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| CLASSIC 10 | SCIENTIFIC TERMINOL | ARMSTRONG, C. | A study of English terms derived from Greek and Latin and important to contemporary medicine, science and other professions, with emphasis on the development of word-building skills. No prior knowledge of Greek or Latin required. The work is designed to aid undergraduates, particularly those in the sciences, in the development of their technical vocabulary. No prerequisites. |
| CLASSIC 37C | ROMAN LEGACY | POGORZELSKI, R. | A survey of Roman civilization from the crisis of the third century to the so-called 'fall of the Roman empire' in 467. This course will focus on the continuity and changes in politics, society, literature, and art that characterize the later Roman Empire. Classics 37C is the final part of the Roman Civilization series (37A,B,C); it satisfies the Humanistic Inquiry Breadth requirement. |
| CLASSIC 45C | CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY | POGORZELSKI, R. | This class will focus on a few important Greek myths, their interpretations, and the influence they have exerted on modern literature. We will use readings from ancient and modern works of literature. This is the third course in the series Classics 45 A,B,C. It's preferable, but not required, to take this course in sequence. The Classics 45 A,B,C series satisfies the Humanistic Inquiry Breadth requirement. |
| CLASSIC 98 | GROUP STUDY | STAFF | |
| CLASSIC 99 | SPEC STDS:CLASSICS | STAFF | |
| CLASSIC 160 | ANCIENT GREEK NOVEL | JARRATT, S. | This course offers an introduction to a little-known genre of post-classical Greek literature: long prose fictions. These stories of romantic love, slavery, death and resurrection, chastity and lust, piracy, slavery, and despotism were widely circulated in the ancient world and remained popular in translation during the European Renaissance. Most follow the fortunes of a beautiful young heterosexual couple, involve fantastic episodes, travel to exotic and dangerous locales, and humorous exaggeration. Composed by Greek intellectuals during the period of Roman empire, the novels invite consideration of power, geography, and cultural difference, including racialization. Women play a more active role in these fictions than in many other ancient works and sexual encounters abound, so we will attend to representations of gender, sexuality and power. Narrative structure, rhetorical performance, and the use of visual description are a third nexus of critical inquiry.
We will read four works: a simple romance, Chariton’s Chaereas and Callirhoe; a pastoral by Longus, Daphnis and Chloe; the first work of science fiction, Lucian’s A True Story; and a tale of love in black and white: Heliodorus, An Ethiopian Story. The course will be conducted in a seminar rather than lecture style, so attendance and participation in discussion are required. Other requirements include regular reading quizzes, a collaborative oral report on a literary critical essay, a take-home midterm, and an open-book final exam.
(This course fulfills the English major requirement for literature in translation.)
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| CLASSIC 176 | ANCIENT IMPERIALISM | POGORZELSKI, R. | Focusing especially on Athens and Rome, this course examines the nature of empires and imperialism in the ancient Mediterranean world. The psychology and the mechanisms of imperialism in the ancient world are different from each other and from modern forms of imperialism. What exactly is imperialism? What are the relationships between democracy, monarchy, and empire? How can modern theories of nationalism, colonialism, and imperialism aid our understanding of ancient empires? We will read ancient historiographical, literary, and rhetorical texts as well as modern critical and theoretical material. All readings are in English. |
| CLASSIC 192B | SENIOR CAPSTONE | CLAXTON, C. | Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, majors design and execute a senior project. This project may be a research paper, dramatic production, school curriculum, etc. All projects must be approved by the faculty mentor. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement. |
| CLASSIC 220 | SAPPHO | DUBOIS, P. | We will read the poems of Sappho, including the "new" poem recently found in Cologne, and work on the philological and interpretive traditions of Sappho scholarship.
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| CLASSIC 220 | EMBEDDED EPIC | ZISSOS, P. | This course examines the phenomenon of embedded narrative in ancient epic, both Greek and Roman. Particular focus will be placed on instances of narrative embedding that signal their ‘epic’ status in some manner while exploiting the reflexive possibilities of the device to engage, often aggressively, poetic precursors or rivals, or even the broader epic tradition. Readings will be taken from Homeric epic, Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica, Virgil’s Aeneid, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Lucan’s Bellum Civile, Statius’ Thebaid, and Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica.
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| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | ZISSOS, P. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | PORTER, J. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | PANTELIA, M. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | KARANIKA, A. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | CLAXTON, C. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | PANTELIA, M. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | ZISSOS, P. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | CLAXTON, C. | |
| CLASSIC 299 | DISSERTATN RESEARCH | ZISSOS, P. | |
| CLASSIC 299 | DISSERTATN RESEARCH | CLAXTON, C. | |
| CLASSIC 299 | DISSERTATN RESEARCH | PANTELIA, M. | |