Undergraduate Course: Classical Receptions (CLTR10017)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The literature of the classical world has occupied a singularly privileged place in the works of later writers and artists from the Hellenistic period to the present day. This course examines the various ways in which post-classical and contemporary writers and/or artists have read, appropriated, translated, re-imagined, and re-contextualised Classical Literature. We will look at how and for what reasons some of the major classical texts (including epic, lyric and drama) have been differently understood and differently employed by later writers and/or artists and how the later readings open up new ways to re-read the classical texts. |
| Course description |
A typical teaching schedule may include the following classes:
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: The Theory of Reception Studies
Week 3: Ancient Reception: Hellenistic and Roman reception of archaic and classical texts
Week 4: Medieval and Renaissance Reception
Week 5: Early Modern Reception
Week 6: Victorian Reception
Week 7: 20th Century Reception
Week 8: 21st Century Reception
Week 9: Translation as Reception
Week 10: Classics in Film
Week 11: Summary
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students must have passed 2 of the following 2nd year courses: Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World (ANHI08014 or ANHI08007), Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History (ANHI08013), Classical Literature 2: Greek and Roman Epic (CLTR08008), Classical Archaeology 2b: Materials and Methods (CACA08010) |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should usually have at least 3 courses in Classics related subject matter(at least 2 of which should be in Classical Literature) at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination, a reasoned understanding of the theory and practice of Reception Studies;
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination, an ability to read, analyse and reflect critically upon key scholarship in the field;
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination, an ability to understand, evaluate and utilise a range of ancient and modern sources;
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination, a critical awareness of the aesthetic, intellectual or political importance of instances of Classical Reception.
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Reading List
Goldhill, S. Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity: Art, Opera, Fiction, and the Proclamation of Modernity (2011)
Graziosi, B. Inventing Homer: The Early Reception of Epic (2002)
Graziosi, B. & Greenwood, E. (Eds) Homer in the Twentieth Century: between World Literature and the Western Canon (2007)
Hardwick, L. Translating Worlds, Translating Cultures (2000)
Hardwick, L. & Stray, C. (Eds) A Companion to Classical Receptions (2008)
Martindale, C. Virgil and his Influence: Bimillennial Studies (1984)
Martindale, C. Redeeming the Text: Latin Poetry and the Hermeneutics of Reception (1993)
Martindale, C.A. & Thomas, R.F. (Eds) Classics and the Uses of Reception (2006)
Miller, J.F. & Newlands, C.E. (Eds) A Handbook to the Reception of Ovid (2014)
Moog-Grunewald, M. (Ed) The Reception of Myth and Mythology (2010)
Walde, C. (Ed) The Reception of Classical Literature (2012)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
In order for a student from outwith Classics to be enrolled, contact must be made with a Course Secretary on 50 3580 in order for approval to be obtained. |
| Keywords | Classical Receptions |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Lilah Canevaro
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Course secretary | Ms Elaine Hutchison
Tel: (0131 6)50 3582
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