Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Boyo Ockinga
Contact via boyo.ockinga@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Permission of Executive Dean of Faculty
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Advanced study in Near Eastern languages (either Akkadian, Coptic, Egyptian, Hebrew or Syriac). Texts to be read will be chosen from a cross section of genres (historical texts, tales, hymns and prayers, love poems, letters and administrative documents). Students will gain advanced knowledge of the grammar and syntax of the ancient languages and their scripts; formal aspects of the texts, genre and style, as well as the themes are explored and students will be introduced to literary theory and methods of literary criticism.
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Name | Weighting | Due |
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Class Participation | 20% | Every week |
Essay | 40% | May 16, 2014 |
Exam | 40% | July 8, 2014 |
Due: Every week
Weighting: 20%
Students will be required to prepare translations of the texts to be studied in class, to attend all classes and to participate in the translation, analysis and interpretation of the texts read.
Due: May 16, 2014
Weighting: 40%
Students will write an essay of ca. 3000 words on a given Ramesside historical text. The essay will require the transliteration and translation of the hieroglyphic text, a commentary on given points of grammar and a commentary on the text's historical setting, literary structure and literary tradition.
Due: July 8, 2014
Weighting: 40%
The exam will be held in the first week of the recess. There will be two texts (one seen and one unseen) to transliterate and translate, with comments on grammar and historical content. Students will be allowed to use an Egyptian grammar and dictionary in the exam.
Delivery: classes will be held on-campus at North Ryde.
Times and location for campus Lectures: for current updates, lecture times and classrooms please consult the MQ Timetables website: www.timetables.mq.edu.au
This unit uses iLearn. All students have acces to the unit's iLearn site.
All students are expected to prepare for, attend and actively participate in classes. Preparation for classes invloves preparing translations of the texts to be worked through in class and doing the background reading set.
A PDF of the texts that will be studied is available on the unit's iLearn site.
Students will need to have access to R.O. Faulkner's Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian and A.H. Gardiner's Middle Egyptian Grammar.
Each class will involve the transliteration, translation and discussion of Egyptian hieroglyphic texts. The following texts will be read:
Texts of Seti I
Inscriptions on the Northern Outer wall of the Hypostyle Hall at Karnak
The Epigraphic Survey, Reliefs and Inscriptions at Karnak – Volume 4. The Battle Reliefs of King Sety I (Chicago, 1978) pls 3-8
K.A. Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions I, 6 ff.
Texts of Ramesses III
Record of First Libyan War
Captions to Reliefs: The Epigraphic Survey, Medinet Habu I pl. 16 (KRI V,12); pl 17 (KRI V,13 ), pl 18 (KRI V, 14), pl 19, pl 22 (KRI V, 14-15)
First Libyan War: Great Inscription of Year 5, The Epigraphic Survey, Medinet Habu I pls. 27-28, KRI V, 20-27
The historical section of Papyrus Harris I
W.Erichsen, Papyrus Harris I: hieroglyphische Transkription. Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca 5 (Brussels, 1933) 91-97
Background readings from the secondary literature will also be set for the various texts.
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Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Grievance Management Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grievance_management/policy.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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EXTENSIONS
Extensions for assignments can only be granted for medical reasons or on compassionate grounds. Without documentation (medical or counselling certificates) or prior staff approval, a penalty of 2% a day, including weekends, will be applied. If required, applications for extensions should be made before the assignment's due date.
SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments can be submitted in hard copy through the Arts Student Centre on Level 1, W6A, or electronically through the iLearn site.
COMPLETION OF UNIT
A student is required to achieve an overall mark of 50% or above to complete the unit satisfactorily and to submit all pieces of written work
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