Postgraduate Course: Byzantine Text Seminar 1 (PGHC11431)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course offers the study of Byzantine literature through detailed study of a single text or a corpus of texts in the original Greek. The course will cover issues of translation; textual criticism and textual transmission including manuscript studies; literary mimesis and intertextuality; dating and authorship; genre and historical context. The texts to be studied for the 2016/17 outing of this course, e.g., late Byzantine hagiography, will be agreed with participants towards the end of semester 1 before the course begins in January. |
| Course description |
The Byzantine Text Seminar focuses on a single text, or corpus of texts, from the Byzantine millennium in a multi-disciplinary fashion: texts will be examined from the point of view of textual and historical elucidation, and textual and literary criticism. The authors and genres to be studied will vary from term to term. Participants are given exposure to sources in the original as well as relevant secondary literature, become familiarised with the appropriate critical approaches to the genre in question, and will gain experience of working with Byzantine sources of different genres and from different periods of Byzantine history competently and independently. They will be able to apply these skills in their own future work on Byzantine literature and/or history.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate in coursework and class discussion a detailed and critical command of a selected text or selected texts of Byzantine Greek rhetoric/literature and an understanding of the historical and cultural contexts of these texts
- demonstrate in in coursework and class discussion an ability to analyse and reflect critically upon the primary source material at the core of this class, relevant scholarship concerning this source material, and conceptual discussions about Byzantine literary history
- demonstrate in coursework and class discussion an ability to understand and apply specialised research skills, techniques and practices considered in the course, including textual criticism/manuscript studies, rhetorical analysis, or current literary criticism
- demonstrate the ability to develop and sustain original scholarly arguments in oral and written form in seminar discussions and presentations by independently formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence considered in the course
- demonstrate originality and independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers; and a considerable degree of autonomy
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Reading List
There is no fixed reading list as the course content i.e. the studied text/s will change with each outing of the course.
Course supervisors will determine the set text or texts before each course outing, as well as the relevant specific secondary course bibliography. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Byzantine,Text,Seminar,1 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Niels Gaul
Tel: (0131 6)50 3776
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Course secretary | Mr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)50 3782
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