Classical Literature and Italian B BA

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Bachelor's degree

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Duration

    4 Years

Classical Literature gives you the chance to explore some of the most important texts in western literature. You’ll combine core and optional modules to appreciate works by writers such as Homer, Virgil, Aeschylus, Apuleius, Aristotle and Ovid, all read in English translation, offering a window onto Ancient Greek and Roman culture and history. You will explore poetry, prose, and comedy and tragedy plays in the ancient theatre, and discover how later writers have been inspired by the classics.
If you have little or no knowledge of Italian, this degree will allow you to learn the language from scratch and develop an understanding of the history, politics and rich culture of a major European economy. Core modules will develop your language skills and introduce you to Italian history and culture, but you’ll also choose from a wide range of optional modules to explore topics from medieval and Renaissance art and literature to cinema and specialised uses of Italian in business.

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Leeds (West Yorkshire)
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University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

Start date

On request

About this course

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A-level: ABB
Other course specific tests:
When an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be BBB at A Level and grade A in the EPQ.

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Subjects

  • Italian Language
  • Greek
  • Latin
  • Translation
  • Classics
  • Art
  • Cinema
  • Project
  • Italian
  • Italy

Course programme

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You’ll study one of our cornerstone modules in Year 1 to draw your two subjects together, and apply your knowledge and skills to a major research project in either subject in your final year.

Classical Literature

In your first year you’ll study core modules that introduce you to ancient Greek and Roman literature, as well as starting to develop the skills required to analyse them. You’ll develop those skills by exploring in-depth Homer’s Iliad and/or Virgil’s Aeneid, and choosing from optional modules on e.g. Classics in 20th and 21st century literature, or Roman or Athenian Comedy. By the time you reach your final year, you’ll have highly developed research and critical skills and will continue to build your diverse literary portfolio. You’ll also have the chance to begin or continue with Latin or Ancient Greek throughout.

Italian B

Core modules in your first year will develop your Italian language skills and introduce you to Italian culture and history. You will spend time abroad in Italy, before you return to continue your language study and also choose from optional modules such as Dante or regional identities in Italy. A variety of optional modules alongside these will allow you to continue pursuing your own interests. Your time abroad will bring a new perspective to advanced language classes in your final year

Modules

Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • After Troy: Homecoming in Greek Epic and Tragedy
  • Latin Literature: Republic and Empire
  • Beginners Italian 1
  • Beginners Italian 2
  • Worlds of Literature
Optional modules
  • Art and Literature in Medieval and Renaissance Italy: An Introduction
  • Italy from Fascism to the Present
  • Fictions of Fascism (B): Watching the Detectives
  • Italian Cinema: An Introduction
Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • You will be required to study either CLAS2600 or CLAS2700
  • Evidence and Enquiry in Classics
  • Italian Language B
  • Virgil's Aeneid
  • Homer's Iliad

Optional modules
  • Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2)
  • Intermediate Latin (Level 2)
  • Beginners Latin (Level 2)
  • Introduction to Dante's Comedy
  • Linguistic Variety in Modern Italy
  • Power, Pain and Beauty: Introduction to the Art and Literature of the Italian Renaissance
  • Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change

Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Year Abroad in Italy

Year 4

Compulsory modules

  • You will be required to study one Final Year Project module
  • Italian Language 3

Optional modules
  • Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections
  • Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 3)
  • Intermediate Latin (Level 3)
  • Final Year Project: Dissertation
  • Final Year Project: Extended Essay
  • Final Year Project: Translation
  • Final Year Project: Extended Translation
  • Final Year Project: Digital Documentary

Classical Literature and Italian B BA

£ 9,250 VAT inc.