Learning Outcomes:
1. To demonstrate knowledge of modern depictions of classical myth, history and philosophy in contemporary media
2. Through communication and collaboration with colleagues, to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of academic arguments, both their own and others’
3. To analyse the ways in which contemporary biases, political or otherwise, have shaped the ways in which contemporary artists have appropriated material from the ancient Greek and Roman worlds
4. To evaluate the contributions modern appropriations of classical material have made to our understanding of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds
Indicative Module Content:
Lecture 1: Introduction to reception theory.
Lecture 2: Lecture on film criticism
Lecture 3: Lecture on game criticism, including the theory and practice of constructing game narratives
Lecture 4: Lecture on comic narrative style and criticism of the graphic novel
6 tutorial sessions focusing on content of course materials
7 group work sessions
1 peer review session