Module Catalogue 2025/26

Pre Requisite Comment

CAG2002 needs to have been taken in a previous academic year.

Co Requisite Comment

N/A

Aims

This module aims:
1. To further develop students' skills in reading, interpreting and analysing original literary texts in Greek;
2. to further develop students' knowledge and understanding of the nature of specific Greek literary texts, and of problems and issues involved in the study of those texts;
3. to familiarise students with a range of resources (traditional and digital) employed in the advanced study of Greek literary texts.

Outline Of Syllabus

Students taking this module will undertake work on literary texts in the original Greek. The particular texts will be determined on a yearly basis, taking into account the need to avoid overlap between a student's Stages 2 and 3.

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

Students who complete this course should acquire, to a more advanced level than at Level 2:
1. the ability to read, understand, translate and critically comment on Greek texts (seen and unseen);
2. the ability to consolidate and put into practice sound knowledge of Greek grammar and vocabulary;
3. an awareness of the difficulties involved in translating from one language into another;
4. to show a clear understanding of the chosen set text in terms of style, function, content;
5. to understand literary works and their historical/cultural context.

Intended Skill Outcomes

1. To translate a range of Greek texts fluently and accurately into clear and appropriate English;
2. to analyse and critically reflect upon literary texts in their original language;
3. to use a range of resources required for scholarly study of ancient Greek texts;
4. to recognise patterns (whether linguistic, stylistic, thematic or conceptual);
5. to apply learned knowledge and skills (selectively, where appropriate) in the completion of the module’s different assessment components.

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Classes are largely student-led, and provide the opportunity to collaboratively read, review and discuss the prescribed text(s) by continuous monitoring of students' translation of the set text by round-the-class translation; practice in critical analysis and appreciation of the set texts; at the same time students will also further refine existing skills in:
- identifying and understanding a range of Greek linguistic and syntactical features;
- translating Greek into clear and fluent English;
- literary analysis;
- use of scholarly resources such as commentaries, apparatus criticus etc.

Structured learning activities will hone the students' ability to engage critically with scholarship on the set text and to discuss it in a constructive manner They will provide students with the opportunity to:
- acquire knowledge and understanding of broader themes, ideas and contexts (whether literary, historical, philosophical, socio-cultural);
- prepare for weekly synchronous sessions;
- further refine discipline-specific technical skills.

Guided independent study is intended as time for:
- skills practice;
- directed reading and research;
- preparing and completing any formative and summative assessments.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

Summative assessment is designed to assesses students' knowledge and interpretative understanding of the texts studied, with particular reference to the application of their linguistic knowledge, and their skills in presenting their views and analyses of key issues regarding the set text(s).
Exam is the best way of assessing language skills, especially the students' ability to translate and interpret texts in a controlled environment without access to a translation or other resources.
The oral presentation (15 minutes) is conceived as a "feed-forward" summative assessment in line with the School-level guidance and assesses skills in interpretation, based on the text in the original, and oral communication skills.

General Notes

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