GRK20110

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:

* translate the text with confidence and accuracy;
* evaluate modern interpretations of the text;
* answer questions on specific points in the text;
* construct a relevant and analytical essay on the text.

Indicative Module Content:

Students will be expected to prepare a section of the text for each class, and to be able to translate and discuss it. Detailed understanding of the text will be assessed by two 50-minute class tests, and an end-of-semester essay will provide an opportunity to discuss broader issues of content and context.

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

The module is taught in small classes, typically 2-3 students, and focuses on reading the text in Greek and discussing points of interest. There will be 18 classes in total.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Learning Requirements:

Students taking this module should have completed GRK20140 Intermediate Greek or equivalent.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will receive detailed individual feedback on all their assignments.

Prescribed text

N. Denyer (ed.), Plato and Xenophon: Apologies of Socrates (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019)

Recommended Secondary Literature

Brickhouse, T.C. & N.D. Smith, Socrates on Trial (Oxford, 1989)
Morrison, D.R. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Socrates (Cambridge, 2011)
Parker, R., Athenian Religion: A History (Oxford, 1996), ch. 10
Reeve, C.D.C., Socrates in the Apology (Indianapolis, 1989)
Jones, R.E., R. Sharma, & N.D. Smith (eds), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Socrates (London, 2023)
Stone, I.F., The Trial of Socrates (London, 1988)
Waterfield, R., Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths (London, 2009)

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.