Greek literary culture 03-AP-GLC

Course learning content:
- reading and interpreting Greek texts in translation,
- evaluating the diffuculties in understanding,
- articulating own idead in an academic and professional way,
- literatury culture implies books and readers - what do we know about them?,
- literary culture is construction, a hermeneutic concept - why are we entitled to use the term?; is it correct - or a deceiving anachronism?,
- are the half-mythical Athenians the exception to the rule?.

Term 2020/SZ:

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Module learning aims

Course aims: To inform on literary culture in ancient Greece, how it developed, and what role it played in social life; to inspire reflection on the important role texts play in Greek society, trying to find out who read them, and for what purpose; to show how literature and social memory are related to each other; to discuss texts and archaeological evidence relevant to what is called performative culture.

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement

Problem-based lecture, discussions, text-based work, case study work, problem-based learning, creative methods, group work, close reading, using commentaries and making sense of textbooks.

Student workload (ECTS credits)

Module type

compulsory

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences

Basic understanding of technical terms in literary science; elementary knowledge of European history.

Course coordinators

Gerson Schade

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- conceive and write an essay on a literary text,
- understand better the characteristics of Greek literature,
- acknowledge the impact of Classics,
- critically evaluating various methodological perspectives applied to analyzing texts,
- getting extensive factual knowledge in the field covered by the lecture.

Assessment criteria

Grade system:

very good (bdb; 5,0): very good familiarity with the problems and methodologies discussed in the lecture; very good understanding and ability to interpret the facts from a number of perspectives.

good plus (+db; 4,5): as above, except for minor deficiencies and inaccuracies.

good (db; 4,0): good familiarity with the problems and methodologies discussed in the lecture; understanding and ability to interpret the facts from a number of perspectives.

satisfactory plus (+dst; 3,5): satisfactory familiarity with the problems and methodologies discussed in the lecture; average understanding and ability to interpret the facts from a number of perspectives.

satisfactory (dst; 3,0): basic familiarity with the problems and methodologies discussed in the lecture; shallow understanding and ability to interpret the facts from a number of perspectives.

unsatisfactory (ndst; 2,0): unsatisfactory familiarity with the problems and methodologies discussed in the lecture; no understanding or ability to interpret the facts from a number of perspectives.

Bibliography

Reading list:
Plato, Symposium (the first half), Ion (complete), Sappho (fr. 94 & 96), Alcaeus (fr. 346 & 347).
Kenneth Dover, Greek Homosexuality, London 1978.
Michel Foucault, The use of pleasure, New York 1990.

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 03-AP-GLC in USOSweb