Unit name | Greek Language Level C1 |
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Unit code | CLASM0030 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Lyndsay Coo |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Classics & Ancient History |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The aim of this unit is to develop and reinforce students’ skills in the reading of ancient Greek, and to do some work on the comparative practical criticism of classical texts. The texts under study – a section of the Odyssey and a late-fifth-century satyr play by Euripides – relate the ‘same’ episode: the encounter of wily Odysseus with the giant Cyclops; but they do so in very different ways. As we read, we shall consider a variety of perspectives from which to view these texts, emphasising especially the need to replace them within their cultural and generic contexts
On successful completion of this unit students should have:
lectures
Methods of Assessment:
Mode of assessment for Second, Third years and MAs will be as follows:
M. Silk, ‘The Odyssey and its explorations’, in R. Fowler, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Homer (Cambridge 2004), Chapter 3
P. E. Easterling, ‘A show for Dionysus’, and ‘Form and performance’, in P. Easterling, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy (Cambridge 1997)
D. Konstan, ‘An anthropology of Euripides’ Kyklops’, in J. Winkler, F. Zeitlin, eds., Nothing to Do with Dionysos? Athenian Drama in its Social Context (Princeton 1990)
Set Texts:
W.B. Stanford, ed., Homer Odyssey I-XII (Bristol Classical Press). Set Greek passage: lines 105-end. The whole of the Odyssey to be read in English.
R. Seaford, ed., Euripides Cyclops (Bristol Classical Press). Set Greek passage: lines 82 - end. The whole of the play to be read in English.