Module Identifier |
CL10320 |
Module Title |
HISTORY OF GREEK AND ROMAN IDEAS |
Academic Year |
2007/2008 |
Co-ordinator |
Mrs Joan C Rowlands |
Semester |
Semester 2 |
Other staff |
Dr William G Slocombe |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 20 Hours. |
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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% |
Supplementary Assessment | Resubmit or resit failed elements and/or make good any missing elements. | 100% |
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Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate a knowledge of significant forms and genres in the literature of classical Greece and Rome;
2. write about a range of set books in an informed and well-argued manner;
3. write about important aspects of classical mythology 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 will be of special interest to students of English but also to others interested in classical drama and mythology. The texts studied include Classical Greek Tragedy, the drama of Seneca, the Novel, Roman satire and Classical Mythology. The emphasis will be on the importance of fate, the role of women as a 'threat' and the major mythological themes of creation, society and death.
A previous knowledge of the Classics is not required.
Reading Lists
Books
** Should Be Purchased
Apuleius (trans. E.J. Kenney) The Golden Ass
Penguin Classics 0140435905
Euripedes (ed. James Morwood) Bacchae and Other Plays
Oxford World's Classics 019283875X
Seneca (trans. E.F. Watling) Four Tragedies and Octavia
Penguin Classics 0140441743
Sophocles (ed. Bernard Knox) Three Theban Plays
Penguin Classics 0140444254
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4