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Home : College of Humanities and Social Science : School of History and Classics (Schedule E) : Latin

Latin Epic (VS1) (U02896)

? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : HCL-3-VS1-EPIC

This text based course will focus on Latin epic poetry of the classical period. Certain works will be prescribed reading.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : CL0139

? Pre-requisites : A Pass in a Latin 2nd-Level course, or an equivalent course.

? Costs : Copy of the prescribed text/s.

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Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area
Lecture Tuesday 11:10 13:00 Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should: be acquainted with the principles of classical Latin epic and with the primarily literary and ideological nature of that poetry; have read in Latin an extensive prescription of classical epic poetry, with due attention to linguistic and stylistic detail, and literary technique; be able to discuss critically interpretative issues which arise from the texts and from a range of scholarship; have written both an essay of c.2,000 words and a short stylistic analysis of a portion of text; have contributed to a student-led presentation on a seminar topic.

Assessment Information

Take-home examination 70%; Coursework 30%.

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Elaine Hutchison
Tel : (0131 6)50 3582
Email : E.Hutchison@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Andrew Erskine
Tel : (0131 6)50 3591
Email : Andrew.Erskine@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/

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