Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 54)
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106-211/311 "Classical and Christian Backgrounds to English Literature" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p54) : Next:106-222 | Prev:106-210
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year
Coordinator: Bernard Muir.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will have read a representative range of Classical literature (representing epic, mythology, elegy, pastoral, satire, theology, literary theory);
- will have studied several books of the Bible and been introduced to various schools of interpretation (from Patristic to modern times);
- will have investigated the many ways in which Classical and Biblical writings have influenced Western thought and literature over the past two millennia;
- will have investigated historical moments which rejected the tradition;
- will have been introduced to translation theory and semiotics.
Content:
This subject reads a range of Classical and Christian works to establish how and why they have been so influential in Western literature and thought.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p54) : Next:106-222 | Prev:106-210
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p99) : Next:106-222 | Prev:106-210
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Bernard Muir.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial each week
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will have read a representative range of Classical literature (representing epic, mythology, elegy, pastoral, satire, theology, literary theory);
- will have studied several books of the Bible and been introduced to various schools of interpretation (from Patristic to modern times);
- will have investigated the many ways in which Classical and Biblical writings have influenced Western thought and literature over the past two millennia;
- will have investigated historical moments which rejected the tradition; and
- will have been introduced to translation theory and semiotics.
Content:
This subject reads a range of Classical and Christian works to establish how and why they have been so influential in Western literature and thought.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p99) : Next:106-222 | Prev:106-210
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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