Key facts
UNE unit code: CLLA403
*You are viewing the 2025 version of this unit which may be subject to change in future.
- Trimester 1 - On Campus
- Trimester 1 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- No
- No
- 6
Unit information
In this unit, depending on which strand you are studying (Greek or Latin), you will read prose texts to build your understanding of these texts at an advanced linguistic level and develop your appreciation of their literary/historical significance. The texts set vary from year to year and are shared with CLLA303.
Offerings
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Teaching period | Mode/location |
---|---|
Trimester 1 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
Trimester 1 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
There are no intensive schools required for this unit.
Enrolment rules
Notes
Offered every year.
Coordinator for Latin: Sarah Lawrence
Coordinator for Greek: Clemens Koehn
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
Unit coordinator(s)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- apply advanced reading skills to complex, unpredictable and extended Greek and Latin prose texts with autonomy thereby showing their ability to transform knowledge;
- independently apply advanced knowledge and cognitive skills to generate and transmit solutions to sophisticated questions about the way in which ancient authors use an ancient language;
- critically analyse and evaluate complex, unpredictable texts using an appropriate metalanguage to complete a range of activities;
- apply and transmit advanced knowledge about the style of particular authors, the requirements of genre and historical and literary context of the texts; and
- demonstrate advanced technical and theoretical knowledge of an ancient language as well as specialist knowledge about a particular author/authors and modern responses to their work.
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Assessment 1 | Yes | 20% | All offerings | Greek and Latin strands: Essay No. Words: 1500 |
Assessment 2 | Yes | 40% | All offerings | Greek and Latin strands: Essay No. Words: 2000 |
Take Home Exam | Yes | 40% | All offerings | Greek and Latin strands: Final Assessment No. Words: 2000 |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Life of Atticus
ISBN: 9780929524818
Nepos (ed Cynthia Damon), Bryn Mawr Commentaries 1993
Text refers to: All offerings
Selections from Herodotus
ISBN: 9780806141701
Barbour, A.L., University of Oklahoma Press 2nd ed. 2011
Text refers to: All offerings
Lives of Galba, Otho and Vitellius
ISBN: 9781853991202
Suetonius (ed Charles Murison), Bryn Mawr Commentaries 1992
Text refers to: All offerings
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