The bottom line of the seminar is to provide a hermeneutical introduction to the readings of the Homer’s Odyssey and Dante’s Divine Comedy. Traditionally, the good knowledge of these books used to be the corner stones of the culture and education in the West, however, they seem to be often obscure, over-complicated, strange and even bizarre to the mind of the modern man.
The seminar especially focuses on an outline of the conceptions of the underworld and afterlife as can be found in these poets. The point of departure is the assumption there is essential unity and coherence of such vision thorough spiritual history of the West, nevertheless, there are also constant re-evaluations of the related concepts as divine justice, eternal punishment or mortal sin, founded in the metamorphosis of the relationship between the humans and gods.
Beginning with the Homer’s Odyssey book XI., the emergence of the so-called moral religion can be observed, and gods become more and more involved in the human affairs and gradually ceased to be the splendid and exalted divine beings indifferent to the human categories of good and evil; the process is finished in the catholic conception of Inferno and especially Purgatory, vividly described in the Dante’s Divine Comedy.
Poslední úprava: Kružík Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (27.01.2025)
The bottom line of the seminar is to provide a hermeneutical introduction to the readings of the Homer’s Odyssey and Dante’s Divine Comedy. Traditionally, the good knowledge of these books used to be the corner stones of the culture and education in the West, however, they seem to be often obscure, over-complicated, strange and even bizarre to the mind of the modern man.
The seminar especially focuses on an outline of the conceptions of the underworld and afterlife as can be found in these poets. The point of departure is the assumption there is essential unity and coherence of such vision thorough spiritual history of the West, nevertheless, there are also constant re-evaluations of the related concepts as divine justice, eternal punishment or mortal sin, founded in the metamorphosis of the relationship between the humans and gods.
Beginning with the Homer’s Odyssey book XI., the emergence of the so-called moral religion can be observed, and gods become more and more involved in the human affairs and gradually ceased to be the splendid and exalted divine beings indifferent to the human categories of good and evil; the process is finished in the catholic conception of Inferno and especially Purgatory, vividly described in the Dante’s Divine Comedy.
Poslední úprava: Kružík Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (27.01.2025)
Podmínky zakončení předmětu -
The final test will consist from 20 open questions both from obligatory readings and from commentaries presented on the seminar. It is strongly recommended to read through both Homeric poems and Dante's Divine Comedy, however, the obligatory minimum to pass the final test is to know the entire Odyssey and Dante’s Inferno.
https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=10044
Poslední úprava: Kružík Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (04.03.2025)
The final test will consist from 20 open questions both from obligatory readings and from commentaries presented on the seminar. It is strongly recommended to read through both Homeric poems and Dante's Divine Comedy, however, the obligatory minimum to pass the final test is to know the entire Odyssey and Dante’s Inferno.
https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=10044
Poslední úprava: Kružík Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (04.03.2025)
Literatura
Povinná:
Homer. The Odyssey. Books 1-12. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998, 481 s. ISBN 0674995619.
Homer. The Odyssey, Books 13-24. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995, 476 s. ISBN 0674995627.
Dante Alighieri. The Inferno translated by J. Cardi. Penguin: London, 2024, s. ISBN 9780451531391.
Doporučená:
Heubeck, Alfred, West, Stephania, Hainsworth, John Bryan,Hoekstra, Arie, Russo, Joseph. A commentary on Homer’s Odyssey. Volume 1-3. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998, 3 vols. s. ISBN .
de Jong, Irene. A narratological commentary on the Odyssey. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, 627 s. ISBN 9780511482137.
Durling, R. M., Martinez, R. L.. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 1: Inferno. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, 672 s. ISBN 9780199879823.
Durling, R. M.; Martinez, R.L. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 2: Purgatorio. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, 720 s. ISBN 9780199879830.
Hollander J., Hollander R.. Inferno. New York: Anchor Books, 2003, 694 s. ISBN 9780385496988.
Hollander, J.; Hollander, R. Purgatorio. New York: Anchor Books, 2003, 811 s. ISBN 9780385497008.
Moevs, Christian. The Metaphysics of Dante’s Comedy. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2005, 336 s. ISBN 9780199835430.
Kirkpatrick, Robin. Dante Divine Comedy: A student Guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, 118 s. ISBN 0521539943.
Poslední úprava: Kružík Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (27.01.2025)
Sylabus -
26 Feb: Canceled (I have an appointment with the doctor)
5 March: Homer I. Introduction, authorship, composition and structure of Homer’s poems, their mutual relationship and brief summary
12 March: Homer II. Il 18, 478-608 — Homer’s cosmography, shield of Achilles
19 March: Homer III. Soul and body in Homer’s poems
26 March: Homer IV. Il 9, 1-420 — Heroic moral code of Iliad
2 April: Homer V. Od 11— Nekiya, fate of the soul in Hades
9 April: Dante I. Introduction, Dante and his time, medieval cosmography
16 April: Dante II. Inf I. — Dark wood, three beasts, Vergil and hound
23 April: Dante III. Inf III-IV — Gate of Hell and Limbus
30 April: Dante IV. Inf XXXIV — Ninth circle of Hell
7 May: Dante V. Pur I — Classification of mortal sins and system of Purgatory
14 May: Dante VI. Par XXXII — Celestial paradise and Empyreum
19 May (Monday) Final examination
Poslední úprava: Kružík Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (27.01.2025)
26 Feb: Canceled (I have an appointment with the doctor)
5 March: Homer I. Introduction, authorship, composition and structure of Homer’s poems, their mutual relationship and brief summary
12 March: Homer II. Il 18, 478-608 — Homer’s cosmography, shield of Achilles
19 March: Homer III. Soul and body in Homer’s poems
26 March: Homer IV. Il 9, 1-420 — Heroic moral code of Iliad
2 April: Homer V. Od 11— Nekiya, fate of the soul in Hades
9 April: Dante I. Introduction, Dante and his time, medieval cosmography
16 April: Dante II. Inf I. — Dark wood, three beasts, Vergil and hound
23 April: Dante III. Inf III-IV — Gate of Hell and Limbus
30 April: Dante IV. Inf XXXIV — Ninth circle of Hell
7 May: Dante V. Pur I — Classification of mortal sins and system of Purgatory
14 May: Dante VI. Par XXXII — Celestial paradise and Empyreum
19 May (Monday) Final examination
Poslední úprava: Kružík Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (27.01.2025)
