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  • CLCV 205/305: Ancient Spectacle

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Burns The games of the Roman amphitheater were more than entertainment for the masses, just as the Athenian productions of tragedy and comedy commingled theater with religion and politics. This course examines the spectacle of competitive performances and rituals of pow-er that helped shape ancient Greek and Roman society. Students will investigate ancient writings alongside art-historical and archaeologi-cal evidence to consider how social values and identities were constructed through these shared experiences. We will also consider how the modern performances of ancient texts, the Olympic Games, and cinematic representations have emphasized the splendor, drama, and gore of antiquity. This course may be taken as either 200 or, with additional assignments, 300. Prerequisite: 200 open to all students; 300 by permission of instructor. Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • CLCV 208: Classical Literatures & Beyond:Sappho in the Western Literary Imagination

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prince Who was Sappho Woman. Poet. ?The original lesbian.? And what is the connection among these three identities The fragments of her poetry reveal a captivating, personal voice. Is this a window onto ancient Greece, or literary deceit This course addresses such questions as we read the fragmentary remains of Sappho's poetry and discover what these poems, this woman, meant to later writers. We will study the phenomena of allusion, intertextuality and influence as we explore the reception of Sappho in the literary imagination of poets and art-ists over two millenni a. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Summer Unit: 1.
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  • CLCV 210/310: Greek Tragedy:Plays,Politics,Performance

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Dougherty The fifth-century Athenian playwrights, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, produced brilliant tragedies that continue to haunt us today and to define our notion of drama. At the same time, the Athenian people forged the democratic principles that form the basis for our own political institutions. The element of performance, common to both drama and democracy, provides an important key to understanding this interesting confluence of theater and politics, and this class will combine the close reading (in English) of ancient Greek tragedies with the viewing of a selection of contemporary dramatic performances such as modern Italian cinema, Black Gospel traditions, and contemporary productions of Greek drama. This course may be taken as either 210 or, with additional assignments, 310. Prerequisite: 210 open to all students; 310 by permission of the instructor. Distribution: Arts, Music, Theatre, Film, Video or Language and Literature Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0 CLCV 211/311 Epic and Empire NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Alexander the Great is said to have slept with two things under his pillow: a dagger and a copy of Homer's Iliad. Julius Caesar and Augustus traced their lineage back to Aeneas, the hero of Vergil' s Aeneid . Epic poetry and empire: coincidence or collusion This course will investigate the relationship of epic poetry and empire, focusing especially on Vergil ? Aene id and Lucan 's Civil War within their historical contexts. How is poetry imbued with political meaning Is epic a prop of imperial ideology or is it a site of resis-tance Consideration of the post-classical adaptation of classical paradigms in works such as Milto n's Paradise L ost, Barl ow's The Colum- biad, and Whit man's Leaves of Grass. All works read in transl ation. This course may be taken as either 211 or, with additional assign-ments , 311. Prerequisite: 211 open to all students; 311 by permission of the instructor. Distribution: Historical Studies or Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit
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  • CLCV 212: Reading Travel:The Theme of Travel in Classical and Contemporary Fiction

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Dougherty (Classical Studies) NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Every story is a travel story, and this class explores the theme of travel as it appears both literally and figura-tively in works of fiction. How is narrative a spatial practice What is the relationship between travel and fiction, between travel and literary genre How does travel articulate issues of (personal and cultural) identity How do gender and family operate together with travel to structure relationships between home and away, men and women We will begin with Homer's Odyssey, which sets the stage for many of the themes and issues to be interrogated in a broad range of texts, classical and contemporary. Additional readings will include Euripides Helen , Heliodorus ' Ethiopian Romanc e, Twain 's The Adventures of Huckleberry Fi nn, Conra d's Heart of Darkn ess, Kinca id's Lucy, Robin- son's Houseke eping, and Onda atje's The English Patient. Students may register for either CPLT 212 or CLCV 212 and credit will be granted accor dingly. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Uni
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  • CLCV 213: Gender in Antiquity

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Gilhuly NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Do notions of gender change over time In this course, we will explore how gender was constructed in antiq-uity and how it functioned as an organizational principle. Through close readings of selections from Greek and Roman epic, lyric poetry and drama, as well as philosophical and historical texts, we will analyze ancient gender norms, exploring how they were bent, dressed up, and used. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • CLCV 214: Bronze Age Aegean Archaeology

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Burns NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. The legends of King Agamemnon of Mycenae, the Minotaur of Knossos, and the decade-long war at Troy were all shaped by the Bronze Age remains that later Greeks encountered at these sites. This course surveys the archaeology of these central places and the larger landscapes of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece: the ruins that inspired classical myths, the palaces of the earliest European kingdoms, and the first texts written in Greek. The primary evidence of settlements, sanctuaries, and cemeteries will be contextualized through the study of administrative records and artistic representations and through comparison with contemporary cul-tures of the eastern Mediterranean. We will complete the semester with a component on the ?Dark Age,? and the possible relationship of epic poetry to Bronze Age society . Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis or Historical Studies Semester: N/O Unit: 1. 0 CLCV 220/CPLT 220 Introduction to Comparative Literatur e Youn g Topic for 2009-10 : Afterlives of Antiquity . Taking up one of the major concerns of Comparative Literature as a field, this course looks at how texts move, tracing several works of Greek and Roman literature as they travel through centuries and across continents. We will begin with the troubled notion of a classic and explore questions of canonicity. Case studies will include texts Sophocles ' Antigo ne and the poems of Catullus and Sappho. With the help of readings in reception and translation theory, we will look at these works as they change over time, asking how they have contributed to modern discourses and practices including colonialism, post-colonialism, psychoanalysis, feminism, contemporary pop-culture, and modernist avant-garde s. Students may register for either CLCV 220 or CPLT 220 and credit will be granted accordingl y. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Spring Unit: 1.
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  • CLCV 220: Introduction to Comparative Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Young (Classical Studies) Topic for 2009-10: Afterlives of Antiquity. Taking up one of the major concerns of Comparative Literature as a field, this course looks at how texts move, tracing several works of Greek and Roman literature as they travel through centuries and across continents. We will begin with the troubled notion of a classic and explore questions of canonicity. Case studies will include texts Sophocles' Antigone and the poems of Catullus and Sappho. With the help of readings in reception and translation theory, we will look at these works as they change over time, asking how they have contributed to modern discourses and practices including colonialism, post-colonialism, psychoanalysis, feminism, contemporary pop-culture, and modernist avant-gardes. Students may register for either CPLT 220 or CLCV 220 and credit will be granted accordingly. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • CLCV 236/336: Greek and Roman Religion

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Rogers (History) NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. The founders of Western civilization were not monotheists. Rather, from 1750 B.C.E. until 500 C.E., the an-cient Greeks and Romans sacrificed daily to a pantheon of immortal gods and goddesses who were expected to help mortals to achieve their earthly goals. How did this system of belief develop Why did it capture the imaginations of so many millions for over 2,000 years What impact did the religion of the Greeks and Romans have upon the other religions of the Mediterranean, including Judaism and Chris-tianity Why did the religion of the Greeks and Romans ultimately disappear This course may be taken as either 236 or, with additional assignments, 336. Prerequisite: 236 open to all students; 336 by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken REL [236]. Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • CLCV 240: Romans,Jews,and Christians in the Roman Empire

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Geller, Rogers (History) At the birth of the Roman Empire virtually all of its inhabitants were practicing polytheists. Three centuries later, the Roman Emperor Con-stantine was baptized as a Christian and his successors eventually banned public sacrifices to the gods and goddesses who had been traditionally worshipped around the Mediterranean. This course will examine Roman-era Judaism, Graeco-Roman polytheism, and the growth of the Jesus movement into the dominant religion of the late antique world. Students may register for either REL 240 or CLCV 240 and credit will be granted accordingly. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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  • CLCV 243: Roman Law

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Starr Ancient Roman civil law; its early development, codification, and continuing alteration; its historical and social context (property, family, slavery); its influence on other legal systems. Extensive use of actual cases from antiquity. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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