Laura Corin Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 A couple of people were interested in C's reading lists. This is the first. He will be studying four courses through the year - two in English (criticism; Renaissance Lit) and two in Latin (translation, and literature). This is the Renaissance Lit reading list: Edited: possible copyright issue. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Thanks for sharing, Laura. Is this for one term? That is a lot of reading! How many courses will he be enrolled in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Thanks for sharing, Laura. Is this for one term? That is a lot of reading! How many courses will he be enrolled in? No - it's a year's worth. He will have four courses running simultaneously over the year. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Do the majority of the students read everything top to bottom or is there a fair amount of skimming going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Do the majority of the students read everything top to bottom or is there a fair amount of skimming going on? Hard to skim - you have a weekly one-on-one hour-long tutorial with your faculty supervisor. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Do the majority of the students read everything top to bottom or is there a fair amount of skimming going on?I'd like to hear Laura's answer but my understanding is that there is a lot of writing about and discussing the assigned reading, which really wouldn't allow for much skimming. I had an anthropology professor who had studied at Cambridge and modeled his teaching system after them. I took every class I could from him, I loved the tutorial set-up. ETA I see I cross-posted with Laura. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 What a WONDERFUL year awaits him! :love: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Thanks for posting this -- sounds like heaven to me! I'm curious how he plans to take notes or memorialize the readings for future reference? If it isn't inappropriate, I'd be very interested in his Latin reading lists, especially the translation class. Also, I'm curious what prerequisites there are for a classics major. If he hadn't had any Latin or Greek before college, would it be possible to major in classics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Thanks for posting this -- sounds like heaven to me! I'm curious how he plans to take notes or memorialize the readings for future reference? If it isn't inappropriate, I'd be very interested in his Latin reading lists, especially the translation class. Also, I'm curious what prerequisites there are for a classics major. If he hadn't had any Latin or Greek before college, would it be possible to major in classics? The translation class probably will only have assigned grammar books - the translation will be 'unseen', so not based on already-studied texts. There are two ways to do classics there - either as a three-year course (for people who have spent around four to seven years studying Latin or Greek already) or a four-year course (for those with little or no background in the classics). The four year people join the others after a crash-course year. Latin and Greek are not much taught in state (public) schools, so the dual entry allows anyone to apply. l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 The translation class probably will only have assigned grammar books - the translation will be 'unseen', so not based on already-studied texts. There are two ways to do classics at Oxford - either as a three-year course (for people who have spent around four to seven years studying Latin or Greek already) or a four-year course (for those with little or no background in the classics). The four year people join the others after a crash-course year. Latin and Greek are not much taught in state (public) schools, so the dual entry allows anyone to apply. l That must be some crash course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 That must be some crash course... Yes. My sister did it, but I was out of the country at the time, so I didn't get the reports... L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Well, there went £60. I just bought him the drama anthology and the Spenser (which his tutor said would be the first thing to study). For the rest, Calvin can trawl the second hand book shops in our nearest college town, as well as at his new college. And some texts will be in the libraries there for him to use. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 If he's a note-taker and is willing to write in his texts, those notes right in the text will likely be invaluable to him for years to come. (He probably already knows that, but - mine are so precious to me that I always feel the need to share. :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 This reading list is making me feel uneducated :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Wow! How exciting for him! And, as an aside, I just added to my self-ed reading list. Swoon! - signed the wanna be classicist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 This reading list is making me feel uneducated :D It makes the literature major at my university look like middle school. :coolgleamA: *sigh* sounds like it's going to be a wonderful year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 What an interesting list! Thank you for sharing it. I would love to be in his shoes right now... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 This reading list is making me feel uneducated :D Me too. I've read some of the drama and a little of the poetry, but that's it. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 ohhh that list covers a lot of what I read for my degree. He's going to have a wonderful time. I'm feeling happy just seeing the names of my old favourites there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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