FLIT 480: Greek and Roman Literature
SUGGESTED READINGS
| WEEK 1 | INTRODUCTION to the course materials and rules. "Genre" |
"Genre" |
| EPIC: Homer, The Iliad Books 1, 2, 9, 17 | Homer | |
| WEEK 2 | EPIC: Homer, The Iliad Books 18, 23, 24. Taplin, Chapter 1, pp. 22-57. |
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| EPIC: didactic: Hesiod, Works and Days (lines 1-201; 695-723). |
"Text" | |
| WEEK 3 | GREEK POETRY: Lyric (Archilochus, Sappho, Alcaeus) Taplin, Chapter 2, pp. 75-79. |
"Texts" |
| GREEK POETRY: Elegiac (Solon) Taplin, Chapter 2, pp. 58-74. |
"Solon" | |
| WEEK 4 | HISTORY: Herodotus Book II
Taplin, Chapter 4, pp. 133-145. |
"Herodotus" |
| HISTORY: Thucydides Book II
Taplin, Chapter 4, pp. 145-155. |
"Thucydides" | |
| WEEK 5 | DRAMA: Aeschylus
Agamemnon Taplin, Chapter 3, pp. 88-109. |
"Drama" |
| DRAMA: Sophocles, Antigone | . | |
| WEEK 6 | DRAMA: Euripides Hippolytus Taplin, Chapter 3, pp. 109-132. |
Outline of Hippolytus |
| PHILOSOPHY: Aristotle, The Poetics Taplin, Chapter 5, pp. 185-191. |
"Poetics" | |
| WEEK 7 | PHILOSOPHY: Plato, Crito Taplin, Chapter 5, pp. 156-185. |
"Plato" |
| ORATORY: Lysias, On the Olive Stump. Taplin, Chapter 6, pp. 193-216. | "Lysias", "Rhetoric" | |
| WEEK 8 | BIOGRAPHY: Plutarch, "Alexander the Great" | "Alexander" |
| MIDTERM EXAMINATION: Friday | . | |
| WEEK 9 | ROMAN EPIC: Vergil, Aeneid Books 1, 2. | . |
| ROMAN EPIC: Vergil, Aeneid Books 6, 11, 12. | . | |
| WEEK 10 | ROMAN COMEDY: Plautus Amphitryon Davenport, Roman Reader, pp. 22-74. |
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| WEEK 11 | DIDACTIC EPIC: Lucretius De rerum natura Selections in Davenport, Roman Reader, pp. 132-148; 176-192. |
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| ROMAN LYRIC: Horace Selections in Davenport, Roman Reader, pp. 391-405. |
"Texts" Satire: genre | |
| WEEK 12 | ROMAN HISTORY: Caesar, Book VI, "The Invasion of Britain" Davenport, pp. 213-227. |
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| ROMAN HISTORY: Tacitus, Annales, Book I Davenport, pp. 571-580. |
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| WEEK 13 | THE NOVEL: Petronius, Satyricon Davenport, pp. 533-564. |
"The Petronius Society" |
| WEEK 14 | ROMAN TRAGEDY: Seneca, Medea Davenport, pp. 487-527. |
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FINAL EXAM: The final examination is given
at the time assigned by the Registrar, as printed in the Course
Schedule Book for the current term. No early exams are allowed, by
University rule. If you are unable to take the final exam, you may be
eligible for an "Incomplete" grade, IF you fill out and submit a petition
(form obtainable from the Departmental Office, Sierra Tower 403), which
may be signed by the Instructor, if a valid excuse is presented with the
completed form. The personal convenience of the student or their family is not a valid excuse; this includes Weddings, Graduations, and vacation plans. |
7/26/2003
