UZLJMC8 Reading Augustinus

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites
Passing B. A. State Exam in Latin Language and Literature
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
- to get acquinted with specific features of Christian Latin
- to be able to understand a prosaic text of any patristic author
- to get acquinted with the content of Augustin's works De civitate Dei and Confessiones
Syllabus
  • Primary texts:
  • Aurelius Augustinus, De civitate Dei I, Proemium, XXII.30
  • Aurelius Augustinus, Confessiones I, 1010, III, 4-5, VIII, 12
  • Basic terminology:
  • Aurelius Augustinus
  • Christian Latin - language
  • literary and cultural context.
Literature
  • De civitate dei : The city of God. Vol. 1 : The city of God. Vol. 2. info
  • AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius. Confessiones (Orig.). info
  • AUGUSTIN. O Boží obci knih XXII. 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1950, 693 s. info
  • AUGUSTIN. Vyznání. Praha: Kalich, 1990. ISBN 8070171448. info
Assessment methods
Compulsory individual home reading
Credit (oral exam): reading, translation and elementary interpretation of the text
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009.
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