Aims

By the end of this course, students should be able to read, translate and comment on the work of one or more classical Greek prose-writers studied during the course. They should also be able to write a personal paper which fits into the framework of the course.

Main themes

The general study of "Greek authors" is divided into two alternating complementary courses (GLOR 1492, devoted to prose-texts and GLOR 1491, devoted to poetical writings).
This course changes from year to year, with a number of criteria involved in selecting the authors to be studied. The choice may be to study one or two major classical prose-writers works or instead, to select one major work and alongside, to study a corpus of thematically-related texts. The initial stage of detailed translation is followed by a multi-faceted text analysis, comprising: philological analysis; study of language events and grammatical knowledge; placing the work within its biographical, historical and cultural context and examining the impact of the work's message on Western history up to the present day. Throughout, the course makes use of the new information and communication technologies (NTIC).

Content and teaching methods

This course changes from year to year, focusing either on the study of one or two major prose works of classical Antiquity, or instead, on one major work and a corpus of thematically-related texts. The lectures provide an exhaustive approach to the critical analysis of a classical Greek author. Students are expected to present a personal paper relevant to what has been studied in the course. The course makes use of the new information and communication technologies throughout.

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

Course entry requirements: GLOR1171 Basic Greek Grammar and Text Analysis.
Evaluation: Evaluation certified by an oral examination at the end of the course. This examination will test students' knowledge of topics covered in the lecture course ; students will also be expected to present a personal paper which follows precise guidelines given at the beginning of the course.
Course material: Students will be given details of the texts they are expected to obtain at the first lecture. The entire interactive course is accessible on-line on the Internet.

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