The Odes of Bacchylides (P01209)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-odesbacch

The aims of this course are to investigate at an advanced level the choral lyric poems of Bacchylides and to explore the relation of these poems to their social, historical, and literary contexts.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not accepting further student enrolments.

? Pre-requisites : PG only.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Classics General, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

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

? Additional Class Information : Seminars (if enrolment = 5 or more) or one-to-one supervisions (if enrolment 4 or fewer) to be arranged at times to suit course leader and students.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to:
-write well-researched, well-argued and relevant critical essays on specific aspects of Bacchylidean poetry
-demonstrate in written work and in class an informed understanding of the literary, historical, and cultural issues raised by the study of Bacchylides
-demonstrate in written work and in class a detailed understanding of the most significant contemporary interpretations of Bacchylides