Postgraduate Course: Scottish Latin Literature (PGHC11555)
Course Outline
School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | Scotland, before the modern era, was a land of three literatures, and the least studied of the three is Latin. This course will provide tour of Scottish Latin literary production from the early medieval Irish monastic foundations through to the explosion of Neo-Latin poetry in the 16th and 17th centuries, in a broader European context. |
Course description |
This course explores one small but vital strand of the history of Latin literature after antiquity by looking at the literature produced in Scotland from the end of antiquity to the early modern period, with a particular emphasis on Scottish Latin literary production in a broader European context. We will read poems, hymns, historiography, philosophy, and theology, and students will gain a mastery of the many different varieties of Latin literary production in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. They will also gain the ability and confidence to work with lesser read texts where scholarly aids are few or non-existent.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Advanced knowledge of Latin |
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 command of the history of Latin literature in Scotland;
- Read, analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship;
- Understand, evaluate and utilise a variety of primary source material in Latin;
- Develop and sustain scholarly arguments in oral and written form, by formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence;
- Demonstrate independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers.
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Reading List
Green, R.P.H., Burton, P.H., Ford, D.J. (eds) Scottish Latin Authors in Print up to 1700 : a Short-Title List. Leuven 2012.
Howlett, David. Caledonian craftsmanship: the Scottish Latin tradition. Dublin 1999.
Jack, R. D. (ed.), The History of Scottish Literature, volume 1: Origins to 1660 (Mediaeval and Renaissance). Aberdeen 1988.
Leonhardt, J. Latin: Story of a World Language. Cambridge, MA 2009.
Macquarrie, A. Legends of Scottish Saints: Readings, Hymns and Prayers for the Commemorations of Scottish Saints in the Aberdeen Breviary. Dublin 2012.
Petrina, A., and Johnston, I. (eds), The Impact of Latin Culture on Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing. Kalamazoo, MI 2018.
Reid, S.J., and McOmish, D. (eds), Neo-Latin Literature and Literary Culture in Early Modern Scotland. Leiden 2016.
Reid, S.J., and McOmish, D., Corona Borealis: Scottish Neo-Latin Poets on King James VI and his Reign, 1566-1603 . Glasgow 2020.
Sharpe, R. A Handlist of the Latin Writers of Great Britain and Ireland before 1540. Turnhout 1997. |
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Ability to do independent research
Ability to critically analyse texts and sources
Ability to synthesize complex information |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Justin Stover
Tel: (0131 6)50 9110
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Course secretary | Miss Danielle Jeffery
Tel: (0131 6)50 7128
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