Capabilities of the module (M24 module: European Literature and Culture):

CM01: Ability to situate historically and in the context of European Culture the different manifestations of the national literatures.

CM02: To relate the literary specific knowledge with other artistic and humanistic areas.

CM04: To read compressively, to explain orally, to discuss, to evaluate critically, and to argue brief and well-structured speeches on issues related to the topics of literature, culture, and European philosophy.



Capabilities of the Grade (Philology Studies):

G004: To know and to interpret the culture and literature, their historical evolution and the methodological and theoretical currents of literary criticism.

G008: To relate specific Philological knowledge with other areas and disciplines.



Basic MECD capabilities:

MEC2: The students have to know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and to have the skills which are often to be demonstrated through the preparation and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.

MEC3: The students have to have the capacity to collect and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgments which include a reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical topics.

1. General definitions and concepts: What is a Classic Work?, the definition of Literary Tradition, the Reception of the Ancient Greek and Roman cultures.

2. Main characteristics of the Ancient Greek and Roman literatures, and the causes of their later impact.

3. Representative genres and authors, and their impact on the posterior European Literature.

4. Reading and critical text commentary on a selection of ilustrative Ancient Greek Literary texts.

5. Reading and critical text commentary on a selection of ilustrative Roman Literary texts.

6. Reading and critical text commentary on a selection of ilustrative European Literary texts.

- Explanation and reasoning of the theoretical contents of the programme.

- Reading comprehension and comparative analysis of ancient Greek and Roman texts and of some from the posterior European literature which illustrate such contents.

- Discussion and interrogation in order to stimulate reflection on the value of the Greco-Latin Classical Literature and its reception in the European Literature.

- Individual reading of representative works of the Greco-Latin Literature and later works which recreate and update them.

- Preparation of a brief guided essay and its oral presentation in the classroom with the support of audiovisual media.

Nº of competencies: CM01, CM02, CM04, G004, G008, MEC2.

Assigments: Final written exam.

Methods of assessment: Level of understanding and depth in the critical analysis of texts. Stylistic correction, reasoning and knowledge.

% of the final mark: 50%



Nº of competencies: CM01, CM02, CM04, G004, G008, MEC2, MEC3.

Assigments: Paper.

Methods of assessment: Depth in the commentary, personal contribution, stylistic correction, reasoning and knowledge.

% of the final mark: 20%



Nº of competencies: CM04, G008, MEC2, MEC3.

Assigments: Oral presentation.

Methods fo assessment: Fluency, speech construction, distribution of time, appropriate use of electronic resources.

% of the final mark: 20%



Nº of competencies: CM04, G008.

Assigments: Fulfillment of tasks.

Methods fo assessment: Participation in the classroom, motivation, fulfillment of tasks.

% of the final mark

- A Selection of Classic Greek and Latin works, and later works that the recreate them (to be specified at the beginning of the semester).
- Information deposited in EGela.
- Theoretical presentations in classroom.

Oinarrizko bibliografia

-Gómez Espelosín, F.J., Los Griegos. Un legado universal, Madrid 2003.

-Highet, G., La tradición clásica. Influencias griegas y romanas en la literatura occidental, I-II, México 1978 (1ª ed. ingl. 1949).

-Jenkyns, R. (ed.), El legado de Roma. Una nueva valoración, Barcelona, Crítica, 1995.

-Signes Codoñer, J. et alii (eds.), Antiquae lectiones. El legado clásico desde la Antigüedad hasta la Revolución Francesa, Madrid, Cátedra, 2005.

Gehiago sakontzeko bibliografia

-Bécares, V. et alii (eds.), La intertextualidad en las literaturas griega y latina, Madrid, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca-Ediciones Clásicas, 2000.
-Bloom, H., El canon occidental, Barcelona 1995 (1ª ed. ingl. 1994).
-Curtius, E.R., Literatura europea y Edad Media latina, Madrid-México 1976.
-García Jurado, F., Encuentros complejos entre la literatura latina y las modernas: una propuesta desde el comparatismo, Madrid, Asociación Española de Eslavistas, 1999.
-Howatson, M.C.-I. Chilvers (eds.), The concise Oxford companion to classical literature, OUP 1993 (Portal Biblioteca UPV/EHU).
-Kallendorf, C.W. (ed.), A Companion to the Classical Tradition, Oxford-Malden, MA, 2007.
-Lida de Malkiel, M.R., La tradición clásica en España, Barcelona, Ariel, 1975.
-De Romilly, J., ¿Por qué Grecia?, Madrid 1997.

Aldizkariak

IJCT - International Journal of Classical Tradition: http://www.bu.edu/ict/ijct/index.html
Exemplaria Classica: http://www.exemplariaclassica.org.
Cuadernos de Filología Clásica (Estudios Latinos):
http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/revistasBUC/portal/modulos.php?name=Revistas2&id=CFCL