Postgraduate Course: Late Latin (PGHC11027)
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 | The course is centred on two major influential figures of Late Antiquity: Augustine of Hippo and Boethius. Augustine's 'Confessions' is both more and less than an autobiography; the course concentrates on interpretative approaches and stylistic analysis, with the focus on Augustine's account of his conversion and its context in books 8 and 9. Boethius 'Consolation of Philosophy' is rooted in the author's personal circumstances and transcends them; the prisoner's re-education by philosophy is explored, with especial emphasis on key themes and on the function of the metra. The primary approach of the course to both texts is literary rather than theological or philosophical, though Platonism and Christianity can hardly be ignored. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should:-
- have read attentively in Latin at least two books of the 'Confessions' and two books of the 'Consolation of Philosophy';
- be able to discuss critically, with due awareness of recent scholarship,
their immediate historical context;
their form, structure and style;
interpretative questions relating to the two texts.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Semester 1 OR Semester 2 |
| 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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