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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr C J Mackie.
Prerequisite: Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department.
Contact: Two lectures and a tutorial a week, or equivalent.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students on completion of the subject should have acquired an understanding of what is meant by 'epic' in its ancient literary context, have an appreciation of ancient epic through the reading of primary texts, and have developed an understanding of the changes in the epic genre in antiquity.
Content:
The heroic epic tradition of Gilgamesh, Homer and Virgil, with attention also to Apollonius and Catullus.
Assessment:
3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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