Undergraduate - UnitATS1266 - Life and culture in ancient Greece and Rome

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Evangelina Anagnostou-Laoutides

Notes

Previously coded CLA1020

Synopsis

The unit introduces students to the culture and societies of Ancient Greece and Rome. Students will examine themes including: war and peace, science and knowledge, politics and litigation, love and sex, death and the Afterlife, through a study of epic and lyric poetry, historical writings, philosophy, comic and tragic drama, legal and political writings and magical tracts. All texts will be studied in translation.

Outcomes

On completion of this subject students will have read all of the prescribed texts in translation and selected secondary texts. Students will have gained and be able to demonstrate:

An understanding of the generic nature of and differences between the primary texts studied.
Knowledge of the life and culture of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Abilities to evaluate and contextualise the information that texts provided.
Abilities to critically evaluate texts as source material for knowledge.