Module Identifier CL30420  
Module Title ROMAN LITERATURE: THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Dr Telfryn Pritchard  
Semester Semester 2  
Course delivery Lecture   24 lectures / seminars / tutorials  
Assessment Essay   2 essays (3,000 words each)   100%  

Brief description


The module examines a variety of genres representative of the literature of the Augustan Age. Particular attention is paid to Virgil's Eclogues (pastoral) and Georgics (didactic), Horace's Satires (satire), Livy's History of Rome (historiography), Ovid's Metamorphoses (mythological epic), and Propertius (love elegy). No previous knowledge of Classical literature is required. All texts will be studied in translation.

Learning outcomes


At the end of the module, students will be able to:


- Demonstrate critical awareness of the major Roman writers of the Augustan period
- Demonstrate a knowledge of a variety of literary genres of the period, using a detailed knowledge of a range of the set texts.
- Formulate and fluently express independent literary judgements both orally and in writing