9672001 Ancient Egyptian and Coptic
| Numbering Code | U-LET49 29672 LJ48 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Intensive, First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | lecture | |
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| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Intensive | |
| Instructor name | MIYAGAWA SO (Part-time Lecturer) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | We will study the grammars of various variants of Egyptian, which has more than 5,000 years of written records, and analyze various phenomena discussed in historical linguistics, such as grammaticalization, lexicalization, and phonological changes. We will also learn about the history, religions, and cultures of ancient Egypt and Coptic. | |||
| Course Goals |
・To be able to read Hieroglyphs and Coptic alphabet. ・To learn the grammar of Middle Egyptian and Coptic and be able to perform basic grammatical analysis of texts in these languages. ・To learn the two different diachronic variants of the same language, Middle Egyptian and Coptic, and be able to analyze the language changes. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
The Egyptian language has been documented from the 34-32nd century B.C. to the present day, and there are many different language variants. In this "Ancient Egyptian and Coptic I" course, we will learn about the Middle Egyptian language, which became a classical language in the ancient Egyptian language, and Coptic, a direct descendant of the ancient Egyptian language, which was the key to deciphering the ancient Egyptian language. The Middle Egyptian language was used from the 23rd century B.C., and produced many of the most famous works of Ancient Egyptian literature, such as "The Tale of Sinuhe". It was then used as a classical language until the 4th century AD, and became a variant of Egyptian language that symbolized the Ancient Egyptian civilization. The language was written in two different scripts: Hieroglyphic and Hieratic. Coptic, on the other hand, is the final stage of the Egyptian language, written in the Coptic alphabet, which consists of 24 Greek letters plus about six or seven letters of Demotic script origin. Coptic is the language of many important religious texts, including Gnostic texts such as "The Gospel of Thomas", Manichaean texts such as "Kephalaia", and various early Christian texts, and it is still used as a liturgical language in the Coptic Christian churches. In this class, we will study the scripts and grammars of these two variants of the Egyptian language, and acquire the linguistic skills to deeply analyze the linguistic changes in the Egyptian language. We will also learn about the history and religious cultures of Ancient and Coptic Egypt. Course plans: 1. History of Ancient Egypt and the Egyptian Language 2. Hieroglyphs and Coptic alphabet (1) 3. Hieroglyphs and Coptic alphabet (2) 4. Nouns in Middle Egyptian and Coptic 5. Adjectives in Middle Egyptian and Coptic 6. Prepositions in Middle Egyptian and Coptic 7. Verbs in Middle Egyptian and Coptic 8. Sentence patterns in Middle Egyptian and Coptic. 9. Other grammatical issues in Middle Egyptian and Coptic. 10. Reading "The Gospel of Thomas" in Coptic (1) 11. Reading "The Gospel of Thomas" in Coptic (2) 12. Reading "The Gospel of Thomas" in Coptic (3) 13. Reading "The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor" in Middle Egyptian (1) 14. Reading "The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor" in Middle Egyptian (2) 15. Reading "The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor" in Middle Egyptian (3) |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Ordinary points (contribution to class, exercises, assignments, etc.) 60%, final report 40%. | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Exercises and assignments will be given for preparation and review. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Instructed during class | ||
| References, etc. | Introduced during class | |||
