5 credits
45.0 h
Q1 and Q2
This learning unit is not being organized during year 2018-2019.
Teacher(s)
Moureau Sébastien; Smeesters Aline;
Language
French
Prerequisites
None, but a basic knowledge of Greek and Latin is strongly recommended.
Main themes
The proseminar deals with the following themes:
1. Historical and geographical landmarks in classical Antiquity;
2. History of alphabetic writing from its Phoenician origins; overview of the Indo-European languages and introduction to comparative linguistics;
3. Presentation of the various categories of ancient sources, and of the disciplines and auxiliary sciences which can be of use to study them
4. History of Greek and Latin literary sources from Antiquity to our days (composition, transmission and reception);
5. Introduction to various aspects of the Greco-Latin civilization (chronology, mythology');
6. Training to the methods of bibliographical research and to the standard ways of referencing sources in the field of classical philology.
1. Historical and geographical landmarks in classical Antiquity;
2. History of alphabetic writing from its Phoenician origins; overview of the Indo-European languages and introduction to comparative linguistics;
3. Presentation of the various categories of ancient sources, and of the disciplines and auxiliary sciences which can be of use to study them
4. History of Greek and Latin literary sources from Antiquity to our days (composition, transmission and reception);
5. Introduction to various aspects of the Greco-Latin civilization (chronology, mythology');
6. Training to the methods of bibliographical research and to the standard ways of referencing sources in the field of classical philology.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | At the end of this proseminar, the student will have acquired a good knowledge of the various kinds of sources from Greco-Roman Antiquity, and of the various disciplines for their study. He will also have mastered the approaches and working tools that are necessary for the study of Antiquity. |
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”.
Faculty or entity
GLOR
