Key facts
UNE unit code: CLLA304
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- Trimester 2 - On Campus
- Trimester 2 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- No
- Yes
- 6
Unit information
In this unit, depending on which strand you are studying (Greek or Latin), you will read verse texts to build your understanding of these texts at an advanced linguistic level and develop your appreciation of their literary/historical significance. The texts set vary from year to year.
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| Teaching period | Mode/location |
|---|---|
| Trimester 2 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
| Trimester 2 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
There are no intensive schools required for this unit.
Enrolment rules
Notes
Second-year candidates are strongly recommended to complete CLLA202 prior to enrolling in this unit.
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
Unit coordinator(s)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- apply reading skills to complex, unpredictable and extended Greek or Latin verse texts;
- independently apply knowledge and skills to generate and transmit solutions to sophisticated questions about the way in which a particular author uses an ancient language;
- analyse and evaluate complex, unpredictable texts using an appropriate metalanguage to complete a range of activities;
- apply and transmit specialist information about the style of particular authors, the requirements of the genre and historical and literary context of the text; and
- demonstrate broad technical and theoretical knowledge of an ancient language as well as specialist knowledge about a particular author/authors and modern responses to their work.
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
| Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greek strand: Assessment 1 | Yes | 50% | All offerings | Three short assessments (10% each) and short essay (20%) No. Words: Short assessments: 1500 Short essay: 1000 Total No. Words: 2500 |
| Greek strand: Assessment 2 - Assurance Task | Yes | 50% | All offerings | Supervised Exam. This online exam will be supervised via webcam and screen sharing technology. Coordinated by UNE Exams Unit. Students must pass the Assurance Task in order to pass the unit. No. Words: 2500 |
| Latin strand: Assessment 1 | Yes | 20% | All offerings | Essay No. Words: 1500 |
| Latin strand: Assessment 2 | Yes | 20% | All offerings | Essay No. Words: 1500 |
| Latin strand: Assessment 3 - Assurance Task | Yes | 60% | All offerings | Supervised Exam. This online exam will be supervised via webcam and screen sharing technology. Coordinated by UNE Exams Unit. Students must pass the Assurance Task in order to pass the unit. No. Words: 2000 |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Sophocles: Antigone
ISBN: 9780521337014
Griffith, M. (ed), Cambridge University Press 1999
Text refers to: All offerings
Aristophanes Wasps
ISBN: 9780198144656
MacDowell, D.M. (ed), Oxford University Press 1988
Text refers to: All offerings
The Phaedra of Seneca
ISBN: 9780865160163
Gilbert Lawall, Sarah Lawall, Gerda Kunkel, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers 1982
Text refers to: All offerings
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