Undergraduate Course: Scottish Latin Literature (LATI10048)
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 | Scotland, before the modern era, was a land of three literatures, and the least studied of the three is Latin. This course will provide tour of Scottish Latin literary production from the early medieval Irish monastic foundations through to the explosion of Neo-Latin poetry in the 16th and 17th centuries, in a broader European context. |
| Course description |
This course explores one small but vital strand of the history of Latin literature after antiquity by looking at the literature produced in Scotland from the end of antiquity to the early modern period, with a particular emphasis on Scottish Latin literary production in a broader European context. We will read poems, hymns, historiography, philosophy, and theology, and students will gain a mastery of the many different varieties of Latin literary production in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. They will also gain the ability and confidence to work with lesser read texts where scholarly aids are few or non-existent.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should usually have at least 3 courses in Classics at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses.
**As numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course ** |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 15 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
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) |
3,500 word essay (40%)
Two-hour written exam (60%) |
| Feedback |
Students will receive feedback on their coursework, and will have the opportunity to discuss that feedback further with the Course Organiser during their published office hours for this course or by appointment. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Scottish Latin Literature | :120 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate command of the history of Latin literature in Scotland
- Read, analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship
- Understand, evaluate and utilise a variety of primary source material in Latin
- Develop and sustain scholarly arguments in oral and written form, by formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence
- Demonstrate independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers
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Reading List
Green, R.P.H., Burton, P.H., Ford, D.J. (eds) Scottish Latin Authors in Print up to 1700 : a Short-Title List. Leuven 2012.
Howlett, David. Caledonian craftsmanship: the Scottish Latin tradition. Dublin 1999.
Jack, R. D. (ed.), The History of Scottish Literature, volume 1: Origins to 1660 (Mediaeval and Renaissance). Aberdeen 1988.
Leonhardt, J. Latin: Story of a World Language. Cambridge, MA 2009.
Macquarrie, A. Legends of Scottish Saints: Readings, Hymns and Prayers for the Commemorations of Scottish Saints in the Aberdeen Breviary. Dublin 2012.
Petrina, A., and Johnston, I. (eds), The Impact of Latin Culture on Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing. Kalamazoo, MI 2018.
Reid, S.J., and McOmish, D. (eds), Neo-Latin Literature and Literary Culture in Early Modern Scotland. Leiden 2016.
Reid, S.J., and McOmish, D., Corona Borealis: Scottish Neo-Latin Poets on King James VI and his Reign, 1566-1603. Glasgow 2020.
Sharpe, R. A Handlist of the Latin Writers of Great Britain and Ireland before 1540. Turnhout 1997. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Ability to do independent research
Ability to critically analyse texts and sources
Ability to synthesize complex information |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Justin Stover
Tel: (0131 6)50 9110
Email: justin.stover@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lauren Smith
Tel:
Email: Lauren.N.Smith@ed.ac.uk |
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