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The Latin course for students of Musicology 2

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Course ID: 3106-2JLDM-CW
Erasmus code / ISCED: 03.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0215) Music and performing arts The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: The Latin course for students of Musicology 2
Name in Polish: Język łaciński dla muzykologów 2
Organizational unit: Institute of Musicology
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla I r. studiów stacjonarnych I stopnia
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.50 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: Polish
Type of course:

foreign languages

Short description:

An elementary Latin course which presents basic rules of Latin grammar and prepares students to translate of simple Latin texts on their own. What is more, Latin (and Ancient Greek) legacy in the wide understood music terminology is discussed during the classes.

Full description:

The subject contents:

- the basic rules of the Latin grammar (inflection) and the Latin vocabulary

- reading simple Latin texts containing the examples of presented inflection topics

- explaining ancient etymology of terms used nowadays especially in the musicology field

- basic information about read texts (fragments from Carmina Burana, Laus Cracoviae, psalms etc.) and about their authors

- the popular literary and music topos

Bibliography:

Muzyka. Leksykon (historia, sztuka, ikonografia), by A. Ausoni, Warsaw 2007

2. Słownik mitologii greckiej i rzymskiej, by P. Grimal, Wrocław 1990.

3. Słownik kościelny łacińsko-polski, by A. Jougan, Publishing House of Warsaw Archidiocese, Warsaw (dowolne wydanie).

4. Słownik mitów i tradycji kultury, by W. Kopaliński, Warsaw (dowolne wydanie).

5. Łacina w kulturze polskiej, by A.W. Mikołajczak, Wrocław 1998.

6. Mały słownik łacińsko-polski, by J. Korpanty or K. Kumaniecki published by PWN, Warsaw (dowolne wydanie) or

7. Słownik pisarzy antycznych, by A. Świderkówna, Warsaw 1982.

8. Gramatyka opisowa języka łacińskiego,by M. Wielewski, published PWN, Warsaw (dowolne wydanie) or

9. Gramatyka opisowa języka łacińskiego, by J. Wikarjak, published

Learning outcomes:

A student should know elementary terminology of Polish grammar connected with the inflection and syntaxy (names of cases, the part of the speech, parts of the sentence)

After these classes a student:

- translates simple Latin texts

- describes grammar forms of Latin words and Latin syntaxy

- learns fragments of original Latin texts especially about the music read by themselves

- names characters from the mythology (Arion, Orpheus etc.) and history (Ciołek) and describes their stories

- describes ancient motives used in the music texts (Fortuna, Kairos etc.)

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

1. Constant appraisal (the current preparing to the classes and activity during them) 40%

2. Tests written during semesters – 30%

3. The final written test (translation of a text) – 30 %

4. The final test can be taken after passing all tests written during semesters. A student is allowed to rewrite the test third time if not passed the first and second one.

Missing a test in the first date without a serious excuse results in the loss of the term.

Absence of four hours a semester from classes is allowed

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span: 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16
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Type of class:
Foreign language classes, 30 hours, 40 places more information
Coordinators: Inga Grześczak
Group instructors: Inga Grześczak
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