Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2502758 Humanities | OB | 2 | 1 |
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This course has no prerequisites.
At the end of the course the student should be able to:
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION.
1.1. Geography and chronology.
1.2. What are the classics? What is tradition?
1.3. What are the classics whose transmission we are going to study?
· REQUIRED READING: Ítalo Calvino (2009), Por qué leer a los clásicos, Madrid: Siruela.
UNIT 2: THE BOOK, THE EDITORIAL MARKET AND THE ANTIQUITY LIBRARIES.
2.1. Writing supports and disciplines.
2.2. Evolution of the book.
2.3. The publishing market:
2.3.1. Writers and editorial agents.
2.3.2. The receiving public.
2.4. Archives and libraries.
· REQUIRED READING: Selection of classic texts.
UNIT 3: THE TRANSMISSION PROCESS FROM MIDDLE AGES UNTIL OUR DAYS.
3.1. The process of transmission of texts: where, how and why.
3.2. Medieval scriptoria.
3.3. Carolingian Renaissance.
3.4. Renaissance of the twelfth century.
3.5. Humanism.
3.6. The development of the printing press.
3.7. Drawing and photography.
3.8. The digital age.
· CINEFORUM: Eichinger, B. (producer) and Annaud, J-J. (director) (1986), The Name of the Rose, Germany: Co-production West Germany (RFA) -France-Italy; Constantin Film / ZDF / Cristaldifilm / Radiotelevisione Italiana / Les Films Ariane / France 3 Cinéma.
UNIT 4: THE LEGEND OF ALEXANDER.
4.1. Alexander's life.
4.2. Mythification of Alexander.
4.4. Classical sources.
4.5. Transmission and recreation of the character: the first epic hero of the west.
4.6. Alexander today.
· CINEFORUM: Borman, M., Kilik J., Smith I., Schuely, T., Stone, O. (producers) and Stone, O. (director) (2004), Alexander the Great, United States: Warner Bros. Pictures / Intermedia Films.
UNIT 5: SPARTACUS’S REVOLT.
5.1. Historical events.
5.2. Classical testimonials of the episode.
5.3. Significance of the episode throughout history.
5.4. Spartacus today.
· REQUIRED READING: Howard Fast (2003), Spartacus, Barcelona: Edhasa. First edition: 1951
This is an on-site course. Students are expected to work throughout its duration. Attendance to the lectures will allow the students to properly contextualise the course readings.
Commentary of the readings and cinema talks are scheduled throughout the course.
Although there will be no attendance monitoring, attending to the lectures is key to successfully complete this subject.
Students must carry out a course work on some aspect of the subject's program, in group, that is demonstrative of the contents taught and studied. This work will be defended orally.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Analysis and debate of readings and films | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 5, 4, 9, 11 |
Lectures | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 5, 6, 8, 7, 9, 10, 3 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Group work and oral presentation | 31.5 | 1.26 | 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 3 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Compulsory readings | 25 | 1 | 2, 9, 3 |
Study and personal work | 35 | 1.4 | 2, 6, 7, 9, 10 |
Supplementary readings | 11 | 0.44 | 2, 9, 3 |
Watching of movies | 4 | 0.16 | 5, 3 |
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
Weight of assessable activities:
40%: Written test consisting of short answer and essay questions (UNITS 1 & 2). Week 8.
40%: Written test consisting of short answer and essay questions (UNITS 3, 4 & 5). Week 16.
20%: Oral presentation in group on a subject determined by the professor. Weeks 14 & 15.
SINGLE ASSESSMENT.
Three tests will be carried out on the date intended to carry out the evaluation test:
·Theoretical test: a questionnaire of short and specific questions will be answered. (40%)
·Theoretical test: a long question of one of the proposed and studied topics will be developed during the course. (40%)
·Practical test of commenting a text. (20%)
IMPORTANT REMARKS
PLAGIARISME
VIRTUAL OR HYBRID TEACHING
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Oral presentation in group on a subject determined by the professor | 20% | 4.5 | 0.18 | 4, 7, 9, 10 |
Written test consisting of short answer and essay questions | 40% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 6, 8, 7, 9, 10, 11, 3 |
Written test consisting of short answer and essay questions | 40% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 7, 9, 10, 11, 3 |
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
AGHION, Irène ET AL. (1997). Guía iconográfica de los héroes y dioses de la antigüedad, Madrid: Alianza.
BEARD, Mary (2013). La herencia viva de los clásicos, Barcelona: Crítica.
BEARD, Mary (2016). SPQR: Una historia de la Antigua Roma, Barcelona: Crítica.
CALVINO, Italo (2009). Por qué leer a los clásicos, Madrid: Siruela.
CHRISTOL, Michel (1991). De los orígenes de Roma a las invasiones bárbaras, Madrid: Akal.
CODOÑER, Carmen (ed.) (1997). Géneros literarios latinos, Salamanca: Universidad de Salamanca. Servicio de Publicaciones.
CODOÑER, Carmen (ed.), (1997). Historia de la literatura latina, Madrid: Cátedra.
CURTIUS, Ernst Robert (1978). Literatura europea y edad media latina, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica. 2 vols.
FAST, Howard (2003) [19511]. Espartaco, Barcelona: Edhasa.
GRIMAL, Pierre (2008). Diccionari de mitologia grega i romana, Barcelona: Edicions de 1984.
GRIMAL, Pierre (2005). Historia de Roma, Barcelona: Paidós.
GRIMAL, Pierre (1999) La civilización romana. Vida, costumbres, leyes, artes, Barcelona: Paidós,
HACQUARD, Georges ET AL. (2000). Guía de la Roma Antigua, Madrid: Atenea.
HIGHET, Gilbert (1954). La tradición clásica, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica. 2 vols.
JENKINS, Richard (ed.) (1995). El legado de Roma. Una nueva valoración, Barcelona: Crítica.
JENKINS, Richard (2015). Un paseo por la literatura de Grecia y Roma, Barcelona: Crítica.
JERPHAGNON, Lucien (2007). Historia de la Roma antigua, Barcelona: Edhasa. Ensayo histórico.
JONES, Peter (2013). Veni, uidi, uici. Hechos, personajes y curiosidades de la antigua Roma, Barcelona: Crítica.
LANE FOX, Robin (2007). Alejandro Magno. Conquistador del mundo (Maite Solana, trad.). Barcelona: El Acantilado.
LANE FOX, Robin (2007). El mundo clásico. La epopeya de Grecia y Roma, Barcelona: Crítica.
ORDINE, Nuccio (2017). Clàssics per a la vida, Barcelona: Quaderns Crema.
PALMER, Leonard Robert (1984). Introducción al latín, Barcelona: Planeta.
REYNOLDS, Leighton D. – WILSON, Nigel G. (1986). Copistas y filólogos, Madrid: Gredos.
RUZÉ, Françoise - AMOURETTI, Marie-Claire (2000). El mundo griego antiguo: de los palacios cretenses a la conquista romana, Madrid: Akal.
VON ALBRECHT, Michael (1997). Historia de la literatura romana, Barcelona: Herder. 2 vols.
WEB RESOURCES
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