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Teaching Delivery: This module is taught in 10 weekly classes.

Content:ÌýThis module looks at the development of Roman epic from the beginnings in the third century BC, when Rome’s first poet wrote a Latin version of Homer’s Odyssey, until the end of the classical period, when the last of the Flavian epic poets, Silius Italicus, wrote his epic about the Second Punic War in about AD 100. Excerpts from all major epics written in this period will be studied in English translation. This course thus introduces students to the entire development of a major literary genre in Rome, which will lead to a better understanding of Roman literary history in general and provide the basis for assessing the impact of this genre on the European literary tradition.

³§°ì¾±±ô±ô²õ:ÌýBy the end of the module, students will have engaged with classical ideas as explored in Roman epic from the 3rdc. BC to the classical period and will have studied their reception in secondary literature. In this way they should gain an understanding of the concepts and theories produced by these sources. They will also have studied primary materials and should have developed skills in reading texts independently, managing their own learning, communicating ideas orally and in writing and gathering, presenting, analysing and synthesising data. Teamwork and independent thinking will also be strongly encouraged in order to enable student development and achievement.