Classical Culture
Code: LLT10799L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Literature
Course Description
Information for academic year 2016/2017
Course Content
I. Greece
1. Mythology and religion
1.1. Myth: contexts and meaning.
1.2. The universe of mythology:
1.2.1. Gods, human history, heroes and heroic cycles.
2. Homeric poems
2.1. Historical context and importance for Greek and Roman culture.
2.2. Orality and literacy.
2.3. Iliad and Odyssey: theme, characters, narrative structure and cultural values.
3. Greek theater
3.1. Tragedy and comedy from origins to 5th century.
3.2. Aristotle on tragedy.
3.3. Euripides, Bacchae: religion, irrationality and violence.
3.4. Politics and society in Aristophanic comedy.
II. Rome
1. 1. Virgil, Aeneid.
2. Horace: time, love and power in Odes.
3. Roman theatre: evolution, contexts, authors.
3.1. Seneca, Phaedra: staging the desire.
Name of Lecturer
Information available of academic year 2016/2017
Languages and Literatures (code: 477)
| semester | teacher |
|---|---|
| Even | Armando Duarte Senra Martins (responsible) |
