KT24-25 Canonicity
Naam cursus
CanonicityUniversiteit
ULPunten / credits
5/6 ECCursusdatum
semester 2 (2024 - 2025)Inschrijfdatum
Locatie
UtrechtNaam docent
Tazuko van Berkel (UL) & André Lardinois (RU)E-mail contactpersoon
Tazuko van BerkelDoel van de cursus
Widening of knowledge of Greek literature; introduction to new genres (including peculiarities of the language); training in independent reading of literature in the original language and exploring new genres.
Uitgebreide omschrijving
Six core texts from Greek literature that are not in the BA curriculum. These texts are selected because they are on the one hand well known, such as the New Testament or the Oath of Hippocrates, yet, on the other, hardly ever read in high school or in university programs in Classics. Students will learn about the history and meaning of these texts, but we will also discuss why these texts are left out of most curricula today.
- Homeric Hymn to Demeter
- The Pythagorean theorem (Euclides)
- Euripides, Cyclops
- The Oath of Hippocrates; the Sacred Disease
- New Testament: the Sermon on the Mount; Acts/Pauline Epistle
- Longus, Daphnis & Chloe
Educatief perspectief
The selected texts are also well suited to present and discuss in the high school classroom.
Ingangseisen / Taalbeheersing
BA GLTC/Classics
Examen informatie
Format
6 x 3 hours: 1 hour lecture + 2 hours seminar / responses (lecture + questions; discussions of the Greek).
Exam
Written exam (100%)
The written exam will consist of three passages from the texts that have been studied, which have to be translated from Greek into Dutch or English, and an essay question, based on discussions about the canon in the lectures.
Study load
Most of the EC will be spent on reading texts in Greek at home with the help of commentaries: roughly 80 pages of Greek (x 1 hour), reading commentaries (20 hours), 18 hours of classes (6 seminars x 3), an excursion (8 hours), the rest is preparation for the exam.
UvA/VU
5 EC; To obtain 6 EC, UvA and VU students read more source texts and secondary literature (1 EC) in consultation with the teachers. This must be determined in week 1.
Boeken / Literatuur
Literature
Reader met de Hymne aan Demeter, Stelling van Pythagoras, Corpus Hippocraticum, selectie NT; D.M. Simmonds & R.R. Timberlake (ed.), Euripides. The Cyclops, Bristol 1927; E. Bowie (ed.), Longus. Daphnis & Chloe, Cambridge 2019.
Costs
Reader ca. 15 euro; Bowie 39 euro; Simmonds 24 euro
Meer informatie
| Vrijdag 14-2-2025 | Utrecht | 11.00-14.00 |
| Vrijdag 28-2-2025 | Utrecht | 11.00-14.00 |
| Vrijdag 14-3-2025 | Utrecht | 11.00-14.00 |
| Vrijdag 28-3-2025 | Utrecht | 11.00-14.00 |
| Vrijdag 11-4-2025 | Utrecht | 11.00-14.00 |
| Vrijdag 25-4-2025 | Utrecht | 11.00-14.00 |