Introduction to Classical Philology

Course: Classical Philology and English language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Introduction to Classical Philology
Code
ННД.17
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 6. Use information and communication technologies to solve complex specialized tasks and issues of professional activity. PLO 7. Understand the major issues of philology and approaches to solving those using relevant methods and innovative approaches. PLO 12. Analyze language units, determine their interaction, and characterize linguistic phenomena and the underlying processes. PLO 16. Know and understand the basic notions, theories and concepts of the chosen philological specialization, be able to apply them in professional activity. PLO 22. Realize the role and place of classical languages and literatures in the context of the European linguistic and cultural space, in the strategies of the development of the contemporary academic paradigm and modern civilization.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Elementary theoretical knowledge of grammar, basic knowledge of the history of the Ancient World, skills of analysis and interpretations of literary texts and works of art.
Course content
The aim of the course is to introduce the subject of Classical Philology, including the history of the formation of Classical Philology and the current state of its development. Students will learn interdisciplinary approaches, leading methods of analysis, ways of popularizing ancient material and the skills of using modern references and electronic resources. "Introduction to classical philology" lays the foundation for all further Classical Studies. The course is three credits and has three content parts. The first part "Methodological foundations of Classical Studies" deals with the basic concepts of Classical Philology, its goals and methods of research. The second part "Indo-European and non-Indo-European cultural codes of antiquity" analyses the roots of our ancient heritage. The third part "Antiquity in latter linguistic and cultural environments" is devoted to the nature of language contacts and language borrowings in the Hellenistic-Roman and Byzantine periods.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Поліщук А.С. Вступ до класичної філології. – К.: Український фіто-соціологічний центр, 2013. – 155 с. Поліщук А.С. Відображення малоазійського концепту «Леопард» у давньогрецькій мові і культурі // Studia linguistica. – К.: ВПЦ «Київський університет», 2011. – С.79-92.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes, independent work with scientific resources, handouts and presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint).
Assessment methods and criteria
All the assessments for the semester are combined into a total score of 100 points and 60 points minimum to pass. The overall grade for the semester consists of marks for in-class work and for independent theoretical material for class preparation: oral answers, tests, a presentation of the creative project). Final assessment: a credit. A detailed description of the forms, criteria and organization of assessment is given in the working course program, published on the official website of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Valentyna Mykolaivna Myronova
Department of General Linguistics, Classical Philology and Neo-Hellenistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology