UCL - Ethiopic

[GLOR2741]

[30h] 6 credits

This two-yearly course is taught in 2009-2010, 2011-2012,...

Teacher(s):

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Classical Ethiopic (Geez). Learning of the writing system; grammatical introduction.

Main themes

- Reading and philological interpretation of Biblical and hagiographic texts, taken from the Chrestomathy by Chaîne.
- For second-year studies (who did attend the alternating course GLOR 2742): thorough analysis of grammatical, especially syntactic problems (preparation of a personal paper); study of various texts, either taken from critical editions or from copies of original manuscripts.

Content and teaching methods

Classical Ethiopic (Geez). Learning of the writing system; grammatical introduction.
- Reading and philological interpretation of Biblical and hagiographic texts, taken from the Chrestomathy by Chaîne.
- For second-year studies (who did attend the alternating course GLOR 2742): thorough analysis of grammatical, especially syntactic problems (preparation of a personal paper); study of various texts, either taken from critical editions or from copies of original manuscripts.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Mode d'interrogation : oral examination at the end of term.
Support : Grammars by Chaîne, Dillmann and Conti Rossini; manual by Lambdin.