A Level Classical Civilisation (OCR)

A Level Classical Civilisation

Dates Available

• Week 1: 31 March – 4 April
• Week 2: 7 April – 11 April
• Week 3: 14 April – 18 April

Boards

OCR H408

Length of Course

8 hour seminars or 4 hour seminars (where advertised)

Times

9am to 6pm daily (or 9am – 1pm; 2pm – 6pm as required)

The course will consist of intensive coverage of the material set for the exam and suggestions on how to apply the material in well-argued essays and answers. Reference will also be made to background information regarding the social and cultural context in which the literature was written.

Target areas:

• Deploying evidence to assess topics comprehensively
• Use of technical vocabulary in stylistic analysis

Please book each day separately to fit your requirements.

All texts are published by Penguin.

Component One: ‘World of the Hero’

• Monday Roman Epic Virgil: The Aeneid (Translated by D. West, revised)
• Tuesday Greek Epic Homer: The Odyssey (Translated by E. V. and D. Rieu, revised)
• Wednesday Greek Epic Homer: The Iliad (Translated by E. V. Rieu, revised)

Component Two: ‘Culture and the Arts’

• Thursday am Imperial Image
• Thursday pm Greek theatre

Component Three: ‘Beliefs and Ideas’

• Friday am Politics of the late Republic
• Friday pm Greek Religion

Separate seminars may be arranged for Component 2: The Invention of the Barbarian and Greek Art and Component 3: Love and Relationships, Democracy and the Athenians.