Power and Culture in Hellenistic Poetry (P01662)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-HPOET

The course provides postgraduate students with a close study of poetry written during the Hellenistic period. Particular emphasis will be placed on identifying characteristic features and understanding the literature's relationship with the wider Hellenistic world, especially its political and cultural institutions.

? Keywords : Hellenistic Poetry

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

? Additional Class Information : T.B.A.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of this course, students will have gained a thorough and extensive knowledge of Hellenistic poetry, of its development and interaction with the machinery of power and culture, and of the current state of scholarship in this field.
Students will refine analytical skills, their ability to understand and interpret what they read, and craft and express an argument in written form and oral form through oral presentations, discussions, and a research paper.