ESB150 Sublime Style of the Latin Prose

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Lee, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 C31
Prerequisites
The basic knowledge of Latin language.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: reading and analysis of the Latin texts related to aesthetics (Horatius - De arte poetica, Cicero - De officiis, the bucolic poetry - Theokritos, Vergilius etc.).
Syllabus
  • Introduction - Latin authors, books etc.
  • Cicero - De officiis (the theory of virtues - iustitia, fortitudo, sapientia, temperantia).
  • Horatius - De arte poetica (theory of dramatic and poetic art).
  • Bucolic poetry - Theokritos, Vergilius etc. (their influence on medieval literature).
Literature
  • De officiis (Orig.) : O povinnostech : rozprava o třech knihách [Cicero, 1970]. info
  • LONGINUS, Cassius. On the sublime (Obsaž.) : Classical literary criticism. info
  • Dějiny římské literatury (History of Roman Literature). Praha: Koniasch Latin Press, 2003, 790 pp. ISBN 80-85917-87-4. info
  • HORATIUS, Quintus Flaccus. O umění básnickém. Edited by Eva Stehlíková, Translated by Dana Svobodová. Vyd. v tomto překladu 1. Praha: Academia, 2002, 87 s. ISBN 8020009884. info
  • CURTIUS, Ernst Robert. Evropská literatura a latinský středověk. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 1998, 738 s. ISBN 80-86138-07-0. info
  • STIEBITZ, Ferdinand. Stručné dějiny římské literatury [Stiebitz, 1991]. Brno: Rektorát Masarykovy univerzity, 1991. ISBN 80-210-0267-0. info
  • Písně pastvin a lesů. Translated by Rudolf Mertlík. Vyd. v tomto souboru 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1977, 440 s. URL info
  • FLACCUS, Horatius Q. Vavřín a réva : [souborné básnické dílo] : Epódy (Obsaž.) : Listy (Obsaž.) : Ódy (Obsaž.) : Satiry (Obsaž.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1972, 364 s. info
  • Classical literary criticism. Edited by Aristotelés - Quintus Flaccus Horatius, Translated by T. S. Dorsch. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970. info
  • LONGÍNOS. Peri hypsús. Praha: Biblioteka Museion, 1931. info
Assessment methods
Lectures, class discussion, homeworks, reading, presentations. Oral exem.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009.
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