Course Content (Syllabus)
Latin patristic texts of the early Christian ages are taught and analyzed. Concretely, St Augustine’s work De Doctrina Christiana is taught from a philological and theological aspect. Introductory data for the writer and the work are presented and a historic-philological and ideological analysis of the text is applied. A vocabulary is given and basic grammatical and syntactic cases of the Latin language are illustrated with examples.
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A concise history of the Latin literature. An overview of the Christian Latin literature. The general features of the Latin language.
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An introduction to St Augustine and his work. Especially, about De Doctrina Christiana.
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De Doctrina Christiana, Ι, 1α. Grammatical, syntactic and pragmatic annotation.
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De Doctrina Christiana, Ι, 1β. Grammatical, syntactic and pragmatic annotation.
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De Doctrina Christiana, Ι, 4. Grammatical, syntactic and pragmatic annotation.
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De Doctrina Christiana, Ι, 5. Grammatical, syntactic and pragmatic annotation.
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De Doctrina Christiana, Ι, 6. Grammatical, syntactic and pragmatic annotation.
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De Doctrina Christiana, ΙΙΙ, 87α. Grammatical, syntactic and pragmatic annotation.
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De Doctrina Christiana, ΙΙΙ, 87β. Grammatical, syntactic and pragmatic annotation.
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De Doctrina Christiana, IV, 29. Grammatical, syntactic and pragmatic annotation.
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Presentation of assignments.
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Presentation of assignments.
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Presentation of assignments.
Keywords
Latin language, Grammar and Syntax of the Latin language, Latin Christian literature, St Augustine.