Classical Literature and Italian B

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.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

• After Troy: Homecoming in Greek Epic and Tragedy 20 credits
• Latin Literature: Republic and Empire 20 credits
• Beginners Italian 1 20 credits
• Beginners Italian 2 20 credits
• Worlds of Literature 20 credits

Optional modules

• Art and Literature in Medieval and Renaissance Italy: An Introduction 10 credits
• Italy from Fascism to the Present 10 credits
• Fictions of Fascism (B): Watching the Detectives 10 credits
• Italian Cinema: An Introduction 10 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

You will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following core modules

• Evidence and Enquiry in Classics 20 credits
• Italian Language B 20 credits
• Virgil's Aeneid 20 credits
• Homer's Iliad 20 credits

Optional modules

• Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 2) 20 credits
• Intermediate Latin (Level 2) 20 credits
• Beginners Latin (Level 2) 20 credits
• Introduction to Dante's Comedy 20 credits
• Linguistic Variety in Modern Italy 20 credits
• Power, Pain and Beauty: Introduction to the Art and Literature of the Italian Renaissance 20 credits
• Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change 20 credits

Year 3

Compulsory modules

• Year Abroad in Italy 120 credits

Year 4