Classical Literature and Russian B BA

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.

Russian B

Core modules in your first year will develop your language skills and introduce you to Russian literature and culture. This will prepare you for the following year, when you’ll study in Russia to improve your language skills and cultural awareness. When you return, you’ll spend the next two years taking advanced language classes, and choose from optional modules on topics such as 19th century literature, new media in Russia and translation.

Modules

Year 1

Compulsory modules

• After Troy: Homecoming in Greek Epic and Tragedy
• Latin Literature: Republic and Empire
• Worlds of Literature
• Beginning Russian 1
• Beginning Russian 2

Optional modules

• Text and Context: Introduction to Russian Literature
• From Icons to iPods: Approaches to Russian Culture

Year 2

Compulsory modules

• Russian Year Abroad

Year 3

Compulsory modules

• You will be required to study either Virgil's Aeneid or Homer's Iliad

• Evidence and Enquiry in Classics
• Core Russian Language 2
• Virgil's Aeneid
• Homer's Iliad

Optional modules

• Intermediate Latin (Level 2)
• Beginners Ancient Greek (Level 2)
• Beginners Latin (Level 2)
• Research Placement
• Applied Russian Language 2
• Not by Bread Alone: Everyday Culture under the Soviet Regime
• Postcommunist / Postmodernist Identities
• The Sounds of Russian

Year 4

Compulsory modules

• Candidates are required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.

• Core Russian Language 3
• Final Year Project: Dissertation
• Final Year Project: Extended Essay
• Final Year Project: Translation
• Final Year Project: Extended Translation
• Final Year Project: Digital Documentary
• Major Research Project

Optional modules

• Advanced Ancient Language
• Classical Receptions in the Brotherton Archives and Special Collections
• Intermediate Ancient Greek (Level 3)
• The Athenian Empire
• Intermediate Latin (Level 3)
• Ovid the Innovator