Multi-semester discipline: Latin hermeneutics (6th semester)

Course: Classical Philology and English language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Multi-semester discipline: Latin hermeneutics (6th semester)
Code
ННД.19
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO 11. Know the principles, technologies and techniques of oral and written texts of different genres and styles creation in Ukrainian, classical and a foreign language. PLO 12. Analyze language units, determine their interaction, and characterize linguistic phenomena and the underlying processes. PLO 13. Analyze and interpret works of the Ancient literature, determine their peculiarities and place in the literary process. PLO 15. Perform linguistic, literary and specific philological analysis of texts of different styles and genres in Ancient Greek and Latin. PLO 21. Possess the skills to translate texts of different styles and genres in Ancient Greek and Latin.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
To know general information about the historical and cultural context of the period of the republic in Ancient Rome; to have the basics of Latin grammar, in particular the syntax of a complex sentence, basic skills and translation skills, methods of linguistic and cultural analysis and grammatical analysis of original Latin texts.
Course content
The purpose of the course "Latin hermeneutics" is to provide students with knowledge about hermeneutics as an art of text interpretation, a universal science of understanding, a comprehensive research method, its ideas and principles; to form a methodological toolkit of hermeneutic analysis (skills of reading, interpretation, translation) of Latin texts. Abstract. The lecture-practical course consists of two substantive parts. The second part introduces the history of the formation of Roman rhetoric, the struggle of currents, the doctrine of tropes and figures, the classification of rhetorical devices by M.F. Quintilian, reveals various aspects of hermeneutic research using the example of "The First Speech against Catiline" by M.T. Cicero.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Абрамович С.Д., Молдован В.В., Чикарькова М.Ю. Риторика загальна та судова: Навч. посіб. К.: Юрінком Інтер, 2002. 416 с. Йополло А.М. Цицерон та латинська філософська лексика // Історія європейської цивілізації. Рим / за ред. У. Еко. Х.: «Фоліо», 2015. С. 347-352. Gruen Erich S. The Last Generation of the Roman republic. – California: University of California press, 1974. 615 p. M. Fabii Quintiliani “Institutio oratoria”, lib. IX, caput VI // Aula linguae latinae. М.-Л.: Учпедгиз, 1950. С. 81-87.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes; video materials and presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint); independent work (preparation of materials on a given topic, presentations, control and independent works).
Assessment methods and criteria
The total grade is formed by the points received in the entire educational course. The overall grade for the academic year is the arithmetic average of the final semester grades for the V and VI semesters, consisting of points obtained for credit. The final assessment is conducted in the form of an exam. The maximum number of points on the exam is 40 points, the minimum number of points that are added to the semester ones is 24 points. The following learning outcomes are evaluated at the exam: 1.1-1.5; 2.1-2.5; 3.1; 4.1-4.3. The exam is conducted in the form of a written work with open answers to two theoretical questions, each of which is evaluated with a maximum of 10 points, and a practical task, which is evaluated with a maximum of 20 points. A detailed description of the forms, criteria and organization of assessment is given in the working course program, published on the official website of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olena Hryhorivna Mykhailova
Department of General Linguistics, Classical Philology and Neo-Hellenistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology