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Ancient and medieval manuscripts (aspect of translation)

ВБ.1.3

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2023/2024

12 Semester

3

PLO (Program learning outcomes) 1. To evaluate one's own educational, scientific and professional activities, to build and to implement an effective strategy of self-development and professional self-improvement. PLO 6. To apply knowledge about expressive, emotional, logical language means and speech technique for the planned pragmatic result achieving and for the successful communication organizing. PLO 8. To evaluate the historical heritage and the latest achievements in literary studies PLO 10. To сollect and to systematize linguistic, literary, folklore facts, to interpret and to translate texts of various styles and genres in classical and English languages.

Full-time form

To know the normative grammar of ancient Greek and Latin languages, history of classical languages, history of the ancient world, ancient poetry.

Objectives of the discipline - to become familiar with the history of paleography of classical languages; specific techniques of writing on papyrus and parchment, classification of manuscripts, graphic and linguistic peculiarities, literary and cursive type of writing, development of minuscules, principles of tachyography, a complex of criteria for manuscripts dating. Annotation of the discipline. Principles of organization of writing and formation of manuscripts on papyrus, parchment and paper, peculiarities of of uncial and minuscule writing, of different schools and scriptoriums. Literary and italic styles of writing. Varieties of handwritten texts (autograph, apograph, manuscript, prototype, antigraph). Typical errors and proofreading in manuscripts. Bilinguals and palimpsests. Criteria of manuscripts dating. Format of manuscripts, type of writing, writing style, text organization, ligatures, commentary, initials, headings and colophons, diacritics and punctuation, abbreviations, tachographic signs. Influence of calligraphic tradition on the formation of the first printing fonts.

1. Thompson E. Handbook of Greek and Latin Paleography. Leipzig, 1996. 2. Paleographic observations on the monuments of Greek writing. St. Petersburg, 2006. 3. Problems of paleography and codicology in the USSR. М., 1974. 4. Tsereteli G.F. Abbreviations in Greek manuscripts. St. Petersburg, 1904. 5. Zvonska L.L. Greek epigraphy and paleography. К., 2016.

Lectures, independent work, practical lessons, individual tasks (project, presentation), oral test. and module test.

Final assessment:credit test. The scores for the semester comprise the points for the mastering of the materials for the entire course. The total score for the semester consists of the points for the classwork (which provides for independent work with the theoretical materials for the classwork: oral answers, tests, giving presentations, project demonstration) and for independent work (preparing presentations and projects). All types of activities for the semester are estimated as follows: 100 points maximum, 60 points minimum

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