this is crazy...
I am only waiting for the one ss, but still the wait is torturous!
Good luck to all
What subject would that be?
Goodluck
Classics - (Classical Societies and Cultures)
What the hell? Is that even a subject LOL
Lol... I take that as a "I have never heard of that subject" call
In short its ancient greek history (or roman) meets lit
So this year we have studied 6 texts - 3 unit 3 3 unit 4 which are partner texts
in Unit 3 you do passage analysis - think english lang meets lit exam meets english lanaguage analysis so you look at ideas, techniques and then significance- ie how does this passage enhance the overall text. You also have to do a random paragraph on the socio-historical context of when it was written... so there is history in it as well
there are 3 of them as sacs (Iliad bk 1, Persians, Thucydides 4 sections)
and exam without socio-historical
There is also a short answer sac which is pretty much general knowledge of the classical greek world
And a thematic style question: however you have to have a socio-historical and need to mention things like Thucydides focus on human nature follows the thinking of the Sophists in the essay itself... Probably a bit like the lit views and values sac meets history
Unit 4 is two comparative sacs so you have the prescribed texts and a companion text chosen by the teacher to show change in values over times... this is pretty much same in exam however they throw in this random element where you do passage analysis as well in the sac. eg Thucydides + Herodotus, Ajax + Iliad
The last sac is really obscure... its a research style sac where you have any classical text, sculpture, building and make links to the modern world to show a continuation of values...
So its described as a "pure humanities" subject as it really doesn't fit any mold.