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The undergraduate programme in classics, 2010-11

 

Introduction

At the centre of any study of Arts and Humanities lies the attempt to understand human nature –imagination, creativity, self-understanding and identity. One way to do that is to look at where we have come from: the rise of civilization, the growth of literature, art, and thought, and the historical processes that have moulded our view of the world. Classics in this university takes on that challenge by orienting ourselves first from ancient Greece and Rome and then broadening the scope, moving back into prehistory and forwards towards the rise of Christian Europe and the Middle Ages, including the place of Ireland in this international process. There are three basic themes in this study: literature and thought, art and archaeology, languages and texts. Our first year modules introduce you to these themes in turn, assuming no prior knowledge of the subject and presenting a multi-disciplinary view of Antiquity and its legacy. In the higher years you will have the opportunity to specialize either by learning one or more ancient languages, such as Latin and Greek, or by focusing on archaeological and cultural themes while reading ancient texts in translation.

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