Ancient Roman historical prose (based on original texts)

Course: Classical Philology and English language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Ancient Roman historical prose (based on original texts)
Code
ДВС.1.09
Module type
Вибіркова 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
4
Learning outcomes
PLO 11. To know the principles, technologies and methods of creating spoken and written texts of various genres and styles in national, classical and foreign languages. PLO 12. To analyze units of language, to determine their interaction, to characterize language phenomena and processes that cause them. PLO 13. To analyze and to interpret ancient literature works, to determine their specificity and the position in the literary process. PLO 15. To carry out linguistic, literary and special philological analysis of ancient Greek and Latin languages texts of various styles and genres. PLO 21. To have the skills of translating ancient Greek and Latin texts of various styles and genres. The complete list of study results is given in the work program of the discipline, published on the official website of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful mastery of educational discipline "Latin language", "Introduction to general linguistics", "History of Roman literature", "Culture of Ancient Greece and Rome (in ancient Greek and Latin texts)".
Course content
Discipline is called for introduce students with Latin-speaking works of representatives classical Roman historiography, linguistic, stylistic and cultural characteristics of their historiographical discourse; consider morphological, syntactic and rhetorical features properties of historical prose text sand formation processes Latin-speaking historiography of the classical era, its influence on Roman historiography and European historical science in general.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Балух В.О. Історія античної цивілізації у 3 тт. : підр. для студ. вищ. навч. закл. / В.О. Балух. - Чернівці: Наші книги, 2008. – Т. 2: Стародавній Рим. – 847 с. Бойко Н.В. Синтаксис латинської мови. Практична частина. Навчальний посібник для студентів вищих навчальних закладів. – К.: ВПЦ «Київський університет», 2011. – 273 с. Енциклопедичний словник класичних мов / Л. Л. Звонська, Н. В. Корольова, О. В. Лазер-Паньків та ін. ; За ред. Л. Л. Звонської – 2-ге вид. випр. і допов. – К. : ВПЦ «Київський університет», 2017. – 552 с. Цезар Г.Ю. Записки про галльську війну. Книга перша. Вступна стаття та загальна редакція А.О. Білецького. – К.: ВПЦ «Київський університет», 2015. – 142 с. Korolova, N., Koshchii, O., & Myronova, V. (2019). The Latin Language as a Universal Cultural Code. Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 8(4), 278-290. https://doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v8i4.2260 (Included in WOS). Commentarii de Bello Gallico http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes; video materials and presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint); individual work (preparation of materials on a given topic, translation of texts)
Assessment methods and criteria
The overall grade for the semester consists of points received for classroom and independent work. The final assessment is conducted in the form of an exam: the maximum number of points on the exam is 40 points, the minimum number of points that are added to the semester ones is 24 points; the following learning outcomes are assessed on the exam: LO 1.1-1.5; LO 2.1-2.5; LO 3.1; LO 4.1-4.3. The exam is conducted in the form of a written work with open answers with one theoretical question, which is evaluated with a maximum of 20 points, and a practical task, which is evaluated with a maximum of 20 points. The final number of points for the discipline is defined as the sum of points for systematic work during the semester, taking into account the final assessment (exam). A detailed description of the forms, criteria and organization of assessment is given in the work program of the discipline, 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

Nataliia Vasylivna Korolova
Department of General Linguistics, Classical Philology and Neo-Hellenistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology