View Specification DocumentLatin meets Latin America: Greco-Roman texts in Ibero-American contexts HISP4134
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Modern Languages and Cultures
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Either Semester 1 or Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
When Europeans began crossing the Atlantic from 1492, they brought with them not only their own contemporary culture(s) but also something older: the thought world of the Greeks and the Romans. This marked the start of the now more than 500-year relationship between 'classical' (Greco-Roman) culture and the Americas, where it has been instrumentalised, reinterpreted, appropriated and renegotiated ever since. Situated within the new field of Latin American classical reception studies, this course will consider some of the key questions of 'Classics' in the Americas, charting its evolution from colonial imposition to multivalent creative tool.
Timetable
1x2hr seminar per week over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus. This is one of the Honours options in
Spanish, Comparative Literature and Classics and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.
Requirements of Entry
Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into one of the SMLC Honours programmes, and
by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes who qualify under the University's
25% regulation.
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
Book review, presented in podcast/video format - (8 mins) - 40%
Extended Essay on specified these OR critical/creative commentary - (2500 words) - 60%
Course Aims
The course aims to
■ Introduce students to the field of Latin American classical reception studies and its frameworks
■ Foster an interdisciplinary environment in which participants are empowered to contribute to the course and its co-creation
■ Develop critical awareness and the application of relevant theoretical tools, equipping students to analyse potentially unfamiliar texts in comparative (transhistorical, transatlantic) contexts
■ Support further study and research in the field of Latin American classical receptions
■ Enhance students' employability by developing transferable skills including global thinking and methods for critical analysis
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of the course students will be able to
■ Situate and interpret materials pertaining to the field of Latin American classical reception studies in diachronic perspective (1492-present)
■ Reflect on and critically discuss the intellectual and ideological paradigms which have contributed to the formation of the field
■ Undertake research into chosen aspects of the subject area and present results in an appropriate format (written and/or oral)