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3.00 Credits
One-half or full course for one year.
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3.00 Credits
One-half or full course for one semester. Prerequisite: approval of instructor and division.
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Full course for one semester. This course explores some of the main currents in literary theory in the last 50 years and the application of these theories to selected classical works. The focus will be on three literary movements: (1) New Criticism, (2) structuralism and its various offshoots such as semiotics and narratology, and (3) Marxist literary theory, including political criticism and new historicism/cultural poetics. All non-English texts will be read in translation. Prerequisite: Humanities 110 or consent of the instructor. Conference. Cross-listed as Literature 353.
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Full course for one semester. The course explores the nature and meaning of fifth-century Greek theatre. It begins by examining theories about the origins of Greek tragedy, comedy, and the satyr play. The seminar will then read and discuss selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander. Attention will be given to interpreting the plays in the broader context of contemporary Athenian culture in which they were written and performed. In addition, articles that illustrate particular modern critical approaches will be read with the plays. The course will end with a comparative assessment of critical approaches to Greek drama, both ancient (Gorgias, Plato, and Aristotle) and modern. All works will be read in translation. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or consent of the instructor. Conference. Cross-listed as Literature 363. Not offered 2009-10.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. This course offers a chronological survey of archaic and classical Greek history and civilization from the traditional foundation of the Olympic games in 776 BCE to the fall of the Athenian empire in 404 BCE. After beginning with a brief look at Bronze and Dark Age Greece, we will cover the following topics: the rise of the polis; Greek colonization; the "Age of Revolution," warfare, aristocracy, and the spread of tyranny; the rise of Athens and Sparta; the Persian Wars; the development of Athens' democracy and empire; the causes and course of the Peloponnesian War; the development of ethnography and historical inquiry; and the nature of Greek social relations, with an emphasis on slavery and gender dynamics in Athens and Sparta. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of ancient evidence, including primary literary works, inscriptions, and relevant archaeological material. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or consent of the instructor. Lecture-conference. Cross-listed as History 391.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. This course examines the development of the Roman state from its formation to the end of the fourth century CE, with a strong emphasis on the republican period and its political, economic, military, and social developments. Topics include the nature of the republican constitution, agricultural and urban society, the rise of violence in Roman politics, public rhetoric and private morality, the creation of the principate under the guidance of Augustus, Rome and its neighbors, the role of the emperor in Roman society, and religious conflict under the emperors. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or consent of the instructor. Lecture-conference. Cross-listed as History 393. Not offered 2009-10.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. Each special topics course offers an intensive study of a particular topic from Greek and/or Roman history. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or consent of the instructor. Lecture-conference. Cross-listed as History 395. May be repeated for credit. Not offered 2009-10.
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3.00 Credits
One-half or full course for one year.
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3.00 Credits
One-half or full course for one semester. Prerequisite: approval of instructor and division.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. In this workshop students will write personal essays that cover a range of genres (such as memoir, analytic meditation, and portrait); they will also read and discuss published essays and the work of their peers. Class sessions will be used for discussion of assigned readings and work in progress. Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisites: a prose writing sample of three to five pages and consent of the instructor. Conference.
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