Postgraduate Course: Greek Text Seminar 4 (PGHC11387)
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 is intended to focus on a single text (or corpus of texts), in a multi-disciplinary fashion: texts will be examined from the point of view of textual and historical elucidation, and literary and theoretical criticism. The intention is that students are given exposure to a variety of critical approaches, which they can apply or respond to in their own future work in Greek literature. The texts may change with the course teacher and student interest on each outing of the course to give maximum scope for research-led teaching. |
| Course description |
There is no fixed syllabus as the core text or texts will be determined on an annual basis, which will determine the syllabus. Thus, no specific course outline can be given because the choice of author/s and text/s that determine the teaching programme is not fixed in advance. However, the course will cover (where applicable):
- Issues of translation
- Issues of textual criticism
- Issues of textual transmission
- Issues of intertextuality
- Issues of dating
- Issues of authorship
- Issues of intellectual development
- Issues of genre
- Issues of historical context
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | n/a |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Standard VS pre-reqs for this level in this Subject Area |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the course successfully will be able by the end of the course to demonstrate in course work and seminar discussion:
- knowledge and understanding of the text studied, in its literary and historical context.
- understanding of a variety of critical approaches to ancient texts, and how those approaches interact.
- enhanced ability in expressing opinions on ancient literature, and in understanding and engaging with the opinions of others..
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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. See also the comments on Bibliography below. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
At the end of the course the student will be able, through written examination, coursework, oral presentation and class discussion, to demonstrate:
- his/her written skills and presentation skills
- his/her analytical skills
- his/her linguistic skills
- his/her ability to recognise and focus on important aspects of complex material/s
- his/her ability to argue lucidly |
| Keywords | Greek Literature Classical Antiquity |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Douglas Cairns
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Course secretary | Mr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)50 3782
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