EGPT

This course is a comprehensive examination of the grammar, vocabulary, and orthographic styles of the nonliterary vernacular of New Kingdom Egypt (Dynasties XVII to XXIV), as exhibited by administrative and business documents, private letters, and official monuments. We also study the hybrid "literary Late Egyptian" used for tales and other compositions. Texts from the various genres are read and analyzed in EGPT 20211.

This course introduces the cursive literary and administrative script of Middle Egyptian (corresponding to the Middle Kingdom period in Egypt) and is intended to provide familiarity with a variety of texts written in hieratic (e.g., literary tales, religious compositions, wisdom literature, letters, accounts, graffiti).

This course features readings in a variety of genres, including historical, literary, and scientific texts.

This course employs English translations of ancient Egyptian literary texts to explore the genres, conventions and techniques of ancient Egyptian literature. Discussions of texts examine how the ancient Egyptians conceptualized and constructed their equivalent of literature, as well as the fuzzy boundaries and subtle interplay between autobiography, history, myth and fiction.

This course features readings in a variety of genres, including historical, literary, and scientific texts.

This sequence examines hieroglyphic writing and the grammar of the language of classical Egyptian literature.

This sequence examines hieroglyphic writing and the grammar of the language of classical Egyptian literature.

Intro to OE texts and grammar

This course features readings in a variety of genres, including historical, literary, and scientific texts.

This course features readings in a variety of genres, including historical, literary, and scientific texts.