This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
Students will participate in the close reading and interpretation of Greek prose and/ or verse texts. Translation of the text(s) from the original will enhance understanding of its construction by the author(s) and invite reflection on the use of stylistic and linguistic features (and their effect). This understanding may be further developed through the study of the literary and cultural context within which the text was produced.
Total Contact Hours: 60
• Essay (4,000 words) – 60%
• Examination (2 hours) – 40%
Indicative Reading List -
Thucydides (ed. J.R. Rusten), (1989). The Peloponnesian War Book II, Cambridge: CUP
Sophocles (ed. S.L. Schein), (2013) Sophocles: Philoctetes, Cambridge: CUP
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
- Demonstrate thorough knowledge and understanding of unadapted Ancient Greek texts;
- Demonstrate systematic knowledge of Ancient Greek grammatical terms and inflection systems to the reading of unadapted Ancient Greek texts;
- Demonstrate knowledge of specialised Ancient Greek vocabulary appropriate to their chosen area of study;
- Conduct independent research in Ancient Greek literature, using appropriate scholarly sources including reference works and commentaries;
- Comment confidently on thematic and stylistic points of interest in the reading of unadapted Ancient Greek texts.
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