FF:RLS207 Individual Reading of Ovid - Course Information
RLS207 Individual Reading of Ovid
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- 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
- ! LJ207 Individual Reading of Ovid
Successful completion of the Latin Proseminar (Ovidius) - 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
- Latin language and literature (programme FF, B-RLS)
- Greek and Latin Studies (programme FF, B-RLS)
- Course objectives
- The aim of this subject is to prove the skills of understanding original latin poetic text, to translate from Latin into Czech language and to acquire the konwledge of selected passages in individual reading.
- Learning outcomes
- The students should be able to understand, translate from Latin to Czech and to comment on the passages selected for reading.
- Syllabus
- Reading Ovidius is not a course regularly taught during the semester. Students gain credit for independent reading of selected passages from Ovid's Metamorphoses and lesser works.
- The reading list for minor:
- Met. I (72- 162, 253-360); II (833-875); IV (55-166); X (1-77).
- The reading list for major and completus:
- Met. I 1–360, 452–567; II 833–875; III 400–510; IV 55–166; VI 146–312; VIII 611–720; X 1–77, 243-297; XV 199-236, 745–776, 871-879;
- Reading Ovid is a prerequisite for the B.A. State Final Exam. The examination takes place after the 2nd year of the study.
- Literature
- required literature
- OVIDIUS. Proměny. Edited by Ivan Bureš. Vyd. 3, v Nakl. Plot 1. Praha: Plot, 2005, 480 s. ISBN 8086523632. info
- recommended literature
- OVIDIUS. Proměny. Vyd. 2. Praha: Odeon, 1967, 443 s. URL info
- OVIDIUS. Metamorphoses. Translated by Frank Justus Miller. London: William Heinemann, 1929, 466 s. info
- not specified
- OVIDIUS. Metamorphosen : Auswahl mit Überleitungstexten, Wort- und Sacherläuterungen, Arbeitskommentar. Edited by Karl-Heinz Pridik - Karl-Heinz Pridik. 1. Aufl. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett, 1980, 72 s. ISBN 3126411002. info
- OVIDIUS. Metamorphoses. Translated by Frank Justus Miller. London: William Heinemann, 1929, 499 s. info
- OVIDIUS NASO, Publius. Die Metamorphosen des P. Ovidius Naso. Bd. 2, Buch VIII-XV. Edited by Otto Korn - R. Ehwald. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1898. info
- Teaching methods
- Homework.
- Assessment methods
- The knowledge of Ovid's work is tested by translating, metric analysis and commenting on selected passages from the reading list. Oral or written examination is possible also during the semester or on dates according to individual e-mail appointment.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester. - Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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