Postgraduate Course: The Augustan Ideal (PGHC11019)
Course Outline
| School |
School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Postgraduate (School of History and Classics) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course explores how Augustus, his achievements and his aspirations were portrayed in his own time. The primary focus is on contemporary poetry, but artistic and monumental evidence will also be considered. Augustus' presentation of himself in the Res Gestae provides a useful point of reference for the examination of religious, political and moral issues. The course is mainly arranged synchronically; but due attention is paid to chronological developments over the five decades which Augustus dominated. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should
- have a good knowledge of a range of Augustan poetry and an understanding of its relation to the political and social questions of the time;
- be able to correlate different kinds of evidence (textual and visual, literary and epigraphic);
- be aware of the importance of patronage (public and personal) and of genre and convention in assessing poetic and artistic evidence;
- have a critical understanding of some of the main issues of interpretation in current scholarship;
- have presented, orally and in writing, reasoned argument and analysis, based on primary evidence and appropriate secondary reading. |
Assessment Information
| 2 essays equivalent to 5000 words in total. |
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Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Andrew Erskine
Tel: (0131 6)50 3591
Email: Andrew.Erskine@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mr Nicholas Ovenden
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Niko.Ovenden@ed.ac.uk |
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