MODULE CODE:
TITLE:
DATED:
CLGK7027
Further Advanced Greek Verse: Pindar Victory Odes
21/07/2016
LEVEL:
CREDITS:
7
20
JACS CODE:
Q720
Pre-Requisite: Advanced Greek: Verse, Advanced Greek: Prose, or equivalent.
AIM(S)

To translate the Greek language accurately and independently at an advanced level.

To develop further skills of literary analysis and interpretation, and gain an independent
understanding of the text’s historical, cultural and literary context as reflected both in
the text studied and relevant modern scholarship.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon the successful completion of this module, the student should be able to demonstrate:

sound knowledge of Greek grammar and syntax through accurate and independent
translations of the text studied and unseen translation work;

the ability to analyse and employ modern scholarship on the studied text;

sound and critically informed knowledge of the text studied in literary and linguistic
analysis.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
Students will study a work of Greek literature in the original language. The module will focus
on verse (e.g. a Euripidean tragedy, a selection from Homer’s Iliad). A different text is chosen
each year. Students will be expected to translate a certain amount of text, over and above that
translated in class, independently; the inclusion of a self-study element builds on the linguistic
and critical skills developed in Advanced Greek: Verse and Prose, and allows students to
develop the ability to work independently with advanced Greek text. Distance learners will
submit set sections of translation and commentary for distance tutor comments. Detailed
language work will be combined with the development of skills of literary criticism and attention
to the historical context of the works studied. In order to help students translate with greater
skill and accuracy the module contains an unseen translation component. Students in this
module are taught in the same group as students in Advanced Greek: Verse and Higher
Advanced Greek: Verse.
LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY
Lectures will introduce the students to the concepts, principles, and practices of the topics
studied for the module. Case studies may be used to provide examples and will be used to
develop further understanding of what has been learned.
Guided independent study allows students to further their independent learning skills with
appropriate support provided by the module tutor(s) (e.g. preparation for lectures and
seminars, follow-up work, background reading, revision, completion of assessment tasks).
Distance Learning - Moodle Units will introduce the students to the concepts, principles and
practices of the topics studied for the module. Case studies may be used to provide examples
and will be used to develop further understanding of what has been learned. Alongside written
material, Units might also include podcasts or vidcasts, links to relevant websites and eresources, scanned chapters from books and journals (in accordance with copyright law) as
well as suggestions for further reading. Each Unit will contain clear instructions about the order
in which students should consult the material as well as offering reasons for the inclusion of
each item of material. Unit information will be geared towards the student achieving the
module learning outcomes.
Tutorials and webinars may be used in order to support discussion and critical evaluation of
what has been learned as well as enabling students to pursue their own questions. Module
information may be supported by student chatrooms and webinars to explore more fully the
concepts, principles and practices of each topic, to explore aspects of the set reading for the
Unit, or to enable clarification where confusion might have arisen. In addition, tutorial support
is available through email, telephone or skype conference with module tutors and the
programme director.
Guided independent study allows students to further their independent learning skills with
appropriate support provided by the module tutor(s). Much of this is included in the material
contained in each Unit, though further guidance is available from module tutors and
programme directors through email, telephone and skype conference.
The allocation of teaching to deliver the module is:
Activity type
Scheduled learning
Independent learning
Placement learning
TOTAL
Hours
20
180
Percentage
10%
90%
200
100%
NB. If this module is taken as a distance learning module then Independent Learning is
200 hours – 100%.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component 1 – 50%
3000 word critical commentary or essay
Exemplar: Write a critical commentary on Hom. II. 24.33-63 OR Analyse the ways in which
Homer creates the tone of Illiad 24.
Assessment Component 2 – 50%
Two hour examination
Assessment Summary
Activity type
Written exam
Coursework
Percentage
50%
50%
Practical
TOTAL
100%
EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ESD)
Does the module contribute to ESD?
Yes
If yes please provide brief details (no more than 100 words):
The learning of a language provides a strong foundation for systematic thinking, which is
one of UNESCO’s five essential pedagogic approaches for sustainable development, and
promotes the understanding of cultural differences even beyond the culture of the
language taught.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Essential
Liddell & Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Dictionary, Oxford, 1963.
Plus set text (selections of unadapted Greek text appropriate for the level)
Recommended
Morwood, J. Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek, Oxford, 2001.