Universität Wien

090067 UE Exercise Course Medieval and New Latin (2024S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

DIGITAL
Dienstags wtl. von 05.03.2024 bis 25.06.2024 16.45-18.15


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Aims, contents and method of the course

Introduction to the topic (development of the polemics against Islam in the Latin Middle Ages), joint reading and inter- and intratextual interpretation of representative parts of the poetic lives of Muhammad, written by Embricho of Mainz (shortly after the first crusade)- and Walter of Compiègne (immediately before the second crusade). By considering the different ways of presentation will be shown, how the character of Muhammad changed in the literature of this period; some of those elements remain until today.

Assessment and permitted materials

preparation of the translation of the texts and permanent cooperation; short oral exam at the end without aid

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

During the semester the texts have to be prepared at home for every lesson; during the oral exam the end one or two sentences of the texts discussed during the lecture have to be translated correctly and one question concerning the background has to be answered correctly.,

Examination topics

All we translated and discussed during the lecture,.

Reading list

J. Yolles - J. Weiss (edd.), Medieval Latin Lives of Muhammad, Cambridge Mass./London 2018
Ch. Ratkowitsch, Vom Verführten zum Verführer. Mohammed in den Dichtungen Embrichos von Mainz und Walters von Compiègne, in: E. Ersan Akkilic - Ch. Ratkowitsch (edd.), Christentum und Islam in der Geschichte. Zwischen Bewunderung und Polemik, Wien 2024 (Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung)

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