CLAS3411: Advanced Greek 3B

• Intermediate Greek 2A OR Intermediate Greek 2B.

• None.

• The principle of progression means that if you have studied Advanced Greek 2A in a previous academic year, you cannot then study Advanced Greek 2B/3B, but must progress to one or both of the Higher Greek modules.

• To study in depth a selection of prose texts suitable for students with a good command of ancient Greek morphology and syntax, some experience of reading texts in the original and a broad and in-depth knowledge of Greek culture.

• This module introduces students to a selection of ancient Greek texts appropriate to readers with a good command of grammar and some experience of reading texts in the original language.
• Authors may include Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, Lucian, Lysias.
• All texts will be linked by a theme which will provide the focus for the module as a whole.
• The emphasis will be on prose.
• Examples of themes are: ancient literacy criticism, rhetoric and seduction, the figure of Socrates, etc.
• Students will be expected to comment on texts at a level of sophistication appropriate to final-year students.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• A knowledge of ancient Greek morphology and syntax sufficient to form the basis of an independent appreciation and understanding of a selection of Greek prose authors; a knowledge and understanding of a selection of works from a selection of Greek prose authors; a knowledge of vocabulary appropriate to a student with a year's post-Intermediate study and experience of the Greek language.

Subject-specific Skills:

• An ability to construe some Greek prose texts with dictionaries; an ability to read and interpret these texts in relation to a knowledge of Greek culture as acquired in a student's previous two years of study in Higher Education.

Key Skills:

• A critical understanding of the differences between two Indo-European languages, one ancient and one modern, and of the issues relating to moving between them.

• Interactive classes will be offered as the most appropriate and effective way of teaching.
• Students will learn through regular preparation for the classes and interaction with the teacher and each other in the process of learning.
• The course will be assessed through an exam paper and a summative essay, each of which will be designed to test knowledge and interpretation of the set texts at the highest undergraduate level.

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