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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
LCLA0063-1  Introduction to literary papyrology
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Classics, 2nd yearFirst semester3
Master in History, Research Focus, 1st yearFirst semester5
Master in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Oriental Studies, Teaching Focus, 1st yearFirst semester10
Holder(s) :  Marie‑Hélène Marganne
Language :  French language
Course contents :  After an introduction concerning papyrus and the history and technique of papyrology, the course covers, with originals and photographs, various aspects of this documentation and its problems (provenance, dating, materials, writing, deciphering, identification). Research using a computer is also taught.
Course objective :  To study the material conditions of the copy, the edition, the diffusion and the transmission of Greek and Latin literary texts in antiquity, and their consequences on the conception, the presentation and the conservation of literary works.
Prerequisites :  Ability to read Greek.
Organization :  30 hours (first quadrimester); 2 hours a week. See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Written notes :  Handbook : Odette BOUQUIAUX-SIMON, with M.-H. MARGANNE, W. CLARYSSE & K. VANDORPE, Les livres dans le monde gréco-romain, Liège, CEDOPAL-Editions de l'ULg, 2004 (= Cahiers du CEDOPAL, 2) + e-learning (CEDOPAL website and WebCT).
Other books to read : 1) Naphtali LEWIS, La mémoire des sables. La vie en Egypte sous la domination romaine, Colin, Paris, 1988; 2) Tiziano DORANDI, Le stylet et la tablette. Dans le secret des auteurs antiques, Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 2000; 3) Bernard LEGRAS, Lire en Egypte, d'Alexandre à l'Islam, Picard, Paris, 2002.
Assessment :  oral examination
Contacts :  Holder
Marie Hélène MARGANNE, directrice du CEDOPAL, maître de conférences,
Place du 20-Août, 7, B-4000 Liège, A1, third floor, 3/46
Phone 04 366 55 77
E-mail: MH.Marganne@ulg.ac.be
of (private address) rue de la Gare, 66, B-4347 Voroux-Goreux, phone 04 250 41 90


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