2009 HTC210 War and the Hero: Classical Epic

Unit Level: Intermediate

Available as a Student Elective: Yes

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See also HTC310

SPECIAL NOTE: May be taken as an English unit

OFFERINGS

Unit Sem 1 Sem 2 Full Yr Spring Summer Winter

HTC210 H
Distance(H,L,W,I,N)

Key Semester Dates

Semester Campus Attendance Note Start Date Census Date Final WW Date* End Date

Sem 2 H Distance 13-JUL-2009 10-AUG-2009 31-AUG-2009 16-OCT-2009

Sem 2 H On Campus 13-JUL-2009 10-AUG-2009 31-AUG-2009 16-OCT-2009

Sem 2 I Distance 13-JUL-2009 10-AUG-2009 31-AUG-2009 16-OCT-2009

Sem 2 L Distance 13-JUL-2009 10-AUG-2009 31-AUG-2009 16-OCT-2009

Sem 2 N Distance 13-JUL-2009 10-AUG-2009 31-AUG-2009 16-OCT-2009

Sem 2 W Distance 13-JUL-2009 10-AUG-2009 31-AUG-2009 16-OCT-2009

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see Withdrawal dates explained for more information).

Offered in Courses: [R3A] [R5W] [R6W] [R7W]
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DESCRIPTION

War and the nature of heroism were the central subject of the ancient world's most prestigious literary genre, epic poetry. This unit explores the changing ways in which the experience of war and the character of the epic hero are represented in four major epics: Homer's Iliad, the first work of the western canon, Ovid's Metamorphoses, a narratological tour de force which encompasses the entire world of Graeco-Roman mythology, Lucan's Civil War, an historical epic from the reign of Nero, which explodes epic's conventions and rejects the possibility of heroism in civil war and Statius' Thebaid, a mythological epic of the Flavian period, which depicts ancient Thebes in ways that strikingly resemble contemporary Rome.

WEIGHT: 12.5%

ASSESSMENT: HTC210: 3,000 words written work (60%), 2-hr exam (40%)

HTC310: 3,500 words written work (60%), 2-hr exam (40%)

TEACHING PATTERN: 2x1-hr lectures (24 lectures), 1-hr tutorial fortnightly (8 tutorials)

FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS
Note: Class attendance may still be required

Resource supported teaching & learning - H,L,W,N,I
Additional resources are provided for your optional use; e.g. audio taped lectures
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INTERNATIONALISATION
This unit includes specific international contexts/case studies.
This unit includes international cross-cultural issues/skills.

REQUISITE INFO

Prereq 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv

TEXTS
Launceston Co-op Bookshop Website - Semester (Sem 2)
Hobart Co-op Bookshop Website - Semester (Sem 2)

STAFF: TBA

FEES
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KEY

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2009 HTC210 War and the Hero: Classical Epic