Course: Old Church Slavonic for Theologians

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Course title Old Church Slavonic for Theologians
Course code KSV/STAR
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 4
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrdinová Eva, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The seminar will focus primarily on Glagolitic and Cyrillic relics in relationship to a wider historical and cultural context of the period of St. Cyril and Methodius. A special attention will also be paid to the attempts to restore the Old Church Slavonic in the 20th century and to the texts which were in that time produced in our region (Vojtěch Tkadlčík and his "Glagolitic missals").

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to introduce students to Old Church Slavonic, the oldest literary Slavonic language and the oldest liturgical Slavonic language.
The students will be guided to translate selected Old Church Slavonic writings into Czech and to analyse the texts linguistically, with special regards to its practical usage in the church.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Credit requirements: activity in the seminar, oral presentation.
Recommended literature
  • Bartoň, J. Uvedení do klasické staroslověnštiny. Praha 1999.
  • Bartoň, J., Vondrák, V. Vokabulář klasické staroslověnštiny. Praha 2003.
  • Bauerová, H. Texty ke studiu staroslověnštiny se slovníčkem. Olomouc 2002.
  • Kurz, J. (1969). Učebnice jazyka staroslověnského. Praha 1969. pRAHA: spn.
  • Štec, M. Úvod do staroslovienčiny a cirkevnej slovančiny. Prešov 1994.
  • Večerka, R. Základy slovanské filologie a staroslověnštiny. Brno 1992..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology Study plan (Version): Catholic Theology (2) Category: Philosophy, theology 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology Study plan (Version): Catholic Theology (2) Category: Philosophy, theology 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter