FF:LJMedC12 Reading the historiography - Course Information

LJMedC12 Individual Reading: European and Bohemian historiography

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Asynchronous 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-LLS_) || LJBcSZk Bachelor's State Exam

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

• Medieval Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Medieval Latin Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Medieval Latin language and literature (jednooborový) (programme FF, N-LLS_) (3)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to check whether students are able to understand, translate into Czech and comment on selected passages from a prescribed corpus of medieval Latin historiographical sources.

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to understand, translate into Czech and comment on selected passages from medieval Latin historiography and interpret their linguistic characteristics and historical context.

Syllabus

• 1. Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Bohemorum I
• 2. Beda Venerabilis, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum I, 1; II, 9, 12–16; III, 1–3; IV, 17–18, 22 (číslování podle Plummerovy edice)
• 3. Einhard, Vita Caroli Magni (celé)
• 4. Petr Žitavský, Chronica Aulae regiae I, 94–104, 108–109
• 5. Working with dictionaries, commentaries and grammar books
• 6. Linguistic analysis of the texts
• 7. Interpreting the texts in a wider historical context

Literature

required literature
• Einhart: Vita Karoli Magni. Vollständige Ausgabe. 2 Bd. Eingel. und komm. von Franz Xaver Herrmann. Münster 2005.
• KOSMAS. Die Chronik der Böhmen des Cosmas von Prag. Edited by Bertold Bretholz - Wilhelm Weinberger. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1923, xcviii, 29. info
• BEDE. Venerabilis Baedae Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum historiam abbatum epistolam ad Ecgberctum una cum historia abbatum auctore anonymo. T. 1, Prolegomena et textum continens : Historia ecclesiastica (Unif.) : Opera historica (Variant.). Edited by Charles Plummer. London: Oxford University Press, 1896, clxxviii,. info

recommended literature
• Historia ecclesiastica (Unif.) : Venerabilis Baedae Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum historiam abbatum epistolam ad Ecgberctum una cum historia abbatum auctore anonymo. T. 1, Prolegomena et textum continens. info
• Chronicon Aulae Regiae : Kronika Zbraslavská : Zbraslavská kronika. info
• MUTLOVÁ, Petra, Martyn RADY, János BAK, Pavlína RYCHTEROVÁ, Libor ŠVANDA, Jan HASIL and Irene van RENSWOUDE. Cosmas of Prague : The Chronicle of the Czechs. 1st ed. Budapest - New York: CEU Press, 2020, 564 pp. Central European Medieval Texts, vol. 10. ISBN 978-963-386-300-8. URL info

Teaching methods

The course is not regularly taught during the semester. Individual reading of selected passages, use of dictionaries and other tools, and, if necessary, consultation with the teacher.

Assessment methods

The knowledge of the texts is tested by translating selected passages from Latin into Czech and commenting on their linguistic features and historical and social context. The examination is oral, students have time for preparing the translation. Examination takes place in the examination period as well as during the semester (in the latter case, 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.

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