Undergraduate Course: Neronian and Flavian Verse (LATI10036)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | In this course students read in detail two texts from the Neronian and Flavian periods, usually Seneca's Thyestes and Statius' Achilleid. The texts are analysed within their cultural and literary contexts and against their intertextual heritage. |
| Course description |
This course will examine two of the most brilliant authors of the Neronian and Flavian periods: respectively, Seneca the Younger, and Statius. Two key verse texts from these periods will be read, a tragedy of Seneca (typically, but not restricted to, either the Thyestes or the Phaedra), and Statius' unfinished, subversive epic masterpiece, the Achilleid. The texts will be studied in relation to literary tradition, in their intertextual position as post-Vergilian works, and according to the generic affiliations which the authors promote (for example, Roman tragedy as a re-evaluation of Greek tragedy, and Statius' epic as a reception of Homeric, Alexandrian, and Augustan epic aesthetics).
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed (
Latin 2A (LATI08011) OR
Latin 2a Ex-Beginners (LATI08013)) AND
Latin 2B (LATI08012)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Latin 2A (or Latin 2a Ex-Beginners) and Latin 2B should be passed with an average of 50% over the two courses. |
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 Latin) at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses but Elementary or Intermediate Latin courses will not count. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 24 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
172 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Degree examination: 60%
Coursework essay: 40%
Degree Examination: 1 two-hour paper
Coursework: one essay of c. 3500 words
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| Feedback |
Students will receive written feedback on their coursework, and will have the opportunity to discuss that feedback further with the Course Organiser during their published office hours or by appointment. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- deal independently with a wide-ranging body of information pertaining to the study of Latin Imperial poetry, digest, structure and comment on this information, in both coursework and examination;
- interpret texts in the original Latin, as demonstrated in the translation and analysis of set passages;
- demonstrate in coursework and examination a clear awareness of the main literary, cultural and rhetorical phenomena and innovations which mark literature of these eras.
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Reading List
Boyle, A.J. (ed.) (1983) Seneca Tragicus: Ramus Essays on Senecan Drama, Victoria.
Damschen, G. and A. Heil (eds) 2014. Brill's Companion to Seneca: Philosopher and Dramatist, Leiden.
Fitch, J.G. (ed.) 2008. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies: Seneca, Oxford.
Fitch, J.G. (ed.) 2004. Seneca: Oedipus, Agamemnon, Thyestes, edited and translated by John G. Fitch, Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, Loeb number 78.
Tarrant, R.J. (ed.) 1985. Seneca's Thyestes: Edited with Introduction and Commentary by R.J. Tarrant, Atlanta: American Philological Association.
Dilke, O.A.W. (ed.) 2005. Statius Achilleid: Edited with Introduction and Commentary by O.A.W. Dilke; New Introduction by Robert Cowan, Bristol Phoenix Press, Exeter.
Garrod, H.W. (ed.) 1906. Statii Thebais et Achilleis, Oxford.
Hall, J.B. (ed.) 2008. P. Papinius Statius. Volume 3: Thebaid and Achilleid. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Heslin, P.J. 2005. The Transvestite Achilles. Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid, Cambridge.
Shackleton Bailey, D.R. (ed.) 2003-4. Statius, Thebaid. Edited and translated. Vol. 1: Books 1-7. Vol. 2: Books 8-12. Achilleid. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, (Loeb Classical Library 207 & 498).
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
In addition to the ILOs described above, students will also demonstrate a number of transferable skills, such as
- reading skills of a high volume (i.e. the digestion of large quantities of textual material)
- general analytical skills
- written and verbal communication skills
- oral presentation and discussion skills
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| Special Arrangements |
In order for a student from outwith Classics to be enrolled on this course, contact must be made with a Course Secretary on 50 3582 in order for approval to be obtained. |
| Keywords | Neronian Flavian Verse |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Calum MacIver
Tel: (0131 6)50 3582
Email: Calum.Maciver@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Ord
Tel: (0131 6)50 3580
Email: rord@ed.ac.uk |
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