Modules
Text and Context: Roman Love Elegy (CLA2406)
Staff | Professor Sharon Marshall - Convenor |
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Credit Value | 15 |
ECTS Value | 7.5 |
NQF Level | 5 |
Pre-requisites | None |
Co-requisites | None |
Duration of Module | Term 2: 11 weeks; |
Module aims
- You will learn how to analyse, evaluate, and use texts and how to relate their style and content to the wider socio-historical context in which they were written.
- You will explore love elegy’s sophisticated poetic play, and its concern with politics and patronage.
- The module will also introduce you to modern literary theory and its application to classical texts.
ILO: Module-specific skills
- 1. Describe and identify the main features of Roman love elegy and the intertextual relationships between the love elegists
- 2. Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of a variety of critical approaches possible in the study of love elegy and current trends in criticism
- 3. Demonstrate advanced skills in the analysis of love elegy in relation to its socio-historical context
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
- 4. Relate texts to their socio-historical context and demonstrate a nuanced understanding of the issues involved in using ancient texts as historical source material
- 5. Demonstrate advanced academic and library skills specific to Classics and Ancient History, as well as a critical ability in evaluating and engaging with published literature
- 6. Reflect deeply on literary-critical skills in a widely applicable sense
ILO: Personal and key skills
- 7. Demonstrate independent and group study skills in research and the presentation of findings
- 8. Select and organise relevant material and present this in a strong and coherent argument
Syllabus plan
Whilst the content may vary from year to year, it is envisioned that it will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Introduction
- Tropes and the elegiac mistress
- Catullus
- Gallus and proto-elegy
- Tibullus
- Propertius
- Ovid
- Sulpicia
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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26 | 124 | 0 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 22 | 11 x 2 hour lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 4 | 4 x 1 hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 124 | Independent study |
Formative assessment
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Participation in debates | 5-10 minutes | 1-8 | Feedback from lecturer and peers |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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60 | 40 | 0 |
Details of summative assessment
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Essay | 60 | 2500 words | 1-8 | Mark and written comments |
Gobbet test | 40 | 1 hour | 1-8 | Mark and written comments |
Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Essay | Essay | 1-8 | Referral/Deferral period |
Gobbet test | Gobbet test | 1-8 | Referral/Deferral period |
Re-assessment notes
Deferral – if you miss an assessment for certificated reasons judged acceptable by the Mitigation Committee, you will normally be either deferred in the assessment or an extension may be granted. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of deferral will not be capped and will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment.
Referral – if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 40%) you will be required to submit a further assessment as necessary. If you are successful on referral, your overall module mark will be capped at 40%.
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
Set texts:
- Catullus, The Complete Poems (Oxford World’s Classics) trans. Guy Lee.
- Ovid, The Erotic Poems (Penguin Classics), trans. Peter Green.
- Propertius, The Poems (Oxford World’s Classics) trans. Guy Lee.
- Selections from Gallus, Tibullus and Sulpicia will be provided.
Further reading:
- Hallett, J. P. (1984) ‘The Role of Women in Roman Elegy: Counter-Cultural Feminism’ in J.Peradotto and J. P Sullivan, eds.Women in the Ancient World: The Arethusa Papers .Albany: State of New York University Press. 241-264.
- James, S. L. (2003) Learned Girls and Male Persuasion: Gender and Reading in Roman Love Elegy. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Kennedy, D. F. (1993) The Arts of Love: Five Studies in the Discourse of Roman Love Elegy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Sharrock, A. (1991) ‘Womanufacture’, The Journal of Roman Studies 81: 36-49.
- Thorsen. T. ed. (2013) The Cambridge Companion to Latin Love Elegy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Wkye, M. (2002) The Roman Mistress: Ancient and Modern Representations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Module has an active ELE page?
Yes
Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources
Available as distance learning?
No
Origin date
01/10/2011
Last revision date
02/07/2020
Key words search
Classics, Latin, Elegy