LFU:online

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The graduates of this module have a systematic overview of Roman literature and basic knowledge of Roman culture and history. They know the main authors and their works and are able to relate them to their historical and cultural context. They have in particular studied the relationship of Greek writing with Roman literature. They have fundamental knowledge of the epochs of literary history, their characteristics and their aesthetic concepts. They are familiar with essential characteristics of literary genera and can locate texts within genre traditions. In this context, they have a basic awareness of reception processes and their roles in the origin of literary works.

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Acquisition of an overview of Greek and Roman history based on central questions and guidelines with special consideration of political and social conditions and the gender aspect; acquisition of basic knowledge for structuring short- and long-term processes and event contexts as well as for reflexive analysis of the generation of historical knowledge, including problem- and method-oriented questions in the field of ancient history.

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The graduates of this module have a systematic overview of the theoretical fundamentals of reception and mythology research and are aware of the continuing influence of ancient literature for the present time. They deal with selected reception documents of ancient texts and have an insight into the mechanisms of reception processes. They know main myths of antiquity and examples of present literary variations of the themes.