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LT5018   Literature in the Reign of Nero

Academic year(s): 2015-2016

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: TBC

This module studies literature written during the reign of the emperor Nero (A.D. 54-68), when there was a renaissance in Latin writing that produced, among other works, philosophical and other writings of the younger Seneca, the satires of Persius, the epic of Lucan, and the novel of Petronius. Students will study selected works of literature from the period, and explore the social, political, artistic and cultural context in which they were written, and the continuities and discontinuities between literature under Nero and under the preceding emperors.

Personnel

Module teaching staff: TBC