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Latin Literature in English Translation
CCIV203 SP

Crosslistings: HUM203

This course will include readings in English of some of the most interesting and influential works of Roman literature, from the genres of epic, history, pastoral, didactic, satire, lyric, love elegy, and the novel. Topics to be covered in lecture include the importance of historical context for each work, the reception of Greek culture at Rome, the authors' sense of belonging to a literary tradition, the interplay (or conflict) between the personal and the political, the texts' views of "virtus" (manliness, courage) and of women, how depictions of acts of interpretation within the text may affect interpretation of the text, and the varying literary-critical approaches that have been taken to these works.

MAJOR READINGS

R. Ogilvie, ROMAN LITERATURE AND SOCIETY Selections from Ennius, ANNALS, and other early works Sallust, THE CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE Catullus, poems Vergil, ECLOGUES Vergil, AENEID Ovid, METAMORPHOSES Selections from lyric (Horace) and love elegy (Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid) Tacitus, THE ANNALS OF IMPERIAL ROME Petronius, SATYRICON Juvenal, SATIRES Apuleius, THE GOLDEN ASS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm and final; two short (2-5 pp.) papers

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office. No prior knowledge of Roman history or literature is assumed. CLASS FORMAT: Lecture

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA CLAS    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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