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FALL (current):
• Greek
• Latin
SPRING (current):
• Classical
• Greek
• Latin
COURSES SPRING 2008
GRADUATE COURSES
All graduate courses meet in Classics Seminar Room, East Pyne 161, Seminar Room unless otherwise noted.
| CLA506 - Greek Tragedy: Character and Characterization in Greek Tragedy |
| The last decades have seen a lively discussion about the importance of character and characterization in Greek tragedy. We will discuss ancient and modern concepts of character and the restrictions imposed on the forms and techniques of characterization by the conditions of the ancient theatre (stage, masks, costumes, language and rhetoric, conventional forms of communication) and we will look at selected characters and plays from all three tragedians. |
| Professor Bernd C. Seidensticker |
| Seminar: 9:00-11:50 W |
| CLA509– Plato: On Language |
| This course will look at Plato's positions on language. Readings will include the Cratylus, parts of the Sophist and Politicus, as well as of the more rhetorically-infected dialogues, including Phaedrus and Gorgias. We will look at points of contrast in Aristotle and the Presocratics and keep one eye on contemporary discussions of language theory. |
| Professor Peter T. Struck |
| Seminar: 9:00-11:50 Th |
| CLA522 - Problems in Greek History: Greek Democracy |
| In this seminar we will study the origins, evolution and organization of democratic states in Greek Antiquity. We will analyze the historical process which made possible the emergence of the democratic system and how it became widespread in the Greek world. Although the focus will be on Athens in the classical age (5th and 4th century BC) we will also deal with other poleis such as Syracuse, as well as with democratic regimes of the Hellenistic period. |
| Professor Marc Domingo Gygax |
| Seminar: 7:30- 10:20 pm W |
| CLA533– Vergil: Aeneid (Selected Books) |
| The entire Aeneid will be read. There will be two main concentrations of interest, on the [Aeneid] as a member of the Greco-Roman epic tradition, and on the [Aeneid's] role in the Augustan revolution. |
| Professor Denis C. Feeney |
| Seminar: 1:30-4:20 T |
| CLA541 - Survey of Early Medieveal Latin Literature |
| Introduction to Latin literature and to the transmission and reception of classical Antiquity, from Proba (ca. 360) to the court of Charlemagne. Analysis and discussion of selected readings in influential authors and major genres of poetry and prose. Background readings on the development of a distinctive late-Antique literary sensibility, the impact of popular and Christian Latinity, experimentation in literary form and technique, medieval concepts of authorship, and modern reception-theory. |
| Professor Janet M. Martin |
| Seminar: 9:00-11:50 T |
| CLA546 - Problems in Roman History: The Roman Family |
| This seminar will investigate salient aspects of the history of Roman family formation. Technical aspects of life course such as engagement, marriage, childhood, divorce and old age will be treated. The history of attitudes towards and sentiments concerning family and marriage will also be considered. |
| Professor Brent D. Shaw |
| Seminar: 1:30-4:20 Th |
| CLA564 Problems in Indo-European Linguistics: Greek and Latin Compared |
| This seminar aims to give a survey of the historical/comparative linguistic material regularly offered in CLA 561 (Latin) and 562 (Greek), but with two twists. First, we will engage in more direct comparison between Greek and Latin rather than looking just at historical developments into the one or the other from Proto-Indo-European. And second, we will consider how a greater appreciation of linguistic methods can help us as we go about our usual work as classicists, work that often involves bringing Greek and Latin together. Topics will include bilingualism, calques, intertextuality, and whatever is of special interest to the participants. |
| Professor Joshua T. Katz |
| Seminar: 1:30-4:20 W |
| CLA599 - Dissertation Writers' Seminar |
| A practical and theoretical introduction to scholarly writing at the dissertation level and beyond. This seminar is normally required of all post-generals students and will provide information and guidance on the proposal and dissertation writing process; the seminar will meet every two or three weeks throughout the year, providing a forum for dissertators to circulate work in progress for feedback, and to discuss issues that arise in their work. |
| Professor Brent D. Shaw |
| Seminar: 6:30-8:30 Tu |
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January 8, 2008 4:26 pm by Stephanie