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The Ancient Novel

Key information

  • Module code:

    5AACTL55

  • Level:

    5

  • Semester:

      Spring

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

The story of the novel begins with Greco-Roman antiquity. This module offers the chance to study two major classical novel texts – Apuleius’s Golden Ass and the Ethiopian Tale of Heliodorus - with special attention to the narrative strategies they deploy and the commentary they offer on the storytelling process itself.  In discussing Apuleius, we shall pay special attention to the novel’s prologue and the embedded tale of Cupid & Psyche, and ask who is being made an ass of.  When looking at Heliodorus, we shall concentrate on the idea of stories as puzzles, and the role of the author as impresario and arbiter of destiny.

Assessment details

1 x 2-hour exam (100%)

Teaching pattern

10 x 2 hour seminars (weekly)

Department

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