GRK30020

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:

We will read and discuss a section of the text in each class.

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 at least one year's experience of reading unadapted Greek texts

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

Christopher Pelling (ed.), Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book VI (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022)

Secondary Literature

Balot, R., S. Forsdyke, & E. Foster (eds), The Oxford Handbook to Thucydides (Oxford, 2017)
Hornblower, S. (ed.), Greek Historiography (Oxford, 1994)
Hunter, V.J., Thucydides: The Artful Reporter (Toronto, 1973)
Low, P. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Thucydides (Cambridge, 2023)
Macleod, C.W., ‘Reason and history (Thucydides 6.16–18)’, in Collected Essays (Oxford, 1983), 68–87
Marincola, J. (ed.), A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography (Malden,2007)
Pelling, C., Literary Texts and the Greek Historian (London, 2000)
Rengakos, A. & A. Tsakmakis, Brill’s Companion to Thucydides (Leiden, 2006)
Rood, T., Thucydides: Narrative and Interpretation (Oxford, 1998)
Rusten, J.S. (ed.), Oxford Readings in Thucydides (Oxford, 2009)

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