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GRKA3605: Greek Tragedy
2024 unit information
The works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have a performance tradition in antiquity of nearly a thousand years and remain the enduring classics of the modern theatre. This unit offers a close reading in the original Greek of one or more Greek plays and an introduction to the literary, social and performance contexts of the ancient theatre, its language and its genres. Language skills will continue to be tested and developed by periodic exercises in unseen translation.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Classics and Ancient History
| Code | GRKA3605 |
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| Academic unit | Classics and Ancient History |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient Greek |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Depth of expertise in the fields of Greek language, literature, religion and culture
- LO2. develop skills in critical thinking and problem solving through precise translation of a foreign language text
- LO3. develop language and communication skills through close engagement with a classic of world literature
- LO4. develop cultural awareness through close engagement with the thought, religion and values of a culture far removed in time from our own
- LO5. gain an appreciation of the interconnectedness of religion, drama, myth, music and aesthetics within ancient Greek ideology
- LO6. build confidence and self reliance through the mastery of a complex and challenging foreign language text and engage with the thought of one of the great poets
- LO7. to learn to understand and sympathise with others through intimate engagement with foreign values and sensibilities
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