RLS107 Latin Stylistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, 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)
( RLS104 Latin Grammar IV || LJ104 Latin Grammar IV ) && ! LJ107 Latin Stylistics
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 this course is to introduce students to essential stylistic and selected pragmatic means used in Latin texts.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
- compare the means of expression in Czech and Latin of the Classical Period with special attention paid to the phraseology;
- analyze examples of various types of Latin texts documenting (a) social and functional registers of Latin and (b) the chronological development of the literary language with respect to the later periods;
- compose a short text in Latin;
- analyze texts from syntactic and pragmatic point of view;
- identify linguistic means used for expression of speaker's communicative goals.
Syllabus
  • 1-5: Case system, selected syntactic features.
  • 6-7: Latin phraseology - contrastive comparison.
  • 8: Features of Latin poetic language.
  • 9-10: Stylistic analysis of selected Latin texts.
  • 11: Essentials of Latin pragmatics and means for expression of speaker's communicative intentions.
  • 12: Constituent order, illocutionary force and its expression, modality.
  • 13: Discourse and pragmatic markers.
Literature
  • NOVOTNÝ, František. Historická mluvnice latinského jazyka. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1955, 361 s. URL info
  • HRUBÝ, P. and K. HRDINA. Cvičebnice jazyka latinského pro vyšší gymnasia. Praha, 1933. info
  • MENGE, H. Repetitorium der lateinischen Syntax und Stilistik. Wolfenbüttel, 1914. info
  • MAURACH, G. Lateinische Dichtersprache. 1995. info
  • PINKSTER, Harm. The Oxford Latin syntax. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, xxxii, 143. ISBN 9780199283613. info
  • New perspectives on historical Latin syntax. Edited by Philip Baldi - Pierluigi Cuzzolin. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2011, xxxiii, 92. ISBN 9783110253412. info
  • SPĚVÁKOVÁ, Olga. Constituent order in classical Latin prose. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2010, xi, 318. ISBN 9789027205841. info
  • New perspectives on historical Latin syntax. Edited by Philip Baldi - Pierluigi Cuzzolin. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2010, xxi, 529. ISBN 9783110215465. info
  • New perspectives on historical Latin syntax. Edited by Philip Baldi - Pierluigi Cuzzolin. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2009, xxii, 561. ISBN 9783110190823. info
  • MENGE, Hermann. Lehrbuch der lateinischen Syntax und Semantik. Edited by Friedrich Maier - Thorsten Burkard - Markus Schauer. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2000, xxxviii, 1. ISBN 3-534-13661-6. info
  • MAURACH, Gregor. Lateinische Stilübungen :ein Lehrbuch zum Selbstunterricht. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1997, 160 s. ISBN 3-534-13692-6. info
Teaching methods
The course includes lectures and practice with focus on comparison of the means of expression in Czech and Latin of the Classical Period with special attention paid to the use of phraseology. Regular weekly work at home consisting of translation from Czech to Latin is expected. Each student must present a paper dealing with the specific literary style of one chosen Latin author. Students have to read scholarly literature and analyze selected texts.
Assessment methods
To gain the colloquium, students must actively participate in the class and hand in semestral homework. A written test focused on Latin phraseology and translation of a short text into Latin takes place at the end of the course. Students are also required to identify and describe pragamtic devices used in a selected passage. Besides that, students have to prepare and carry out a paper dealing with a particular stylistic aspect of Latin. Topics are assigned by the lecturer. The presentation must be handed in in writing.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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