LT5018
Literature in the Reign of Nero
2015-2016
30
15
SCQF level 11
1
Academic year(s): 2015-2016
SCOTCAT credits : 30
ECTS credits : 15
Level : SCQF level 11
Semester: 1
Planned timetable:
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.