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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Postgraduate (School of History and Classics)

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 Taught in Gaelic? No
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 Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywords 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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