Questions de philologie grecque et latine I

Application of the philological method to critical analysis of problems related to editing, translating, understanding, explaining and commenting texts in Greek and Latin languages.

For the Greek part:

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For the Latin part:

Practice of Latin language (versions/critical reviews of translations, themes, grammatical justifications and cursory reading). At least every two year the focus is on issues related to stylistics

Thorough command of Greek and Latin languages and philological method as applied to Greek and Latin texts, detailed knowledge of and critical reflection on Greek and Latin languages, ability to use the tools and resources required for the study of Greek and Latin texts

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

Command of the fundamentals of Greek and Latin languages

For the Greek part:

xxx

For the Latin part:

Ex-cathedra speeches, individual exercises, cursory reading, personal work and workshops, depending on topics and times. In view of the number of students involved, active participation is strongly encouraged, as well as spontaneous questions and contributions

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

For the Greek part:

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For the Latin part:
 

Grammar:

A. ERNOUT - Fr. THOMAS, Syntaxe latine, 2e éd., 6e tirage revu et corrigé, Paris, 1984.

J. MICHEL, Grammaire de base du latin, 7e éd., Anvers-Paris, 1978.

Stylistics:

P. BACRY, Les figures de style et autres procédés stylistiques, Paris, 1992.

B. DUPRIEZ, Gradus. Les procédés littéraires (dictionnaire), Paris, 1984.

H. LAUSBERG, Handbuch der literarischen Rhetorik. Eine Grundlegung der Literaturwissenschaft, 3e Aufl., Stuttgart, 1990.

N. RICALENS-POURCHOT, Dictionnaire des figures de style, 2e éd. revue et augmentée, Paris, 2011.

Course notes

• Université virtuelle

Additional information

For the Greek part:

xxx

For the Latin part:

Mainly classroom and occasionally remote teaching, with (extended or full) remote teaching as a fall-back solution should the circumstances require it

24h th. in total, incl. remote practice of "version" in the broader sense (open book translation review and extensive grammatical justifications) and of personal work with guidance

Further exercises covering versions (old fashioned style translations) and themes

Course material fully available on the UV and on Teams

Evaluation built progressively, with recognition of the work performed during the year: cursory reading (Q1 and Q2), personal work ("extended" Q1) and, if conditions are met (see details below and in the document entitled "Programmation" on the UV/Teams), "versions" (Q1) and themes (Q1 and Q2)

Contacts

For the Greek part:

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For the Latin part:

E-mail: Pierre-Jacques.Dehon@ulb.be
Phone: 0476/24.31.47
Teams (same team for CLAS-B430 and 530)

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• Personal work
• written examination
• Other

Personal work

written examination

• Open book examination

• Open question with short answer
• Open question with developed answer

Other

For the Greek part:

xxx

For the Latin part:

Oral tests for the cursory reading
Versions and themes in written form

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

For the course itself:

Success in this course is subject to successful completion of each of its two parts (Greek and Latin), each part counting for 50% of the whole. The overall mark is set by dividing by two the sum of the two individual scores. In the event of failure on one part only, the practice of the absorbing mark is applied and the mark falling below 10/20 is taken into account for the whole course.

For the Greek part:

xxx

For the Latin part:

Exam (*): 1/3 of the overall mark
Personal work: 1/3 of the overall mark
Cursory reading (2 parts, each counting for 1/2): 1/3 of the overall mark

(*) "Versions" and themes (over the year): 1/2 of the exam mark if at least 2/3 of the "versions" and 2/3 of the themes have been submitted and if their average mark is equal to or above the exam mark

Language(s) of evaluation

• french
• (if applicable Latin )