LMD_DSZJ7 Doctoral Seminar VII

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Dana Stehlíková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquire necessary skills in working with relevant scholarly literature, carrying out literary research, making of commentaries and notes of the dissertation. It introduces the basics of translation work to the students (theory and praxis of translation).
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to present parts of their dissertation (possibly in a form of comprehensive studies) based on primary sources and together with references to secondary literature. They will master the necessary skills for translating medieval literary (or diplomatic) source material.
Syllabus
  • Bloc teaching – tutors from all three historic languages of the Czech lands are present (Latin, Czech, German):
  • Problems of critical study of medieval primary sources;
  • problems with translating medieval texts;
  • attempts at translating selected literary sources (editerd or commented);
  • presentation of doctoral dissertations.
Literature
  • Literature is assigned based on the topics of the dissertations.
  • Literatura: dle zvolených témat doktorských disertací.
Teaching methods
Seminar presentation of doctoral projects and translating outcomes, seminar discussion.
Assessment methods
Regular and active class participation; presentation of the dissertation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blok.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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