Postgraduate Course: The Odes of Bacchylides (PGHC11137)
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 aims of this course are to investigate at an advanced level the choral lyric poems of Bacchylides and to explore the relation of these poems to their social, historical, and literary contexts. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
-write well-researched, well-argued and relevant critical essays on specific aspects of Bacchylidean poetry
-demonstrate in written work and in class an informed understanding of the literary, historical, and cultural issues raised by the study of Bacchylides
-demonstrate in written work and in class a detailed understanding of the most significant contemporary interpretations of Bacchylides
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Seminars (if enrolment = 5 or more) or one-to-one supervisions (if enrolment 4 or fewer) to be arranged at times to suit course leader and students. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Douglas Cairns
Tel:
Email: douglas.cairns@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Rosie Edwards
Tel:
Email: Rosie.Edwards@ed.ac.uk |
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