Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500243 Classics | OB | 3 | 2 |
2501907 English and Classics | OT | 3 | 0 |
2501907 English and Classics | OT | 4 | 0 |
It is necessary to have successfully taken Literature of the Republican age and have appropriate knowledge of the Latin language at the standard of a third-year undergraduate student
The basic contents of the of the subject are:
1. Definition and limits of what we call Latin literature of the Imperial Age: chronological and aesthetic limits.
2. Literary genres and their evolution in the Imperial Age. General characteristics and innovations. Writing, reading and dissemination of books. Literature and politics. Literary innovations.
3. Historiography as a political genre: Titus Livius and the imperial historiographical model.
4. Christian Latin literature.
5. Translation and commentary on a selection of texts by Titus Livius.
1) The directed activities will rely in equal measure on the theoretical foundation of the subject and the literary commentary of chosen passages of several authors. An active and participative attitude will be required in the presential sessions.
2) In supervised activities, the student must demonstrate the achievement of theoretical concepts and of skills acquired in the task of commentary by the translation of selected passages.
3) Alongside the theoretical activity on literary aspects, students will be reading and translating a selection of texts by Titus Livius in the classroom.
4) The students will have to attend the tutorial sessions in preparation for a paper that will be presented in class.
5) All activities will be evaluated.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Theoretical-practical presentation - Student participation | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6 |
Verification exercises in the classroom | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 9 | 0.36 | 4, 6 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study of manuals and commentary on literary texts of the period object of study | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6 |
The evaluation of the students will be based on the following elements, all of them compulsory:
1. Oral presentation in class (about a literary genre or author of the syllabus) (20%). The presentation must also be delivered in writing (10%). Weeks 14 and 15.
2. Two translation exercises of passages from Titus Livius's work
2.1 Text seen in class. Without dictionary and with comment (20%). Week 7.
2.2. Text not seen in class. With dictionary and comment (20%.). Week 11.
3. A final exam on literary history and theory (30%). Week 16
Re-evaluation: Only students who have not reached the sufficient qualification of "approved" as a result of the evaluations of the above mentioned tests will be admitted to re-evaluation. The re-evaluation exam gives the right to a maximum score of 5 points (approved).
If a student submits one or more evaluation element (written papers, verifications and / or tests), he or she can no longer be qualified as "non-evaluable".
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Contribution of commentary and translation of texts in the classroom | 40 % (20% + 20%) | 25 | 1 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7 |
Final exam (theory) on the subject | 30% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7 |
Paper on a work, author or literary genre of the literature of the Imperial Age | 30% (20% + 10%) | 21.5 | 0.86 | 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7 |
The reference manual of the course will be:
Livius: Editions and commentaries: