KRMgrC01 Reading Menander and Aristophanes

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites
KRSoZk Comprehensive Exam || KRBcZk B.A. Final Exam
Deep knowledge of the Classical Greek normative grammar.
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 is not being taught in the standart form; during consultations the student solves the actual problems and answers questions concerning the text, which is prescribed to translation.
At the end of this course, students should be able to translate and interpret one selected drama of Menander and Aristophanes in a correct way, and they should also be well informed about the metres of the Greek comedy.
Syllabus
  • One comedy of Aristophanes or Menander (the students choose on the basis of their individual interests).
Literature
  • ARISTOPHANES, 450-338 př.Kr. Comoediae [Aristophanes] (Variant.) : Aristophanis Comoediae. T. I, Acharnenses; Equites; Nubes; Vespas; Pacem; Aves; Continens : Aristophanis Comoediae. T. II, Lysistratam; Thesmophoriazusas; Ranas; Ecclesiazusas; Plutum; Fragmenta; Indicem nominum; Co. info
  • libovolné kometování vydání vybrané komedie
  • Concordance to Menander. Edited by Andreas G. Katsouris. Hildesheim: Olms-Weidmann, 2004, 652 s. ISBN 3487125978. info
  • MÖLLENDORFF, Peter von. Aristophanes. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 2002, 222 s. ISBN 3487114879. info
  • SMYTH, Herbert Weir. Greek Grammar. Harvard University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-674-36250-0. info
  • GREER, Germaine and Phil WILLMOTT. Lysistrata - the sex strike : after Aristophanes. London: Aurora Metro Press, 2000, 96 s. ISBN 095367570X. info
  • A Greek-English lexicon : with a revised supplement, 1996. Edited by Henry Stuart Jones - Roderick McKenzie - Henry George Liddell - Robert. 9th ed. completed 1940 with. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1996, xlv, 2042. ISBN 0198642261. info
  • ARISTOFANÉS. Aristophanes Clouds. Edited by K. J. Dover. London: Oxford University Press, 1970, xxxviii, 2. ISBN 0199120099. info
  • MENANDROS. The Dyskolos of Menander. Edited by E. W. Handley. London: Methuen & Co., 1965, x, 323. info
  • AISCHYLOS, EURIPIDÉS, SOFOKLÉS and ARISTOFANÉS. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1952, ix, 649. info
  • SCHWYZER, E. and A. DEBRUNNER. Griechische Grammatik. München, 1939. info
  • MURRAY, Gilbert. Aristophanes : a study. London: Oxford University Press, 1933, x, 268 s. info
  • ARISTOFANÉS. The clouds of Aristophanes. Edited by W. J. M. Starkie. London: Macmillan and Co., 1911, lxxxviii,. info
Assessment methods
Completion: credit (the student has to show the ability of correct interpretation and translation of a selected part of the text).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019.
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