REBc14 Classical Greek for Students of Modern Greek II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Steklá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jana Steklá, 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)
REBc13 Classical Greek I
Předpokládá se znalost starořecké gramatiky v rozsahu předmětu REBc13 (všechny deklinace, prézens, imperfektum, aorist aktivní a futurum, zájmena) a znalost novořečtiny.
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 course provides students with normative grammar of the Attic Greek dialect of the Classical period. The focus is placed on practice of grammatical phenomena, particularly morphological, existing in Modern Greek. The aim of the course is to present the old phase of Greek language to students and thus contribute to their better understanding of the development of Modern Greek language.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student: will know and understand the development of particular morphological categories;
will understand major fonetic changes;
able to understand older (17th-19th centuries) Greek texts;
understand the forms that exist in professional and specialized styles;
have a basic overview of the complex development of Greek.
Syllabus
  • 1. Participles. 2. Contracted verbs. 3. Vowel and s-stems of the 3rd declension. 4. Pronouns. 5. Subjunctive. 6. Optative. 7. Perfect tense. 8. Second passive aorist. 9. μι-verbs. 10. Introduction into syntax.
Literature
    required literature
  • NIEDERLE, Jindřich, Václav NIEDERLE and Ladislav VARCL. Mluvnice řeckého jazyka. 2., fototypické vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1974, 288 s. info
    recommended literature
  • HORÁČEK, Filip and Radek CHLUP. Učebnice klasické řečtiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2012, 445 s. ISBN 9788020021236. info
  • HORROCKS, G. A History of the Language and its Speakers. London - New York, 1997. info
    not specified
  • SMYTH, Herbert Weir. Greek Grammar. Harvard University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-674-36250-0. info
  • HEILMANN, W. and K. ROESKE. Lexis. Einführung in die griechische Sprache. Frankfurt am Main, 1972. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, practice (grammar exercises, simple translations), drill. An e-learning course with study materials (comparative tables of grammatical phenomena) and grammar practice tests is available.
Assessment methods
Credits are obtained by passing a written test at the end of the period. The test consists of a translation of simple sentences from Greek into Czech, identifying verb forms exercise and a translation of verb forms.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf3/course/view.php?id=2175
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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