GK 5210 - Archaic Greek Poetry

Readings in Greek epic and didactic poetry (Homer, Hesiod) and the lyric poets (Sappho, Archilochus, Anacreon, etc). Emphasis on poetic form and poet’s social function.

Requisites: GK 5120
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Acquire an ability to read and perform heroic hexameters and such other verse forms as elegy and iambic.
Refinement of literary interpretative skills.
Refinement of research skills and research writing.
Understanding epic and lyric in the context of archaic Greek.
Understanding of ancient heroic tradition and heroic poetry.
Understanding of broad humanistic relevance of Greek epic and lyric poetry.
Understanding of oral composition.