Latin Historiography (CL0182)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-CL0182

This text based course will focus on Latin historiography of the classical period. Certain works will be prescribed reading.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : PGs Only

? Costs : Prescribed texts

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 : Not being delivered

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

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should:-
be acquainted with the principles of classical Latin historiography, and with the literary, aesthetic and ideological nature of that literature;
have read in Latin an extensive prescription of classical historiography, with due attention to linguistic and stylistic detail, and literary technique;
be able to discuss critically interpretative issues which arise from the texts and from a range of scholarship.