Download GRC 20100 Ovid`s Metamorphoses and the Transformation of Myth

GRC 20100
Ovid’s Metamorphoses and
the Transformation of Myth
Dr Martin Brady
Material covered:
- Creation myths (Metamorphoses 1)
- The myth of Thebes (Metamorphoses 3-4)
- The myth of Pygmalion (Metamorphoses 10)
- The Troy myth (Metamorphoses 12-13)
Learning outcomes include:
- Know the major myths of the Metamorphoses.
- Give examples of ways in which these same myths are
re-presented in post-classical literature and art.
- Analyse the narrative techniques by which Ovid tells
stories effectively.
GRC 30120
Exile in Latin Literature
Dr Martin Brady
Material covered:
- Cicero’s letters from exile (excerpts from his private
correspondence)
- Ovid’s Tristia (“Sad Songs”) and Epistulae ex Ponto
(“Black Sea Letters”), poems written while in exile in
Dacia (modern Romania)
Learning outcomes include:
-Identify the most important themes and myths used by
Cicero and Ovid to describe their experiences.
- Evaluate the role which exile and expatriation played in
promoting cultural interaction between Romans and
provincials.
GRC 20130
Study Tour of Greece
Dr Jo Day
Material covered:
- Visit to Greece during summer
- Acropolis & agora in Athens
- Corinth, Sparta, Epidaurus
- Delphi, Olympia
- Mycenae, Tiryns
- Byzantine sites
- Key museums
Learning outcomes include:
- Evaluate archaeological evidence
from firsthand observation.
- Communicate orally, in writing, and
with images about ancient sites.
GRC 30210
Eating and Drinking
in Classical Antiquity
Dr Jo Day
Material covered:
- Feasting (symposium and convivium)
- Sacrifice and funerary foods
- Food taboos and cannibalism
- Spices, fish, olive oil, wine
- Recreate a Roman recipe
Learning outcomes include:
- Understand Classical contexts of food and
drink production and consumption.
- Combine archaeological, iconographic,
and literary evidence
- Recognise links between identity, gender,
social status and food choices
GRC 20180
Archaeology
of Athens and Attica
Dr Jo Day
Material covered:
- Athenian democracy and tyranny
- Living and dying in the ancient city
- Monuments, politics and ethics
- Religious festivals
- Countryside resources
Learning outcomes include:
- Understand the development of Athens’
city centre over time.
- Recognise main monuments and understand
their relation to political, religious and
social structures.
GRC 20010
Alexander and his Successors
Dr Philip de Souza
Material covered:
- Reign of Alexander the Great (336-323 BC)
- Successor kingdoms and Hellenistic period (323-30 BC)
- Political, social and cultural history
- Interaction between Greeks and non-Greeks
- Roman expansion into Greek world
Learning outcomes include:
- synthesize information about Hellenistic Greek history
from a range of secondary sources.
- analyze and comment critically on primary sources.
- evaluate varied historical interpretations.
- construct relevant and analytical essays in answer to
historical questions.
GRC 30070
Family Life in Ancient Greece
Dr Philip de Souza
Material covered:
- History of ancient Greek family groups (c. 800-30 BC)
- gender & status divisions in households
- marriage & adultery
- exposure & infanticide
- child-rearing & education
- old age & death
Learning outcomes include:
- assess the nature of family life in the ancient Greek world.
- synthesize information from a wide range of primary and secondary sources.
- analyze primary sources of evidence critically, place them in their historical
contexts and assess their reliability and historical value.
- compare and evaluate the arguments of modern scholars.
- construct relevant and analytical arguments in response to historical questions.
NB This module is assessed by coursework only; there is no exam
GRC 20080
Virgil’s Aeneid
Dr Helen Dixon
Material covered:
- Virgil’s Aeneid (read in English translation)
- selected supplementary primary sources
- secondary scholarship on Virgil’s poem
Learning outcomes include:
- describe the content of Virgil's poetry.
- analyse Virgil's poetry in its literary and historical
contexts.
- appreciate the aesthetic qualities of Virgil's poetry.
- evaluate modern interpretations of the text.
GRC 30150
Using and Abusing Antiquity
Dr Helen Dixon
Material covered:
- Virgil’s ‘Aeneis’: John Dryden’s translation of 1697
(selections)
- Ovid’s ‘Metamorphosis’: Arthur Golding’s translation of
1567 (selected myths: Cadmus, Diana & Actaeon,
Semele & Bacchus, Tiresias, Narcissus & Echo, Medea)
Learning outcomes include:
- show understanding of how Classical Antiquity was
appropriated and manipulated in later times.
- analyse later writers’ methods and strategies for using
Antiquity for their own ends.
- evaluate how aspects of Classical myth, history and
literature have contributed to the development of
Western culture.
GRC 20150
Cicero’s Defence Speeches
Dr Aude Doody
Material covered:
- Two murder trials in the Late Republic
- Cicero’s speeches ‘For Caelius’ and ‘For Milo’
- Oratory: the art of public speaking
- Cicero’s career
- Politics and networks of power in the Republic
- How to understand and analyse political
speeches
GRC 30240
Pliny’s Natural History
Dr Aude Doody
Material covered:
- First century encyclopedia about nature
- Book 7 of Pliny’s Natural History:
‘monstrous races’, human physiology, great
inventors, famous Romans
- Ideas about science and nature in
antiquity
- Politics of encyclopedism and empire
GRC 20210
The Birth of Democracy
Dr Maeve McHugh
Material covered:
- Chart the evolution of Athenian democracy from its
Archaic roots to final collapse in the Hellenistic period.
- Meet the enigmatic figures of Pericles, Alcibiades,
Socrates, and Aristophanes.
- Visit the Athenian assembly on the Pynx, judge law court
cases, and listen to satirical comedy on the slopes of the
Acropolis.
Learning outcomes include:
- Chart the developments of Athenian democracy from
the Archaic to Hellenistic period.
-Evaluate how Athens developed into an imperialistic
power
- Analyse the social context for these developments as
evidenced in texts.
GRC 30270
The Power of Monuments and
Monuments of Power
Dr Maeve McHugh
Material covered:
- Explore how power (political, social, and status driven)
is expressed in both civic and personal monuments from
the Hellenistic Greek successor kingdoms to Imperial
Rome.
-The decorative programmes of monuments like the
grand altar of Pergamon, the tombs at Vergina, Pella,
the Ara Pacis, the houses of Delos, and Trajan’s Column.
Learning outcomes include:
-Recognise key monuments, art work, and sculpture
from the Greek and Roman world.
- Analyse the social significance of these objects and the
roles that they played in defining personal and civic
identities.
- Evaluate the monuments’ success in evoking emotion
and thought from the viewer
GRC 30080
The Oedipus Myth
Prof Michael Lloyd
Material covered:
- The myth of the family of Oedipus from Homer to
400 B.C.
- Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes
- Sophocles’ Antigone, Oedipus the King, and
Oedipus at Colonus
- Euripides’ The Phoenician Women.
Learning outcomes include
- understanding the significance of Oedipus’ crimes.
- the role of women in Greek life.
- the relationship between the family and the state.
NB: All the plays are studied in translation.
GRC 20040
Greek Tragedy
Prof Michael Lloyd
Material covered:
- Aeschylus’ great trilogy The Oresteia (458 B.C.),
which deals with fundamental issues of revenge,
justice, and the role of women in the state.
- Sophocles’ Electra and Euripides’ Electra
(both c. 420 B.C.), which deal with the same part
of the myth as Aeschylus’ Libation Bearers,
the central play of The Oresteia.
- Euripides’ Medea (431 B.C.).
NB: The module does not require any prior knowledge of Greek
tragedy, and all the plays are studied in translation
GRC 30250
The World of Late Antiquity
Dr Alan Ross
Material covered:
- ‘Late Antiquity’: 3rd – 6th Centuries CE
- The Crisis of the 3rd Century
- The Rise of Christianity
- The Dynasty of Constantine
- The Fall of the Western Empire
- Continuity and Change in Education and Literature
Learning outcomes include:
- Describe the main events in the religious, political,
and cultural history of the Late Roman Empire.
- Compare and evaluate modern scholarly discussions
that view Late Antiquity as a period either of decline
or of transformation.
- Analyse the factors leading to the Christianization of
the Roman Empire.
GRC 20200
Augustan Rome
Dr Alexander Thein
Material covered:
- History of events, detailing Augustus’ rise
to power and his transformation of Rome
from a Republic to a monarchy.
- Propaganda, in particular the use of coins,
art, architecture, and inscriptions.
- History of ideas, with an emphasis on the
theme of a new Augustan ‘golden age’.
- Social and cultural history, highlighting the
impact of the Augustan ‘revolution’ at all
levels of society.
Pathways:
• History, Art & Archaeology
GRC 30090
Pompeii
Dr Alexander Thein
Material covered:
- Urban development of Pompeii, focusing
on selected houses and public buildings.
- Domestic space and wall painting, with an
emphasis on paintings of Greek myths.
- Social and cultural history of Pompeii,
based on the study of inscriptions and
graffiti.
- Comparative material will be drawn from
Herculaneum.
Pathways:
• Art & Archaeology, History, Myth