Ugaritic (seminar)

LGLOR2711  2016-2017  Louvain-la-Neuve

Ugaritic (seminar)
5.0 credits
22.5 h
1q

This biannual course is taught on years 2015-2016, 2017-2018, ....

Teacher(s)
Haelewyck Jean-Claude ;
Language
Français
Prerequisites

To have followed courses at Bachelor level in a Semitic language such as Akkadian, Hebrew or Aramaic.

Main themes

Study of the Ugaritic language.

Alternating with LGLOR 2712 (Phoenician), the course deals with the following themes:

1. An introduction to the Ugaritic script;
2. Vocabulary and the specificities of the Ugaritic grammar;
3. Translation of texts accompanied by a philological commentary.

Aims

At the end of this course, the student will be capable to read, translate and analyse texts of average difficulty. In order to achieve this goal, he will have been introduced to Ugaritic script, and will have acquired a basic vocabulary.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Evaluation methods

The evaluation of the students is continuous, but there is an oral exam at the end of the year on the reading and translation of a text seen during the year, as well as justification of grammar points.

Teaching methods

This is not a course of lectures, the students prepare texts which are discussed during the course with the grammatical points highlighted.

Content

Amongst the western Semitic languages, Ugaritic is placed at the end of the late Bronze age: 14th to 12th centuries B.C. The city of Ugarit, (now in Syria on the Mediterranean coast) was destroyed at the beginning of the 12th century and the majority of the texts date from the end of the history of Ugarit. The course deals with the study of several tablets taken from the manual of Bordreuil-Pardee.

Bibliography

- P. Bordreuil et D. Pardee, Manuel d'ougaritique, Paris, 2004.

- J. Tropper, Ugaritische Grammatik, Münster, 2000.

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