Duration
60h Th, 60h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies (120 ECTS) | 15 crédits |
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
Lectures about Ancient Egyptian texts based on original documents. This learning unit aims at developping the students skills in the fields of epigraphy, palaeography, ecdotics, and hermeneutics.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Ability to make an hieroglyphic transcription, a grammatical analysis, a translation, and a detailed philological commentary of ancient Egyptian sources (from the Old Kingdom down to the Ptolemaic Period).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Good knowledge of Classical and Late Egyptian.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
In this seminar, I resort to rich digital media, with pictures of the original documents and standardised hieroglyphic transcriptions of the texts under study.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
If needed, the lectures will be on LifeSize.
Recommended or required readings
Students are asked to read a series of scholarly papers linked to the yearly topic, which are provided in digital format.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Personal essay on a unpublished Egyptian document and written + oral exam on the topic of the seminar.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Stéphane Polis,
Place du 20-Août, 7
Bât. A1, 3e étage
Sciences de l'Antiquité
s.polis@uliege.be