CL1054/2054 Greek Language

Module Organiser: Dr. Martine Cuypers
Lecturer: Ms Cosetta Cadau
Duration: All Year
Contact Hours: 44 (2 weekly classes)
Weighting: 5 ECTS
Assessment: 20% continuous assessment (written tests), 80% end-of-year 3-hour examination

Overview and Aims:

This module, aimed at students who have either completed Elementary Greek or studied Greek in secondary school, further develops language skills and provides a taste of Greek authors not covered in the Greek Authors and Topics modules. In the first term we will revise morphology, syntax and vocabulary and analyse the language of a speech of Lysias. The second term is entirely devoted to training in unseen translation from Greek into English.

Recommended Text:

• Morwood, J., The Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek (Oxford 2001).

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

• Translate unseen, unadapted passages from Greek texts of moderate difficulty into idiomatic English with some vocabulary aid but without access to a dictionary
• Identify and analyse not only basic but also more complex aspects of Greek morphology, syntax and pragmatics