Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit 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.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To know 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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Ability to read Greek.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
To prepare the deciphering and translation of several Greek and Latin literary papyri
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
30 hours (first quadrimester); 2 hours a week.
Recommended or required readings
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 methods and criteria
oral examination
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Holder
Marie Hélène MARGANNE, directrice du CEDOPAL, chargé de cours,
CEDOPAL, 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
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
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Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
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Online Notes
Notes are available on eCampus.