Course 2023-2024

Explication d'auteurs grecs C [LCLAB014]

  • 3 credits
  • 45h
  • 1st and 2nd quarter
Language of instruction: French / Français

Learning outcomes

The student will be able to analyse grammatically, translate and comment texts of medium level of difficulty. He will have the capacity to explain the context and to express the main message of the texts. 

 

Objectives

Improving linguistic knowledge, developping capacity of analysis and translation; approaching masterpieces of Greek literature.

Content

Study of Greek texts of authors

- Grammatical analysis (morphology, syntax)

- Translation

- Commentary (context, history and contents)


 

Table of contents

Thucydides, Peloponnesian war, extracts of books 1 and 2


Teaching methods

The students prepare the translation and are required to present it at the lesson . If necessary, revisions of certains points of grammar are organised.

Evaluations

Oral examination

Recommended readings

1. Text of Thesaurus Linguae Graecae  (éd. H.S. Jones - J.E. Powell, Oxford, 1942, repr. 1970).

2. D. Planque, Grammaire grecque, 8e édition, Namur, 1977 (version pdf).

3. A selective bibliography and the vocabulary of the text are provided at the lessons.

Language of instruction

French / Français

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté de philosophie et lettres
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
5000 NAMUR

Degree of Reference

Undergraduate Degree