LJ256 Individual Reading (Lucretius and Apuleius)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
B.A. State Exam.
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
Reading Apuleius and Lucretius is not a regular course. Students obtain credit for individual reading of the prescribed passages from the works of the authors.
Learning outcomes
Students are expected to read, understand and comment on selected works.
Syllabus
  • Lucretius: I 1-148; II 1-66; III 1-93, 830-869; V 156-194, 783-1027. Apuleius: Met. 4,28–6,24. Examining. Translation. Metrical analysis. Interpretation and commentary.
Literature
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. La natura. Edited by Francesco Giaconti. Nuova trad. [Milano]: Garzanti, 1994, lxxvi, 573. ISBN 88-11-36522-8. info
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus and Alfred ERNOUT. De la nature. Paris: Les Belles lettres, 1985, 289 s. ISBN 2070720802. info
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. De la nature. Edited by Alfred Ernout. Paris: Les Belles lettres, 1985, 289 s. ISBN 2-07-070802-0. info
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. O přírodě. 2., přeprac. vyd., ve Svobo. Praha: Svoboda, 1971, 272 s. URL info
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. On the nature of things. Edited by Epiktétos - Antoninus Marcus Aurelius, Translated by H. A. J. Munro. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1952, xi, 97. info
  • LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. O přírodě (De rerum natura). Edited by Bohumil Ryba, Translated by Josef Kolář. 1. vyd. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1948, 278 s. info
Teaching methods
Homework, individual study.
Assessment methods
Individual reading and consultation. Written and oral exam. Adequate translation, interpretation and commenting on the Latin 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 Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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