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Classical Culture: An Introduction

Key information

  • Module code:

    4AACCLA1

  • Level:

    4

  • Semester:

      Spring

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

This module provides first year students with an intensive introduction to the cultural highlights of ancient Greece and Rome. Students taking this module do not need any prior knowledge of classical civilisations or of ancient languages, though students with experience in these areas are also very welcome. Lectures equip students with a basic factual knowledge of key Greek and Latin texts, and show how these works relate to the socio-political context in which they were produced. Seminars offer students a chance to explore and discuss selected passages from a wide range of ancient sources.

Teaching pattern

10 x 2-hour lecture/seminars

Suggested reading list

Suggested introductory reading

This is suggested reading and purchase of these books is not mandatory.

  • M. Beard and J. Henderson, Classics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2000)
  • S. Morton Braund, Latin Literature (London 2002)
  • T. Whitmarsh, Ancient Greek Literature (Cambridge 2004)

Department

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