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DR455Q: BEAUTIFICATION AND DEFILEMENT IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD (2024-2025)

Last modified: 25 Jul 2024 10:46


Course Overview

This course will explore the ways in which death is considered and responded to in the ancient Greek world and beyond. 

This course will look at 4 core areas: i. Theoretical framings of death, ii. Beautification and defilement of warfare, iii. Beautification and defilement of funerary rituals and remembrance, iv. Erotic beauty and defilement in Greek culture.

The course will explore a range of materials: from ancient Greek textual and archaeological data from the 15th century BCE to 1st century CE. There will also be a fieldwork option in the course to as part of an investigation into the landscapes and eroticism of death and monuments associated with death, corporeal aesthetics and explorations of internal and external beautification and defilement.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Samantha Newington

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Distance Learning
  • Either Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course will explore the ways in which death is considered and responded to in the ancient Greek world and beyond. 

This course will look at 4 core areas: i. Theoretical framings of death, ii. Beautification and defilement of warfare, iii. Beautification and defilement of funerary rituals and remembrance, iv. Erotic beauty and defilement in Greek culture.

The course will explore a range of materials: from ancient Greek textual and archaeological data from the 15th century BCE to 1st century CE. There will also be a fieldwork option in the course to as part of an investigation into the landscapes and eroticism of death and monuments associated with death, corporeal aesthetics and explorations of internal and external beautification and defilement.


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Source Analysis

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 33
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750-word source analysis.

Feedback will be provided three weeks after submission.

Assessment due: week 9 of teaching.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandProvide academic appreciation of the subject content – such as, though not limited to, gender studies, theories - and topic areas relating to the ancient world and modern reception
ProceduralCreateDemonstrate transferrable skills, such as communication and critical reading, by drawing upon complex themes concerning beautification and defilement

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 34
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4,000-word essay. 

Feedback will be provided three weeks after submission.

Assessment due: week 12 of teaching.

Word Count 4000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandProvide academic appreciation of the subject content – such as, though not limited to, gender studies, theories - and topic areas relating to the ancient world and modern reception
FactualAnalyseIdentify and critically analyse primary – such as archaeological and literary data - and secondary material
FactualEvaluateCritically evaluate knowledge of the ancient sources and scholarship and apply these in course assessment and oral presentations
ProceduralCreateDemonstrate transferrable skills, such as communication and critical reading, by drawing upon complex themes concerning beautification and defilement
ReflectionEvaluateDemonstrate and reflect upon the materials and formulate an appreciation of antiquity and the complexities of methodological considerations

Literature Review

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 33
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750-word literature review. 

Feedback will be provided three weeks after submission.

Assessment due: week 5 of teaching.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualAnalyseIdentify and critically analyse primary – such as archaeological and literary data - and secondary material
FactualEvaluateCritically evaluate knowledge of the ancient sources and scholarship and apply these in course assessment and oral presentations

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualAnalyseIdentify and critically analyse primary – such as archaeological and literary data - and secondary material
FactualEvaluateCritically evaluate knowledge of the ancient sources and scholarship and apply these in course assessment and oral presentations
ConceptualUnderstandProvide academic appreciation of the subject content – such as, though not limited to, gender studies, theories - and topic areas relating to the ancient world and modern reception
ProceduralCreateDemonstrate transferrable skills, such as communication and critical reading, by drawing upon complex themes concerning beautification and defilement
ReflectionEvaluateDemonstrate and reflect upon the materials and formulate an appreciation of antiquity and the complexities of methodological considerations

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