GREEK 490R

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Topics in Greek Literature

Comparative Arts and Letters College of Humanities

Course Description

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Reading Greek

Learning Outcome

By approaching the texts of selected Greek authors successful students will learn techniques for reading Greek with subtlety and precision.

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Critical Method

Learning Outcome

Successful students will understand and apply principles and practice of critical method in all its complexity, with specific reference to the texts of selected Greek authors.

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Literary History

Learning Outcome

Successful students will understand the place of selected Greek authors in the literary history of Classical antiquity and locate them in the larger context of political and cultural history.

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Close Reading in Original Language

Learning Outcome

Successful students will intelligently evaluate texts of selected Greek authors through close reading in the original language and express this in examinations and essays.