General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Art of Love by Ovid |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | Prof. dr hab. Ewa Skwara |
| Lecturer's email | skwara@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | professor |
| Faculty | Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology |
| Semester | 2024/2025 (summer) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 4 |
| USOS code | 03-AP-ALO |
Timetable
Module aim (aims)
- to gain knowledge about Roman love poetry, especially about Art of Love by Ovid;
- to gain knowledge of the political and social influences on Ovid’ poem;
- to develop the ability of interpretation of Ovid’s poetry;
- to develop research skills in the field of diverse levels of intertextual relationships: genres, motifs, and selected problems.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
- general familiarity with antiquity.
Syllabus
The subject of the seminar will be Ovid's Art of Love, supplemented with other examples of Roman love poetry.
1. Introduction
2-3. How to be loved?
4. Where to look for love?
5-6. Love bondage
7-8. Love is like war
9-10. Beauty and elegance
11-12. Feasts and wine
13. Letters
14, Love examples from mythology
15. Final test
Reading list
Ovid's Art of Love, supplemented with other examples of Roman love poetry.