This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2024-2025
Teacher(s)
Language
French
Content
This course gives the opportunity to the student to deepen and broaden their knowledge and practice of the texts acquired during the first semester. The accent is placed on the transition with Late Egyptian and the main resulting linguistic shifts. It proposes an immersive initiation to Late Egyptian hieratic texts
Teaching methods
The course has the form of an interactive seminar. It comprises the preliminary preparation of text sections by the student before class, in-class group reading and discussion of texts, translations, analyses and commentary of the texts in their context
Evaluation methods
Evaluation is based on in-class participation (10%), continuous monitoring consisting in two short written tests (20% + 20% = 40%) and a final oral exam based on a preliminary written preparation (50%).
Other information
Use of AI: Generative artificial intelligence (AI) must be used responsibly and in accordance with the practices of academic and scientific integrity. Since scientific integrity requires to cite sources, the use of AI must always be reported. The use of artificial intelligences for tasks where they are explicitly forbidden will be considered cheating.
Bibliography
1. Grammaires :
F. Neveu, Grammaire du néo-égyptien : la langue des Ramsès, Paris, 2004.
C. Obsomer, Égyptien hiéroglyphique, Grammaire pratique du moyen égyptien, Bruxelles, Safran, 2009.
2. Dictionnaires :
A. Erman & H. Grapow, Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Bände I-V, Leipzig/Berlin, 1926-1963.
R.O. Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford, 1962 ;
R. Hannig, Die Sprache der Pharaonen. Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch – Deutsch (2800-950 v. Chr.), 6. Auflage, Kultur und Geschichte der Antiken Welt 64, Mayence, 2015.
L. H. Lesko, A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, Berkeley, 1982-1990.
3. Lectures complémentaires :
Mathieu, B. 2023. La littérature de l'Égypte ancienne, III: Nouvel Empire et Troisième Période intermédiaire. Paris: Belles Lettres.
Loprieno, A. (éd.). 1996. Ancient Egyptian Literature: History and Forms, PdÄ 10.
Moers, G. 2010, « New Kingdom Literature », in: A. B. Lloyd (éd.), A Companion to Ancient Egypt, Volume II, Chichester, 685–708
F. Neveu, Grammaire du néo-égyptien : la langue des Ramsès, Paris, 2004.
C. Obsomer, Égyptien hiéroglyphique, Grammaire pratique du moyen égyptien, Bruxelles, Safran, 2009.
2. Dictionnaires :
A. Erman & H. Grapow, Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Bände I-V, Leipzig/Berlin, 1926-1963.
R.O. Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford, 1962 ;
R. Hannig, Die Sprache der Pharaonen. Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch – Deutsch (2800-950 v. Chr.), 6. Auflage, Kultur und Geschichte der Antiken Welt 64, Mayence, 2015.
L. H. Lesko, A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, Berkeley, 1982-1990.
3. Lectures complémentaires :
Mathieu, B. 2023. La littérature de l'Égypte ancienne, III: Nouvel Empire et Troisième Période intermédiaire. Paris: Belles Lettres.
Loprieno, A. (éd.). 1996. Ancient Egyptian Literature: History and Forms, PdÄ 10.
Moers, G. 2010, « New Kingdom Literature », in: A. B. Lloyd (éd.), A Companion to Ancient Egypt, Volume II, Chichester, 685–708
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