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Greek Language (B) (U01153)

? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : HCL-4-GKLANGB

Building on the experience gained in Greek Language (A), the course aims to promote linguistic accuracy, to improve skills in translation from Greek into English, and to develop stylistic and generic awareness. Such skills are cumulative and by the end of the fourth year should have reached an appropriately advanced level. Half of the course will relate to regular written practice in unseen translation, with feedback both by individual annotation and by discussion in tutorial when work is returned. Half of the course will relate to the study and discussion of style and genre, with passages from texts prescribed for the purpose. Oral discussion and formative written work will provide the opportunity for feedback on progress.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Greek Language (A)

? Costs : None

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Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) per week for 20 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information
20/09/2005 10:00 10:50 Room 13.07, David Hume Tower Central

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area
Lecture Tuesday 10:00 10:50 Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should:-
- have developed to an appropriately advanced level their fluency and accuracy of comprehension of Greek texts, both prose and verse;
- have enhanced their sensitivity to the relationship between Greek style and literary genre;
- have improved their competence in 'unseen' translation from Greek into English;
- be able to analyse and write a commentary on the style of a given passage.

Assessment Information

One (2-hour) Degree Exam paper - 100%.

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length
1ST May 1 - 2 hour(s)

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Elaine Hutchison
Tel : (0131 6)50 3582
Email : E.Hutchison@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof Douglas Cairns
Email : douglas.cairns@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/

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