Postgraduate Course: Latin Historiography (PGHC11026)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This text based course will focus on Latin historiography of the classical period. Certain works will be prescribed reading. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Prescribed texts |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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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.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Andrew Erskine
Tel: (0131 6)50 3591
Email: Andrew.Erskine@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Rosie Edwards
Tel:
Email: Rosie.Edwards@ed.ac.uk |
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