Passing the study plan
master's full-time major, language of instruction: English
Included in the programme: FF N-LLSA_ Medieval Latin Language and Literature
Compulsory courses
Students must obtain all 52 credits from the listed mandatory courses. In addition, during the course of their studies students must read selected Latin sources in the original and/or in translation. The ability to understand, read and interpret the original texts is checked in the given courses (individual readings) or during the state exam.
Reading in original (summary of all mandatory colloquia and courses):
Vulgate: Genesis, Psalmi 1–41, Isaias 6–12, 56–66, one gospel, Epistula I ad Cor.; general knowledge of the whole text of the Bible, good orientation in the Vulgate and knowledge of the biblical books
Augustinus, De civitate Dei I; II; V, 1–8; VI; VIII; XXII, 30; Confessiones I; VIII; IX (state exam)
Philosophical and theological texts: Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae – I,1 – carm.V; III, carm. IX; Seneca, Ad Luc. 1, 16, 47; Peter Lombardus, Super IV Sent. l. 3 d. 34 c. 4; Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae p. 1, q. 1; Roger Bacon, Opus maius, p. VI, De scientia experimentali (c. 1), p. VII, Moralis philosophia (p. 1)
European and Bohemian medieval poetry: Carmina Burana 11, 16, 17, 41, 42, 44, 51, 74, 75, 100, 117, 123, 130, 131a, 136, 138, 143, 191, 196, 211, 219; Carmina Cantabrigiensia 14, 23, 27; Gualterus de Castellione – Alexandreis I, 1–202
European and Bohemian medieval historiography: Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Bohemorum I; Beda Venerabilis, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum I, 1; II, 9, 12–16; III, 1–3; IV, 17–18, 22; Einhardus, Vita Caroli Magni; Peter of Zittau, Chronicon Aulae regiae I, 94–100
European and Bohemian hagiography: Christiani monachi Vita et passio sancti Venceslai et sanctae Ludmilae avae eius; Legenda aurea 22 (De sancto Nicolao), 87 (De Epiphania Domini), 662 (De sancto Francisco)
Humanistic literature: J. A. Comenius, Schola infantiae, chap. 4, 6-8, 11, 12; Bohuslav Hasištejnský, Carmina 83, 200, 316; Matouš Collinus, De peste; Jan Campanus Vodňanský, De exundatione Vultavae, In ventrem, Anni 1601 descriptio; Alžběta Johanna Westonia, De inundatione Pragae
Reading in translation:
Seneca, Epistolae morales ad Lucilium (selection); Pliny the Elder, Natural history (selection); Lucan, On the Civil War (book 1. and 6.); Martial, Selected Epigrams; Quintilian, Institutes of Oratory (books 1., 2. and 10.); Statius, Thebais (book 12); Silvae (selection); Marcus Aurelius, Meditations; Macrobius, Saturnalia.
Book of Revelation; Augustine, On Christian Doctrine; Jerome, Selected Letters; Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, The Plays; Thietmar of Merseburg, The Chronicle; Golden Legend (100 pages); Erasmus of Rotterdam, In Praise of Folly; Comenius, Unum necessarium. The One Thing Needed.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:LJMedA01 | Introduction to Medieval Latin | z | 4 | 1 | Z |
FF:LJ153 | Medieval and Humanistic Latin I | k | 4 | 1 | Z |
FF:LJ154 | Medieval and Humanistic Latin II | zk | 4 | 2 | P |
FF:LJMedA02 | Bohemian-Latin Medieval Literature - dynasty of Premyslids | k | 4 | 2 | Z |
FF:LJMedA03 | Bohemian-Latin Medieval Literature - dynasty of Luxembourg | zk | 4 | 3 | P |
FF:LJMedA10 | Seminar on Textual Criticism | z | 4 | 3 | P |
FF:LJMedA07 | Interpretative Seminar: Medieval Latin I | k | 4 | 3 | P |
FF:LJ252 | Master's Interpretative Seminar II | k | 4 | 2 | - |
FF:LJ351 | Roman Literature of the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity | zk | 4 | 1 | - |
FF:LJ253 | Reading and Metrical Analysis of Horace | k | 4 | 1 | - |
FF:LJMedA09 | Bible Seminar (Vulgate) | z | 2 | 4 | - |
FF:LJ156 | Test in Latin Normative Grammar | zk | 2 | 4 | - |
FF:LJMedC11 | Individual Reading: European and Bohemian hagiography | k | 2 | - | - |
FF:LJMedC12 | Individual Reading: European and Bohemian historiography | k | 2 | - | - |
FF:LJMedC16 | Individual Reading: Humanistic Literature | k | 2 | - | - |
FF:LJMedC17 | Individual Reading: Philosophical and Theololgical Texts | k | 2 | - | - |
52 credits |
Selective courses
Blok 1
Students must obtain 8 credits from the following courses:
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:LJMedA08 | Interpretative Seminar: Medieval Latin II | k | 4 | - | - |
FF:LJMedA11 | Auxiliary Sciences of History for Medievalists | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:LJMedB24 | Digital Humanities in Medieval Studies | k | 4 | - | - |
FF:LJMedB06 | Medieval Encyclopedias | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:LJMedB28 | Reading Latin Texts about the Last Things | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:LJMedB31 | Textual Culture of the Czech Reformation | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:LJMedB32 | Latin Manuscripts and Medieval Literature | k | 5 | - | - |
FF:LJMedB33 | Czech Reformation and the History of Ideas | z | 5 | - | - |
FF:AR1A311 | Latin Script and Book Culture in the Middle Ages I (800-1200) | k | 3 | - | - |
FF:AR1A312 | Latin Script and Book Culture in the Middle Ages II (1200-1500) | zk | 4 | - | - |
FF:CJLB200 | Czech Literature from the Beginnings to the 18th century I | z | 3 | - | - |
FF:HIAb06b | Medieval History of the Czech Land | z | 3 | - | - |
FF:MEDMgr01 | Selected literary theories and methods of textual interpretation | k | 4 | - | - |
FF:LJ152 | Late Latin | zk | 4 | - | - |
FF:LJ251 | Master's Interpretative Seminar I | k | 4 | - | - |
FF:LJ453 | Expert lectures: Romanisation and Latinisation of the Roman Empire | k | 4 | - | - |
63 credits |
Diplomová práce (min. 20 kr.)
Students must pass all 3 courses.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:LJMedD01 | Master's Thesis | z | - | 4 | - |
FF:LJMedD02 | M. A. Diploma Thesis Seminar I | z | 10 | 3 | P |
FF:LJMedD05 | M. A. Diploma Thesis Seminar II | z | 10 | 4 | P |
20 credits |