Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Avestan philology Seminar | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Philippe Swennen | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| Old Persian and Avestan texts commented | ||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Familiarizing the students with Avestan or Old-Persian texts. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Students should have basic knowledge of Latin or Ancient Greek. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Preparing the texts | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 60 h spread out over the two semesters. Timetable set with the students. Opening session in September announced on Section notice board. | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| References : Ch. BARTHOLOMAE, Altiranisches Wörterbuch, Strassburg, 1904 ; J. DARMESTETER, Le Zend-Avesta, réimpr. Paris, A. Maisonneuve, 1960 ; K. HOFFMANN & B. FORSSMAN, Avestische Laut- und Flexionslehre, Innsbruck, 1996 ; J. DUCHESNE-GUILLEMIN, Etude de morphologie iranienne. I. Les composés de l'Avesta, Paris, 1937 ; E. YARSHATER (ed.), Encyclopaedia Iranica ; K.F. GELDNER, Avesta, the Sacred Books of the Parsis, 3 vol., Stuttgart, 1886-96 ; J. KELLENS, Les noms racines de l'Avesta, Wiesbaden, 1974 ; Le verbe avestique, Wiesbaden, 1984 ; "Considérations sur l'histoire de l'Avesta", Journal Asiatique 286, Paris, 1998, 451-519 ; R.G. KENT, Old Persian, New Haven (Connect.), 2d éd., 1953 ; P. LECOQ, "La langue des inscriptions achéménides", Acta Iranica 2, Tehran-Liège, 1974, 55-62 ; Les inscriptions de la Perse achéménide, Paris, Gallimard, 1997 ; M. MAYRHOFER, Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen, 2 vol., Heidelberg, 1986-1992 et 1992-1997 ; B. SCHLERATH, Awesta-Wörterbuch. Vorarbeiten I-II, Wiesbaden, 1968 ; R. SCHMITT, The Bisitun Inscriptions of Darius the Great. Old Persian Text, London, 1991. | ||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral test, in June. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Philippe.Swennen@ulg.ac.be | ||