The Classical World and its Reception

King’s College London

Master

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

Overview
This course explores the way the Classical world has been reflected in the art, literature and culture of later periods, and how the ancient world has shaped the modern.
It is taught in the Department of Classics, by experts in the field of Classical reception. The Department's research and teaching strengths stretch from the Aegean Bronze Age and the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome to Byzantine and Modern Greek literature and culture, giving the course a breadth unmatched anywhere in the world.
The course is interdisciplinary, and is open to students with no prior knowledge of ancient languages.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.

Key benefits
One of the world's largest and most distinguished departments of Classics.
Unrivalled location for the study of the ancient world thanks to London's unique range of specialist libraries, museums and galleries.
Extraordinarily wide choice of modules, drawing on the resources of the whole of the University of London.
King's graduates enjoy one of the best employment rates and starting salaries in the UK. Ranked 6th in the UK for graduate employment (Times and Sunday Times Good Universities Guide 2016)

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Location

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London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Greek
  • Latin
  • Classics
  • Art
  • Poetry

Course programme

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.

Required Modules

You are required to take:

  • Research Training and Dissertation in Classical Reception (60 Credits)

If you are a part-time student, you will take this module in your second year, along with 40 credits of optional modules from the list below. In your first year, you will take 80 credits of optional modules.

Optional Modules

In addition you are required to take three to six modules (totalling 120 credits) from a range of options that may typically include:

  • Beginners' ancient Greek for research (40 Credits)
  • Intermediate ancient Greek for research (40 Credits)
  • Medieval Latin Literature (40 Credits)
  • Skills for Medievalists: Palaeography (20 Credits)
  • Homer (40 Credits)
  • The Reception of Roman Comedy (20 Credits)
  • Homeric Presences in Greek Poetry and shorter prose since 1890 (20 Credits)
  • Modern Greek Poetry and the Epic Tradition (20 Credits)
  • Tacitus & Nero (40 Credits)
  • Early Modern Latin Poetry I (20 Credits)
  • Latin Epigraphy (40 Credits)
  • Roman Britain (40 Credits)
  • C.P. Cavafy: the making of a modernist (20 Credits)
  • One God, One Sea: Byzantium & Islam, 600-800 (20 Credits)
  • Persepolis (20 Credits)
  • Classical Frontiers: Northern Black Sea in Antiquity (20 Credits)
  • The City of Rome (British School at Rome Annual Postgraduate Course) (40 Credits)
  • The Classical Art of the Body: Greek Sculpture and its Legacy (40 Credits)
  • The Art of Making: Craft Production from Classical Antiquity to Today (40 Credits)
  • Exhibiting Classical Antiquities (20 Credits)
  • Living in Byzantium I: Material Culture and Built Environment in Late Antiquity (20 Credits
  • Living in Byzantium II: Material culture and built environment in the Middle Ages (20 Credits)
  • A language module from the King’s Modern Language Centre (20 credits)
  • Other master’s modules offered by:
    • UCL Department of Greek & Latin
    • UCL Department of History
    • UCL Institute of Archaeology
    • RHUL Department of Classics
    • RHUL Department of History

All subject to approvals.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

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