Early Virgil (VS1) (U02297)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-VS1-VIRG

This course will look at Virgil's early work, the Eclogues and the Georgics. Selections from the texts will be studied and analysed in detail and interpreted in their literary and historical contexts.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : CL0143

? Pre-requisites : Advanced-level ability in Latin language and literature, equivalent to two years' study at the University of Edinburgh (if uncertain, consult the course organiser).

? Special Arrangements for Entry : This course is only for visiting students in Edinburgh during the 1st Semester but NOT the 2nd Semester. In order for a student to be enrolled, contact must be made with a Course Secretary on 50 3580 in order for approval to be obtained.

? Costs : Copies of prescribed texts

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	12:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	12:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will: have read substantial parts of Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics in Latin, and the remainder in translation; have a thorough knowledge of the content of the texts; have a good knowledge of the language and style of the author; be acquainted with the social and political background of Virgil's early poetry; be familiar with elements of patronage and the production of literature in late Republican Rome; have a basic understanding of the literary and social conventions of Greek and Latin pastoral poetry; have a basic understanding of the literary and social conventions of Greek and Latin didactic poetry; be aware of various modes of representing thoughts formulated in the context of one language and culture through the medium of another language in a different cultural context.