Late and Christian Latin

Pre-requisites: Student must be enrolled to postgraduate studies in Post Latin studies on the department of Classical studies on the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade.

Course objectives: Acquiring knowledge on language history of Late Antic Latin; developing the skills for reading and interpreting post Latin and especially Christian texts.

Course description: From Constantine to Carl's period, the development of literary and regular latinity is presented and also theoretical questions on that development are asked, with emphasis on lingual processes connected to christianization of Latin fond society.

Learning Outcomes: Enabling for independent philological work on genuine texts in field of late Latin studies.

Literature/Reading:

• E. LÖFSTEDT, Late Latin, Oslo 1959
• A. BLAISE, Manuel du latin chrétien, Strasbourg 1955
• A. DE PRISCO, Il latino tardoantico e altomedievale, Roma 1991
• M. BANNIARD, Viva voce: Communication écrite et communication orale du IVe au IXe siècle en Occident Latin, Paris 1992
• H. CHADWICK, The Early Church, Penguin Books 1967
• C. MOHRMANN, Études sur le latin des chrétiens, 1–4, Roma 1961–1977 (izbor prilagođen potrebama studenata)
• P. STOTZ, Handbuch zur lateinischen Sprache des Mittelalters, knj. 1, München 2002, str. 1–125 i 509–551