critical editions will be explained to the students; at the end of the course students will have mastered the basics of working with medieval manuscripts, they will be able to work with a special programme designed for critical editions and will be informed about the necessary secundary literature (catalogues of manuscripts, history of Czech manuscript collections etc.).
- Syllabus
- 1.-2. Basic definition of textual criticism; new and digital philology.
- 3. Specifics of editing of medieval Latin texts with special attention to Bohemian manuscripts.
- 4. Rules of transcription.
- 5. Special features of medieval Latin ortography, pronunciation.
- 6.-7. Classical Text Editor – programme for critical editions.
- 8. Quotations of authorities and their identification: biblical quotations, Roman law, Canon law.
- 9. Electronic databases of medieval texts.
- 10. Editing of diplomatic material.
- 11. Particular features of medieval poetry.
- 12. Early modern texts.
- 13. Old Czech texts.
- Literature
- required literature
- ČEŠKA, Josef. Textová kritika ve filologické praxi. Vyd. 1. Brno: UJEP Brno, 1973, 70 s. info
- VIDMANOVÁ, Anežka. Laborintus :latinská literatura středověkých Čech. Vyd. 1. Praha: KLP-Koniasch Latin Press, 1994, 222 s. ISBN 80-901508-6-1. info
- Handbook of stemmatology : history, methodology, digital approaches. Edited by Philipp Roelli. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020, vi, 688. ISBN 9783110674170. info
- TROVATO, Paolo. Everything you always wanted to know about Lachmann's method : a non-standard handbook of genealogical textual criticism in the age of Post-Structuralism, cladistics, and copy-text. Edited by Michael D. Reeve. Prima edizione. Padova: Libreriauniversitaria.it edizioni, 2014, 355 stran. ISBN 9788862925280. info
- recommended literature
- HEJNOVÁ, Miroslava. Historické fondy Národní knihovny ČR : průvodce. 1. vyd. Praha: Národní knihovna České republiky, 2007, 80 s. ISBN 9788070504833. info
- Editor a text : úvod do praktické textologie. Edited by Rudolf Havel - Břetislav Štorek - Jiří Flaišman - Michal Kosák. Vyd. 2. Praha: Paseka, 2006, 182 s. ISBN 8071856533. info
- HUYGENS, R. B. C. Ars edendi : a practical introduction to editing medieval Latin texts. Turnhout: Brepols, 2000, 80 s. ISBN 2503511627. info
- Éloge de la variante : histoire critique de la philologie. Edited by Bernard Cerquiglini. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1989, 122 s. ISBN 2020104334. info
- MAAS, Paul. Textkritik. Einleitung in die altertumswissenschaft. 1960. info
- Teaching methods
- Practical instruction – reading and collation of manuscripts, working with the Classical Text Editor programme; class discussion; short theoretical introduction.
- Assessment methods
- Requirements for credit: active class attendance at seminars (75%) and conscientious preparation of practical assignments; students will be asked to hand in a minor assignment at the end of the course.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week. - Teacher's information
- Additions to literature:
1990 Speculum, A Journal of Medieval Studies, vol. 65 (ed. Stephen Nichols (Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore)
Stella, Francesco. „Metodi i prospettive delľedizione digitale di testi mediolatini.“ Filologia Mediolatina 14 (2007): 149–173
Digital Critical Editions. Ed. D. Apollon, C. Bélisle, P. Régnier. Urbana-Champaign – Chicago: Illinois University Press, 2014.
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