Postgraduate Course: Greek Lyric (PGHC11024)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate (School of History and Classics) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The aims of the course are to:
familiarize students with important works of Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poetry;
study these works in depth, with particular attention to diction, style, and subject-matter;
impart an appreciation of the contrasting aims and methods of the authors studied;
enhance knowledge of Greek language, vocabulary, and poetic style;
encourage students to interpret archaic Greek poetry in its social and historical context. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:-
- translate fluently and accurately from the prescribed texts into clear and appropriate English;
- comment intelligently on notable matters of form, style, and content (including metre), both in class and in examinations;
- compose well-argued and coherent examination essays;
- compose well-argued, properly referenced, well-researched, and coherent coursework essays;
- make judicious use of dictionaries, commentaries, works of reference, critical studies, and modern translations. |
Assessment Information
| 2 essays totalling 5000 words |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Douglas Cairns
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Course secretary | Mr Nicholas Ovenden
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
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