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The beginning course in classical Greek and first in a three-quarter sequence introducing fundamentals of grammar, syntax, and reading skills. Concepts taught using written exercises. Interesting aspects of Ancient Greek society are introduced.
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Course to be taught only during UCSB Summer Session in Greece. Contact time is 1,000 minutes. Meets every other day. Emphasis on conversation. Rudiments of grammar are taught through repetition of basic paradigms.
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A continuation of Greek 1. Emphasis on mastering grammar and building vocabulary.
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A continuation of Greek 2. Emphasis on building a working vocabulary and the syntax of complex sentences. Readings in classical prose introduce students to ancient Greek literature and culture.
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Beginning course in Modern Greek, and the first in a three quarter sequence. Introduces pronunciation, script, vocabulary, and basic writing, reading, and conversational skills. Audio-visual materials aid language acquisition and enrich the understanding of Greek culture and history.
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Continuation of Greek 11. Moves toward a greater command of conversation and reading comprehension with the help of selected passages of simple prose and entertaining dialogues. Audio-visual materials aid language acquisition and enrich the understanding of Greek culture and history.
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Continuation of Greek 12. Reinforces and broadens command of conversation and reading comprehension with the help of selected short stories and poems. Audio-visual materials aid language acquisition and enrich the understanding of Greek culture and history.
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Course builds on fundamentals covered during the first year of instruction. Review of grammar is accompanied by composition of brief narratives. Oral presentations are followed by conversation. Exposure to Greek culture is pursued through films and watching Greek newscasts.
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Course emphasizes more complex grammar and syntax. Readings are chosen from books equivalent to textbooks used in Greek high schools. Students are armed to write brief essays for class presentations. Conversations are kept at a demanding level. Audiovisual aids are used.
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Course acquaints students with some of the best authors of modern Greece. Short stories are read in entirety and excerpts from longer works are read. Emphasis on swift accumulation of more difficult literary vocabulary. Both literature and films form the basis for classroom presentations.
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Reading and analysis of attic prose writers such as Xenophon and Plato to develop reading skills and introduce study of the style and thought of historical, retorical and/or philosophical writers.
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Reading in the poetry of Homer to develop reading skills, introduce Homeric grammer and meter, and begin study of the style, thought and heroicworld of epic poetry.
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Selected reading in Greek prose and/or poetry designed to develop reading proficiency, and to help students make the transition to more advanced study of classical Greek literature.
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Reading and study of attic orators such as Demosthenes, and of famous orations by Demosthenes and other attic orators.
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Reading and study of selected passages from the Greek new testament.
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Reading and study of selected passages from Lucian, with attention to the language and style of his satirical dialogues, and to their social and historical context.
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Advanced reading and study of selected chapters of an ancient Greek novel, with attention to the language and style of the work and to its literary, social and political contexts.
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Readings in the first "formal" philosophers of the Western tradition. Normally includes all of the major pre-Socratics (Parmenides, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Xenophanes, Anaxagoras, Democritus) and their contributions to European thought. Sometimes concentrates upon thinkers of the fifth- century Sophistic Movement.
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Reading of one or several Platonic dialogues from the early or middle period (Laches, Protagoras, Phaedo, Gorgias, Symposium), both as masterpieces of Greek literature and as philosophical dialogues. No prior formal training in philosophy is required.
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Readings of selections from the more famous works of Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, De Anima, Metaphysics), emphasizing Aristotle both as thinker and as stylist; occasionally excerpts from Theophrastus, the Stoics, Plotinus. No prior formal training in philosophy required.
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Reading, translation, and discussion of a complete tragedy of Euripides, with attention to language, meter, staging, tragic themes and conventions, and the cultural context of Athenian drama.
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Reading, translation, and discussion of a complete tragedy of Sophocles, with attention to language, meter, staging, tragic themes and conventions, and the cultural context of Athenian drama.
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Reading, translation, and discussion of a complete tragedy of Aeschylus, with attention to language, meter, staging, tragic themes and conventions, and the cultural context of Athenian drama.
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Reading, translation, and discussion of a complete comedy of Aristophanes, with attention to language, meter, staging, comic themes and conventions, and the social and cultural context of Athenian drama.
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Reading and study of selections from the Illiad and/or Odyssey.
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