GK4113 Greeks and Barbarians

Academic year

2023 to 2024 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable

To be arranged

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Module coordinator

Prof J P Konig

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Module Staff

Prof J König

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Module description

Exploring Greek identity through representation of non-Greeks was a prominent feature of Greek literature and culture across many centuries. This module examines that theme in a range of authors and periods. It looks first at archaic epic, especially Homer's Odyssey. The central part of the course then focuses on classical Athens, especially Euripides and Aristophanes, as well as a selection of extracts from prose texts (Herodotus is an important reference point, but will not be studied at length as a set text, having been covered at GK 1000-level). The final part of the course then looks ahead, more briefly, to the Hellenistic and Roman worlds, with extracts from the description of India in Philostratus' Life of Apollonius of Tyana.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

40 CREDITS FROM GK2001, GK2002, GK2003, GK2004, INCLUDING ONE PASS AT 11 OR BETTER, OR A PASS IN GK3022, OR EVIDENCE OF EQUIVALENT LINGUISTIC ACHIEVEMENT.

Assessment pattern

2-hour Written Examination = 40%, Unseen test = 15%, Coursework = 45%

Re-assessment

2-hour Written Examination = 40%, Unseen test = 15%, Coursework = 45%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2 hours of lectures and seminars

Scheduled learning hours

22

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

267

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.