GRK30110

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 about 40 lines 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 a year’s experience of Greek language study.

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

Seth L. Schein (ed.), Homer: Iliad Book 1 (Cambridge University Press, 2022)

The edition by Simon Pulleyn (Oxford University Press, 2000) is also useful, and has a vocabulary.

Recommended Secondary Literature

J. Griffin, Homer (Oxford, 1980)
M.S. Silk, Homer: The Iliad (Cambridge, 1987; 2nd ed., 2004)
B. Graziosi, Homer: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2019)
J.S. Burgess, Homer (London, 2015)
W. Allan, Homer: The Iliad (London, 2013)
A. Kahane, Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed (London, 2012)
S.L. Schein, The Mortal Hero: An Introduction to Homer’s Iliad (Berkeley, 1984)
B.B. Powell, Homer (Oxford, 2004)
D.L. Cairns (ed.), Oxford Readings in Homer’s Iliad (Oxford, 2001)
M.W. Edwards, Homer: Poet of the Iliad (Baltimore & London, 1987)
R.L. Fowler (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Homer (Cambridge, 2004)

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