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SPRING 2005

CLASSICAL - COURSES NOT REQUIRING THE USE OF GREEK OR LATIN

CLA 201 Homer and the Heroic Vision
A general introduction to ancient epic. We will begin with a detailed look at the two great poems of the oral, Greek tradition, the Iliad and Odyssey, and examine how epic is transformed into the written epics of Apollonius and Virgil.
Professor: Mark Buchan
Lecture: 2:30-3:20 pm M W - East Pyne 010
Precept 01: 1:30-2:20 pm Th - East Pyne 027
Precept 02: 3:30-4:20 pm Th - East Pyne 027
Precept 03:  3:30-4:20 pm W - East Pyne 215

CLA 218/HIS 218 The Roman Republic
A study of the causes and consequences of one small city-state's rise to world empire, through analysis of primary sources in translation. Emphasis on the development of Roman society, and the growth and demise of the Republican form of government.
Professors: Harriet I. Flower, Brent D. Shaw
Lecture: 2:30-3:20 pm M W - McCosh 28
Precept 01: 11:00-11:50 am F - Chancellor Green 105
Precept 02: 9:00-9:50 am Th - East Pyne 161
Precept 03: 10:00-10:50 am Th - East Pyne 161
Precept 04: 11:00-11:50 am Th - East Pyne 161
Precept 05: 12:30-1:20 pm Th - East Pyne 161
Precept 06: 2:30-3:20 pm Th - East Pyne 161
Precept 07: 3:30-4:20 pm Th - East Pyne 161
Precept 08: 11:00-11:50 am T- East Pyne 205
Precept 09: 11:00-11:50 am W - Wallace Hall 006
Precept 10: 12:30-1:20 pm W - Wallace Hall 006

CLA 326/HIS 326 Topics in Ancient History and Religion: Slavery in the Roman World
This course studies slavery in the Roman world, from the early Republic to the end of the Empire. There will be some coverage of the background developments in the slave system under the earlier age of the Greek city-states. A wide range of subjects concerning slavery in Roman society will be considered including the reason for the creation of system of slavery, the ways in which it was maintained, its main social and economic functions, and the problem of resistance to servitude.
Professor: Brent D. Shaw
Seminar: 11:00- 2:20 pm TTh - East Pyne 039

CLA 329/MED 329 Sex and Gender in the Ancient World
This course on Women and the Classical Tradition will study medieval and modern women and men as gendered agents of the reception and transmission of classical literature and ideology. Our primary emphasis will be on the Latin Middle Ages and on 19th- and 20th-century America. Some representative issues: is there a tradition of women's writing? gender, race, ethnicity and the classical curriculum; women classical scholars; classical education and social activism.
Professor: Janet M. Martin
Seminar: 3:00-4:20 pm TTh - McCosh 60

CLA 476/LIN 476 Introduction to Sanskrit II
A continuation of CLA475/LIN475. Students will continue to learn the essentials of Sanskrit Grammar, and to refine their reading skills.
Professor: Herman W. Tull
Class: 10:00-10:50 am MTWTh - Scheide Caldwell House 209

 

 

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