| Course title | Ancient Literature 1 |
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| Course code | KKF/AL1 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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Contents: 1. Introduction. Early Greek Literature: Orality and Performance 2. Homeric Poems: the Iliad and the Odyssey 3. Literature in the Classical Age of Greece 4. Literature in the Hellenistic World. 5. Greek Literature in the Roman World 6. Encounters with Christianity 7. Greek Lyric: Iambic and Elegiac 8. Greek Tragedy 9. Greek Comedy 10. Greek Narratives: Historiography and Novels 11. Greek Oratory: Epideictic, Deliberative, and Judicial 12. The transmission and the reception of Greek Literature
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This course will provide a broad overview of Greek literary history and culture from Homer into the Roman period. We will survey the major texts and authors of ancient Greek epic, drama, narrative, and rhetoric. The texts will be discussed in the context of the social, and cultural transformations which affected the ancient Mediterranean. Students will acquire familiarity with a wide variety of literary sources (all read in translation) and selected secondary literature as they will learn to assess and appreciate ancient Greek civilization.
To critically engage with the major works of ancient Greek literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Latin Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Latin Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer |