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

Content: An introduction to the history of Ancient Greek, including an introduction to Greek historical phonology and morphology. The course will review the Indo-European origins of Greek; it will include an introduction to Mycenaean Greek, to the language of Homeric epic, and to the ancient Greek dialects. A range of epigraphic and literary texts will be studied: core topics will include the history of writing in the ancient Aegean and the graphic representation of Greek; the dialectal affiliations of Mycenaean and Homeric Greek; literary dialect and social registers of Greek; and the emergence of the koine in the late classical period.

Skills: At the end of the modules students should: 1. be able to give an account of the central linguistic issues in the history of the Greek language, including its relation to other Indo-European languages; 2. be familiar with basic linguistic principles and research methods, and understand how they inform our analysis of Greek of all periods, and of other languages; 3. be familiar with a range of primary sources and secondary literature, including the most recent thinking on theoretical issues; 4. understand the nature and limitations of the evidence available; 5. will have engaged in research on a topic of interest in the field and written a research essay based on a range of primary and secondary source.

Module texts: A selection of epigraphic and literary texts will be supplied in a course booklet.

 

This 30 credit report module is only available for those studying the MSc Engineering &amp; Education programme.

Report on Engineering and Education  (EDPS0249)

This 30 credit report module is only available for those studying the MSc Engineering & Education programme.

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