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Beginning Greek [ LFIAL1770 ]


5.0 crédits ECTS  30.0 h + 30.0 h   1q 

Teacher(s) Moureau Sébastien (compensates Obsomer Claude) ; Obsomer Claude ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Online resources

The syllabus and planning of the course are available on the iCampus server, as well as a copy of Planque's Grammar, and the informations about written evaluations.

Prerequisites

None

Main themes

Inititation into the Classical Greek language and/or consolidation of the basics acquired in the Secondary.

This course deals with the following themes:
1. The morphology and syntax of nouns and adjectives;
2. The morphology of the thematic verbs (indicative, imperative, infinitive and participle);
3. The translation of sentences and small texts illustrating the grammatical rules;
4. A basic vocabulary about 650 words.
5. An outline of the Greek roots and their importance for the French spelling.

For the students who followed a successful training in Greek in the Secondary, the learning of basic notions (first half of the course) will be replaced by the translation of texts of a certain length.

Aims

At the end of this course, the student will be capable of reading, translating and analyzing grammatically sentences and small texts written in Classical Greek. To do it, he will have acquired the master of the basics of nominal morphology and syntax of cases.

Evaluation methods

The final mark in January includes :

  • the results of the 4 assessments planned from september to december (15%);
  • the results of the final written exam (85%).

Only written exam in June or September.

Teaching methods

The lecture sessions are organized as follows:
a) Lessons 1 to 6 : the beginners attend the lectures, whilst the other students translate individually the texts which are proposed to them.
b) Lessons 7 to 12 : all the students attend the lecture.

The exercices sessions are organized as follows:
a) Lessons 1 to 6 : the beginners prepare the exercises, and they are corrected by a member of the teaching team; the texts prepared by the second group of students are corrected and commented by the teacher.
b) Lessons 7 to 12 : all the students make the exercises of these lessons.

Content

The course intended for the beginners consists of twelve lessons including theory (grammatical acquisitions, translation, analysis of sentences, vocabulary) and exercises (morphology and translation).
After an explanation of the writing and phonology, the lectures allow beginner students to discover gradually Greek declensions and conjugations, with sentences illustrating the theory and syntactical rules.
The exercises organized in parallel, allow the students to progress actively and individually in differnts matters, under the guidance of one member of the teaching team.

The students who have studied Greek in the Secondary are registered as such in the first session. A specific program of textes to be translated is proposed to them instead of lessons 1 to 6. These texts concern historic and/or mythological questions.
From the lesson 7 (aorist), they attend the same course as the others, in order to verify and refine their grammatical knowledge.

Bibliography
  • Cl. Obsomer, Initiation au grec, Louvain-la-Neuve et Namur, 2012.
  • Cl. Obsomer, Textes choisis, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2013.
  • D. Planque et alii, Grammaire grecque, 8e éd., Namur, 1977.
Other information

We shall take into account the basics by  students who studied Greek at Secondary level. Their actual level will be assessed during the first week.

Cycle et année
d'étude
> Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
> Bachelor in History
> Preparatory year for Master in History
> Bachelor in History of Art and Archaeology : General
> Bachelor in Ancient languages and Literatures : Classics
> Bachelor in Philosophy
> Bachelor in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures
> Bachelor in Information and Communication
> Bachelor in Pharmacy
> Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English
> Bachelor in Economics and Management
> Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General
> Bachelor in Motor skills : General
> Bachelor in Human and Social Sciences
> Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : General
> Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology
> Bachelor in Political Sciences: General
> Bachelor in Mathematics
> Bachelor in Biomedicine
> Bachelor in religious studies
Faculty or entity
in charge
> FIAL


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