CAHE20282 20 Semester 2 Undergraduate Level 2 Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology & Egyptolog 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 <p>This unit enables students to develop an enhanced understanding of how erotic desire was represented, debated, and criticised in ancient Greek literature. Students will read texts from a wide range of temporal periods (ranging from the archaic period to the Second Sophistic), authors, and genres. They will encounter a correspondingly wide range of literary forms and strategies, including lyric poetry, epigram, and philosophical dialogue, and see eros presented in numerous guises. A focus on close reading will enable detailed scrutiny of the linguistic means by which the texts fashion meaning and create emotional effects.</p> <p>This unit enables students to develop an enhanced understanding of how erotic desire was represented, debated, and criticised in ancient Greek literature. Students will read texts from a wide range of temporal periods (ranging from the archaic period to the Second Sophistic), authors, and genres. They will encounter a correspondingly wide range of literary forms and strategies, including lyric poetry, epigram, and philosophical dialogue, and see eros presented in numerous guises. A focus on close reading will enable detailed scrutiny of the linguistic means by which the texts fashion meaning and create emotional effects.</p> <p>1. To introduce students to the varieties of style, language and narrative structure in ancient Greek ‘erotic’ writing.</p><p>2. To enable students to develop a sense of the effects created by erotic writing across a range of genres.</p><p>3. To enable students to carry out close and comparative reading of original texts, developing technical skills acquired in earlier Greek Language course units.</p> <ul><li>Have increased knowledge of the Ancient Greek language</li><li>Connect and compare different treatments of the theme of erotic desire in different periods and genres</li></ul> <ul><li>Have increased ability to read and translate Ancient Greek</li><li>Develop critical reflection on the literary qualities of texts and the scholarly debates surrounding them</li><li>Be able to make a reasoned argument for a particular point of view regarding literary interpretation</li><li>Developed a basic understanding of how scansion and other technical aspects learned in Advanced Language courses can enhance interpretation</li></ul> <ul><li>Have increased ability to use library, electronic and online resources to enhance the study of Ancient Greek texts</li><li>Engage with other members of the class in order to develop literary reading as a communal activity</li></ul> <ul><li>Attention to detail</li><li>Self-organisation and time-management</li><li>Teamwork</li></ul> 0 Other 100% <p>Commentaries (50%)</p><p>Online exam (50%)</p> <p>Written feedback via Turnitin within three weeks</p> CAHE30121 Advanced Greek Language 1 Co-Requisite Compulsory CAHE30221 Advanced Greek Language 2 Co-Requisite Compulsory CAHE30321 Advanced Greek Language 3 Co-Requisite Compulsory Dispute & Desire co-requisites<p>CAHE30121 Advanced Greek 1 (higher is fine)</p> N <p>S. Best and S. Marcus, ‘Surface Reading: An Introduction’, Representations 108.1 (2009), 1–21</p><p>T. Hubbard, ‘Pindar, Theoxenus, and the Homoerotic Eye’, Arethusa 32 (2002), 255–96</p><p>J. Rist, ‘Plutarch’s Amatorius: A Commentary on Plato’s Theories of Love’, CQ 51.2 (2001), 557–75</p> Lectures 11 Seminars 22 0 167