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090052 VO Introduction to Culture, Literature and Society of the Late Antique (2023W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
Moodle

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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Der 11.10 fällt aus!

  • Wednesday 04.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 11.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 18.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 25.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 08.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 15.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 22.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 29.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 06.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 13.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 10.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 17.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Wednesday 24.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This lecture-course will be based primarily, though by no means exclusively, on Latin texts from the Later Roman Empire. It is intended to provide an introduction to various aspects of Late Antique culture, literature, and society. The sources will be mainly literary, but not the approach, which will tend to the historical and, above all, the religious historical. We’ll begin with an overview of the concept of “Late Antiquity,” and then go back to Ancient Greece and Asia Minor to study Greek inscriptions (in English translation) that document the healing and judiciary functions of two pagan deities. After setting up ancient polytheism, we’ll be examining the concepts of mission and conversion and the arrival of Christianity in the Acts and texts related to the 1st and 2nd C. persecutions. We’ll move on to the Crisis of Empire in the 3rd C., Constantine and the Christianization of the Roman Empire, the barbarian invasions and the Fall of Rome, and monasticism.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students will do best who attend the lectures and read the required texts attentively in advance. The teacher enjoys a pro-active audience, so students are encouraged to ask questions. Careful philological preparation of the readings as well as critical thinking about general issues will be required to do well on the exam. The exam will include short, „rich“ identifications, an essay, and translations (or a “gobbet” [interpretation/close reading] of a text in translation] for those enrolled for the course as Erweiterungscurriculum). Most of the required readings will be in Latin, some willl be Greek in English translation. It should be possible to follow the course without ancient languages provided one can read both English and German. If you plan to take the course for Erweiterungscurriculum, it will be necessary for you to find your own translations for the readings. Also please notify the instructor right at the beginning of the course!

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

See above: Written exam in person!

Examination topics

All the readings and the content of the lectures

Reading list

Readings will be made available in Moodle

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