Course: Latin for Intermediate Learners

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Course title Latin for Intermediate Learners
Course code KBV/DTLAM
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Plátová Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Deeper knowledge of Latin morphology and syntax. The reading focuses on the Vulgate, Old Christian literature, Liturgical and Medieval Latin texts. The exercises, which take the form of webinars, include working with dictionaries specialising in Christian and Medieval Latin.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The goals of the course are to read selected Latin texts with the help of a dictionary and the latin grammar.
Upon completion of the course, students will: - gain a basic understanding of texts written in Latin - be able to use Latin dictionaries specialising in Christian and medieval vocabulary - become familiar with some of the specific features of liturgical Latin
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the KBV/MTZLT course 'Basics of Latin'.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Active participation in the course / webinars.
Recommended literature
  • A. BLAISE. (1994). A Handbook of Christian Latin: Style, Morphology and Syntax. Turnhout.
  • A. BLAISE. (1993). Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-age. Brepols.
  • A. BLAISE. (1997). Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs chrétiens. Brepols.
  • F. NOVOTNÝ. (1992). Základní latinská mluvnice. Jinočany.
  • H. MENGE, T. BURKARD, M. SCHAUER. (2007). Lehrbuch der lateinischen Syntax und Semantik. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft Stuttgart.
  • J. NECHUTOVÁ. (1995). Středověká latina. Brno.
  • J. PLÁTOVÁ. (2008). Latinská syntax pro posluchače teologických fakult. Olomouc.
  • K. E. GEORGES. (1861). Lateinisch-deutsches und deutsch-lateinisches Handwörterbuch. Leipzig.
  • M. ŠLESINGER. Rudimenta linguae latinae. Praha: Karolinum, 1997..
  • M. ŠLESINGER. (1999). Základy latinského jazyka pro posluchače teologie. Praha.
  • Pražák - Novotný - Sedláček. Latinsko-český slovník. jakékoliv vydání.


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