Unit name | Latin Language Level D1 |
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Unit code | CLASM0038 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Professor. Shane Butler |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Classics & Ancient History |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Description needs to become: There are many ways of thinking about metamorphosis, and in this unit we shall seek to investigate a variety of them. Reading the first three books of Ovid s epic poem together gives us the scope to think about Ovid's narrative techniques and to consider, for example, what constitutes an 'episode' in the poem and how we determine where a particular story or book begins and ends. The poem itself also undergoes a whole host of transformations, slipping in and out of different moods and genres, in the process reworking many of the most famous myths of Greece and Rome. In the course of this unit we shall combine close readings of the Latin text with consideration of large-scale interpretative issues to see whether it is possible to 'pin-down' this most elusive and heterogeneous of epic poems. Aims:
Upon conclusion of this unit students will have developed knowledge of the issues raised in relation to the texts studied and their interpretation, and the relevance of these for wider theoretical issues. They will have developed a detailed appreciation of the literary style of the texts studied and improved their fluency in reading and stylistic translating of Greek/Latin.
Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 1-3. Recommended edition: D. Hill (Aris & Phillips) Ovid, Metamorphoses (Penguin) Translated by Dennis Feeney and David Raeburn W.S. Anderson (1997) Ovid's Metamorphoses: Books 1-5. Oklahoma. P. Hardie (ed.), (2002) The Cambridge Companion to Ovid. Cambridge. G. Liveley (2011) Ovid's Metamorphoses: A Reader's Guide. Continuum.
On successful completion of this unit students should have:
Seminars and reading classes. 20 contact hours, 180 hours independent study
Ovid, Metamorphoses Books 1-3. Recommended edition: D. Hill (Aris & Phillips ) Ovid, Metamorphoses (Penguin) Translated by Dennis Feeney and David Raeburn
W.S. Anderson (1997) Ovid's Metamorphoses: Books 1-5. Oklahoma.
P. Hardie (ed.), (2002) The Cambridge Companion to Ovid. Cambridge.
G. Liveley (2011) Ovid's Metamorphoses: A Reader's Guide. Continuum.