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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Close reading and study of important works of Greek poetry and prose in their historical setting, with an examination of their influence on the Western literary tradition.
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3.00 Credits
Close reading and study of important works of Roman poetry and prose in their historical setting, with an examination of their influence on the Western literary tradition.
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3.00 Credits
The course explores the ways in which familiar genres of European literature are rooted in the creations of Late Antiquity. The kinds of subject matter, the choices with respect to point of view and tone, the conventions and norms that were created by Roman authors still govern our contemporary modes of thought and our means of expression. In order to discover ways in which modern discourse was created by and remains in dialogue with the works of the classical Latin world, we will read and discuss the following works either in their entirety or in significant excerpts: Virgil, The Aeneid; Catullus, Poems; Ovid, Metamorphoses; Apuleius, The Golden Ass; Petronius, Satyricon; Plautus, Comedies; Joesphus, The Jewish Wars; Tacitus, Histories; Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars; Augustine, The Confessions.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the art, architecture, and archeology of Greece from its Minoan and Mycenaean antecedents through the late Hellenistic era. Readings and slide lectures/discussions emphasize the relationship of the arts to their broader cultural context and introduce a variety of art-historical methods. Major themes include the political and historical functions of art, self-definition and the Other, and the role of style in the construction of meaning.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the art of the Roman Empire from its Etruscan origins until the age of Constantine. Examines city planning, architecture, sculpture, painting, and the decorative arts in Rome and its provinces in the context of political and cultural developments. Special emphasis on Roman identities----individual, gendered, social, civic, and cultural---and their effects on and reflections in art.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the art and archaeology of the Roman Empire with a particular focus on the city of Rome. It examines city planning, architecture, sculpture, wall painting, and the decorative arts in Rome in the context of political and cultural developments. Special emphasis on Roman identities - individual, gendered, social, civic, and cultural - and their effects on and reflections in art. This course is taught at the Rome Campus.
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3.00 Credits
In this class, students will work on Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and other ancient coins in the University's numismatic collections. On average, about 1 hour per week will be spent in formal instruction and about 2 hours per week in hands-on research. Tasks will include the physical description and measurement of coins, consultation of reference tools, both paper and on-line, entry of data into an electronic database, and research into the historical context of selected coins. Final reports will consist of the full description of a defined group of coins, with accompanying electronic data, and an oral and written summary of the work accomplished. Projects will be assigned on the basis of student knowledge and interest. To obtain departmental consent, students must be taking or have taken one of the following courses: CLAS 205/HIST 305, CLAS 206/HIST 314, LAT 101, GR 101, LAT 509, GR 509, CLAS 318, or the equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Examines aspects of everyday life in ancient Greece and Rome by combining information from ancient texts in translation, representations, and archeological remains. Considers such topics as dress and personal adornment, the home, women's life, children, education and literacy, slavery, military service, athletics and recreation, medicine, life expectancy, and funerary practices.
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3.00 Credits
What does it mean to live our lives well? This is a question that Romans of the classical world considered fundamental for everyone, regardless of status or prospects in life. A body of literature - essays, dialogues, letters, comedy of manners and satire - arose to address this issue. Characteristically, Romans focused on human experience as authoritative and taught through examples of both good and bad behavior what attitudes and actions conduce to a successful and satisfying life. This course will read and consider major works by Plautus, Terence, Cicero, Horace and Seneca around the theme of the good life.
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3.00 Credits
Between the first and the eighth centuries, two new religions, Christianity and Islam, joined the Jewish and Greco-Roman religions. In this course, we will invistigate the war of images during this critical period of intercultural transformation and change in the Mediterranean world. We will examine how old and new religions both competed and communicated via art and architecture. Through a number of case studies, we will investigate forms of visual expression in late antiquity; and we will consider how images of the divine functioned to shape and reinforce cultural and social structures.
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