Unit information: Greek Language Level B1 in 2019/20

Unit name	Greek Language Level B1
Unit code	CLAS30036
Credit points	20
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director	Dr. Lyndsay Coo
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	Greek Language Level A1 and A2, or at least AS level Greek
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Department of Classics & Ancient History
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

The aim of this unit is to develop and reinforce students' skills in the independent critical reading of Greek literary texts. In the unit, you will read ca. 400-450 lines from unadapted ancient Greek texts, to be chosen by the unit tutor. Grammatical and syntactical knowledge of Greek will be revised and reinforced. You will also develop a range of key skills for the reading and literary analysis of Greek texts. Authors studied may included Lysias, Plato, Xenophon, or Euripides.

Aims:

• To corroborate and expand students’ knowledge of Greek morphology and syntax;
• To expand students’ Greek vocabulary;
• To introduce students to techniques of independent reading of Greek, such as use of dictionaries and commentaries;
• To introduce students to the detailed literary study of a particular Greek text and author.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. demonstrate advanced language skills in reading and translating ancient Greek texts, both at sight and with the aid of grammar and lexicon
2. identify and analyse an increased range of Greek syntactical structures
3. use dictionary, grammar and commentary to produce practical criticism of a passage of Greek at a standard appropriate to level H
4. use secondary literature in the production of independent interpretations.
5. demonstrate communication skills in both oral and written presentations, discussions and written assignments.

Teaching Information

2 x 2 hour seminars per week

Assessment Information

• 1x Practical Criticism Exercise – 2000 words (50%) (ILOs 1, 3-5)
• 1x 90 minute Exam (50%) (ILOs 1-5)

Reading and References

Liddell, H. G. and R. Scott. 1963. Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Oxford.

Morwood, J. 2001. Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek, Oxford.

Carey, C. 2008. Lysias: Selected Speeches (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)

The following is for use throughout B1 and B2:

Morwood, J. and Anderson, S. 2014. A Little Greek Reader. Oxford