Undergraduate Course: Classical Receptions (CLTR10017)
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 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Classical Literature in Translation |
Other subject area |
Classics General |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The Literature of the Classical World has occupied a singularly privileged place in the works of later literary writers from the Hellenistic period to the present day. This course examines the various ways in which post-classical and contemporary writers have read, appropriated, translated, re-imagined, and re-contextextualised Classical Literature. We look at how and for what reasons some of the major classical texts (such as Homer, Sappho, Greek Drama, Virgil, Ovid) have been differently understood and differently employed by later writers and how the later readings open up new ways to re-read the classical texts. The course is informed by the course organiser's own research in Reception Studies. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
Students must have passed 2 of the following 2nd year courses: Ancient History 2a: Past and Present in the Ancient World (ANHI08014 or ANHI08007), Ancient History 2b: Themes and Theories in Ancient History (ANHI08013), Classical Literature 2: Greek and Roman Epic (CLTR08008), Classical Archaeology 2b: Materials and Methods (CACA08010)
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
Visiting students should usually have at least 3 courses in Classics related subject matter(at least 2 of which should be in Classical Literature) at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 33 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 16:10 - 18:00 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 16:10 - 18:00, Zone: Central. G.16, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Doorway 4, Teviot Place. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | |
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 2 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 16:10 - 18:00 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 16:10 - 18:00, Zone: Central. G.16, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Doorway 4, Teviot Place. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
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| Outwith Standard Exam Diets December | | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
&· demonstrate in written coursework and examinations a reasoned understanding of the theory and practice of Literary Reception Studies
&· produce well-argued, well-documented, and properly referenced written work
&· demonstrate in oral discussion and written work an ability to use critically, and to evaluate, a wide range of ancient and modern sources
&· demonstrate in written coursework and examinations a critical awareness of the aesthetic, intellectual or political import of literary rewritings
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Assessment Information
| A coursework essay (2500 words) accounts for 25% of the total assessment; reflective seminar assignments account for 25%, one (2-hour) degree examination accounts for 50%. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
The course would be expected to cover some of the following:
1. The Theory of Reception Studies
2. Ancient Reception: Hellenistic and Roman reception of classical texts
3. Medieval and Renaissance Reception
4. Early Modern Reception
5. Victorian Reception
6. 20th and 21st Century Reception
7. Modern Italian Reception of Latin Texts
8. Modern Greek Reception of Classical Texts
9. Non Western Reception of Classical Texts
10. Translation as Reception
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Goff, B. & Simpson, M. (Eds) Crossroads in the Black Aegean: Oedipus, Antigone and dramas of the African Diaspora (2007)
Graziosi, B. Inventing Homer: The Early Reception of Epic (2002)
Graziosi, B. & Greenwood, E. (Eds) Homer in the Twentieth Century: between World Literature and the Western Canon (2007)
Hall, E. & Wrigley, A. (Eds) Aristophanes in Performance, 421 BC $ú AD 2007 (2007)
Hardwick, L. Translating Worlds, Translating Cultures (2000)
Hardwick, L. & Stray, C. (Eds) A Companion to Classical Receptions (2008)
Kaldellis, A. Hellenism in Byzantium: the Transformations of the Greek Identity and the Reception of the Classical Tradition (2007)
Martindale, C. Virgil and his Influence: Bimillennial Studies (1984)
Martindale, C. (Ed) Ovid Renewed: Ovidian Influences on Literature and Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century (1988)
Martindale, C. Redeeming the Text: Latin Poetry and the Hermeneutics of Reception (1993)
Martindale, C.A & Thomas, R.F. (Eds) Classics and the Uses of Reception (2006)
Moog-Grunewald, M. The Reception of Myth and Mythology (2010)
Van Steen, G. Venom in Verse: Aristophanes in Modern Greece (2000)
Zajko, V. & Leonard, M. (Eds) Laughing with Medusa: Classical Myth and Feminist Thought (2006)
New Voices in Classical Reception (OU e-journal)
International Journal of the Classical Tradition
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Combination of lectures and seminars |
| Keywords |
Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Stephanie Winder
Tel: (0131 6)50 3583
Email: Stephanie.Winder@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Elaine Hutchison
Tel: (0131 6)50 3582
Email: E.Hutchison@ed.ac.uk |
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