Ancient Literature Courses in English(No Greek or Latin Required)Clsx 223. Classical Mythology. 3 cr. A study of the major myths of Greece and Rome with attention to contemporary interpretations and the influence on art and literature. Clsx 230. Ancient Theatre. 3 cr. An examination of the origins and development of ancient tragedy and comedy. Clsx 231. Ancient Epic. 3 cr. A study of ancient epic literature with particular attention to the techniques of oral and literary composition. Clsx 232. Contemporary Literature and Classics. 3 cr. An investigation of the influence of ancient myth on 20th century French, German, Italian, English and American literature. Clsx 233. Ancient Satire. 3 cr. An investigation of the satirical element with reference to the writings of Lucian, Lucilius, Horace, Persius, Martial, and Juvenal. Clsx 234. Wom, Sickness and Sanctity in the Middle Ages. 3 cr. Students will explore through texts written by and about medieval women the complicated relationship between sanctity, sin, and illness in the Late-Middle Ages. Clsx 303W Seminar: Women in Antiquity. 3 cr. This course explores the reality of women’s lives in antiquity, as well as the complexity of male/female interaction, particularly in 5th century BC Greece and the early Roman empire. Clsx 322: Literature in the Augustan Period. 3 cr. A reading –in English– of a sampling of the works of Vergil, Horace, Propertius, and Ovid as well as Livy’s histories, focusing on Vergil’s Aeneid, — all literature which would glorify Rome and its beginnings as well as the first emperor’s own lineage. |
