Module Identifier |
CL10120 |
Module Title |
GREEK AND ROMAN EPIC AND DRAMA |
Academic Year |
2004/2005 |
Co-ordinator |
Mrs Joan C Rowlands |
Semester |
Semester 1 |
Other staff |
Mrs Carol M Marshall, Dr Matthew C Francis |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 20 Hours |
|
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
Semester Exam | 3 Hours | 75% |
Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: One x 1600-2000 word essay | 25% |
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Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate a knowledge of The Odyssey and The Aeneid;
2. use examples from the set plays to demonstrate a knowledge of important themes and topics in Greek and Roman Drama;
3. write about a range of set books in an informed and well-argued manner;
4. demonstrate an ability to use and engage with a range of relevant information sources.
Brief description
This module provides a valuable supplement to the literature modules offered within the English Department and to anyone with an interest in classical drama. The course includes Greek Tragedy, with a particular emphasis on the role of gender within society and the predicament of the heroic figure, together with the comedies of Menander and of the Roman dramatist Plautus. The 'epic' element comprises the study of Homer, Virgil and Ovid.
A previous knowledge of the Classics is not required.
Reading Lists
Books
** Supplementary Text
Ovid The Metamorphoses (selections)
supplied in photocopy
** Should Be Purchased
Euripedes The Trojan Women and Other Plays
Oxford World's Classics 019283987X
Homer (trans. R. Lattimore) The Odyssey
HarperCollins 0060931957
Virgil (trans. D. West) The Aeneid
Penguin Classics 0140449329
Menander (ed. Norma Miller) Plays and Fragments
Penguin Classics 0140445013
Plautus (trans. E. Segal) Four Comedies
Oxford World's Classics 0192838962
Sophocles (ed. David Grene & Richard Lattimore) The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles II
University of Chicago Press 0226307867
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4