Annotation
The course focuses on medieval texts related to didactics. In addition to specific instructions on how to study correctly, it presents medieval rhetorical handbooks, ars dictaminis (the art of letter writing), the art of memory, university disputations, and private letters of students. Through the study and analysis of specific texts, students will gain a deeper insight into medieval literature. Together, you will contemplate which medieval advice and didactic approaches remain relevant today.
Included topics:
Introduction - cultural and historical overview (centers of learning, the nature of education, manuscript culture)
How to study correctly - Hugo de Sancto Victore: Didascalicon and Pseudo-Boethius: De disciplina scholarium, anonymous tract De modulo studendi)
Ancient authors in medieval schools
Medieval teaching of grammar and rhetoric (Virgilius Maro Grammaticus: Epitomae et Epistolae, Alexander de Villa Dei: Doctrinale puerorum, Galfredus de Vino Salvo: Poetria nova)
Medieval education (versified handbooks)
Medieval ars dictaminis (the art of letter writing)
Ancient and medieval art of memory
Medieval mnemonics
Teaching the Bible, religion, and ars praedicandi (Honorius Augustodunensis: Elucidarium, exempla, and others)
Medicine, alchemy, and secret knowledge (Pseudo-Aristotle: Secretum secretorum and others)
Education for kings - specula principum (mirror for princes)
The everyday life of medieval university students
Předmět může být vyučován v angličtině, a to v závislosti na rozhodnutí garanta.
