Papers by Helena Polehlova
Non angli sed angeli : Kult svatých v latinské literatuře raně středověké Anglie
Ukolem knihy je seznamit ctenaře s několika osudy světců raně středověke Anglie prostřednictvim v... more Ukolem knihy je seznamit ctenaře s několika osudy světců raně středověke Anglie prostřednictvim vybraných hagiografických děl. Pojednava o nich v jednotlivých kapitolach a přinasi ceske překlady vybraných casti anglo-latinske hagiograficke literatury.
Can Ælfric´s Grammar and Glossary as a unique Old English textbook be an inspiration for teaching languages even in the 21st century?
The aim of this paper is to present the Grammar and Glossary of Alfric, as a unique Anglo-Saxon h... more The aim of this paper is to present the Grammar and Glossary of Alfric, as a unique Anglo-Saxon handbook of Latin grammar and vocabulary that uses Old English as its medium. The paper analyzes sources and methods of Alfric´s work, ones which reflect his great interest in teaching Latin as a foreign language. His usage of linguistic terminology in Old English is documented on concrete examples. Alfric´s attempt to make his textbook a comprehensible and demonstrative piece of metalinguistic literature for his students, fulfilling the key criteria for evaluating successful modern textbooks, is consistent with the humanistic approach to teaching.
Graeco-Latina Brunensia, 2016
Written before 720, Vita Sancti Wilfridi by Eddius Stephanus is a significant work of early Anglo... more Written before 720, Vita Sancti Wilfridi by Eddius Stephanus is a significant work of early Anglo-Latin hagiography. The article attempts to summarize the results of thorough analysis of the selected part of the Vita (chapters 1-32) from the point of view of its morphology and syntax. Typical features are illustrated on excerpts from the Vita and compared with those of the Frankish hagiography Vita vel passio Haimhrammi episcopi et martyris Ratisbonensis by Arbeo of Freising. The analysis and comparison of selected features of morphology and syntax aim to prove the relatively high level of Medieval Latin in the 8th-century Britain.
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Papers by Helena Polehlova