CL3304 Classical Studies: Interpretations and Receptions

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 9

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Available only to students in Classical Studies joint, single or triple Honours.

Planned timetable

To be arranged

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Module Staff

Team Taught

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Module description

This module puts the discipline of Classical Studies into its social, cultural and intellectual context. It will look in depth at what it means to read in translation and at the social, cultural and intellectual underpinnings of the practice of producing and reading translations of Greek and Latin literature. It will study academic, literary and artistic responses to Greek and Roman antiquity, and the interplay between contemporary social and cultural movements, on the one hand, and the changing images of the classical world, on the other. The module will equip students with a stronger sense of the history of their discipline, a variety of methods of approaching ancient literature and visual and material culture, and a range of transferrable academic skills that will assist in the transition to Honours-level study. There will also be the opportunity to review and produce creative responses to Greek and Roman antiquity as part of the module assessment.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

ENTRY TO HONOURS IN CLASSICAL STUDIES

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture and 1 x 2-hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning hours

30

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

Guided independent study hours

270

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

Intended learning outcomes

  • Identify, describe and evaluate the relationship between constructions of the classical past, both academic and non-academic, and their social, cultural and intellectual contexts
  • Formulate sophisticated and self-reflective responses to that relationship
  • Evaluate specific receptions of the Greek and Roman past, both academic and non-academic (e.g. artistic or literary) in their social, cultural and intellectual contexts.
  • Develop their own response to the literary, artistic, cultural and academic traces of the Greek and/or Roman past in the modern world and present it in an appropriate format, chosen from a list of options.