Key facts
UNE unit code: CLLA302
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- Trimester 3 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- No
- No
- 6
Unit information
In this unit, depending on which strand you are studying (Greek or Latin), you will read substantial portions of key original texts in verse or prose to deepen your understanding at a linguistic level, and to grasp their literary and historical significance. You will also engage with the tradition of scholarship around these works and develop your own critical engagement with the texts.
Offerings
For further information about UNE's teaching periods, please go to Principal Dates.
| Teaching period | Mode/location |
|---|---|
| Trimester 3 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
There are no intensive schools required for this unit.
Enrolment rules
Notes
For futher information on the discipline's offerings, please visit the Classics and Ancient History webpage.
Latin: Clemens Koehn
Greek: Matthew Dillon
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Greek Strand | Yes | 15% | All offerings | short essay/grammatical exercise No. Words: 750 |
| Assessment 1 - Latin Strand | Yes | 15% | All offerings | Short essay. No. Words: 750 |
| Assessment 2 - Greek Strand | Yes | 15% | All offerings | short essay/grammatical exercise No. Words: 750 |
| Assessment 2 - Latin Strand | Yes | 15% | All offerings | Short essay. No. Words: 750 |
| Assessment 3 - Greek Strand | Yes | 20% | All offerings | short essay/grammatical exercise No. Words: 1000 |
| Assessment 3 - Latin Strand | Yes | 30% | All offerings | Long essay. No. Words: 1500 |
| Assessment 4 - Greek Strand | Yes | 20% | All offerings | short essay/grammatical exercise No. Words: 1000 |
| Assessment 5 - Greek Strand | Yes | 30% | All offerings | long essay No. Words: 1500 |
| Take Home Exam - Latin Strand | Yes | 40% | All offerings | Final Assessment 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.
Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIV
ISBN: 9780521007931
Myers, K.S., Cambridge University Press 2012
Text refers to: All offerings
Euripides Hippolytus
ISBN: 9780862920746
Ferguson, J. (ed), Bristol Classical Press 1991
Text refers to: All offerings
Vergil's Aeneid: Book 1-6
ISBN: 9780865164215
Pharr, C. (ed), Bolchazy and Carducci Publishers 2nd ed. 1998
Text refers to: All offerings
Homer Iliad VI
ISBN: 9780521703727
B. Graziosi & J. Haubold (eds), Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics 2010
Text refers to: All offerings
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