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CLAS0143A-S12

CRN: 21934
Rise & Fall of Roman Republic

The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic
This course is an introduction to the literature, politics, culture and history of the Roman Republic (c.509-31BCE) - a period which saw Rome grow from a small city on the Tiber to the supreme power in the Mediterranean, and also saw the development of Latin literature. Our readings cover a broad variety of literary genres and authors: comedy (Plautus and Terence), lyric (Catullus), epic (Ennius), political speeches and letters (Cicero), history (Caesar, Sallust, Polybius), and didactic philosophy (Lucretius). As we read we will be careful to investigate how these texts present different and often conflicting ideas of what it means to be Roman, as well as how different ideologies of Rome compete throughout each work. 3 hrs. lect. 1hr. disc.

Instructors:
Christopher Star
Location:
Twilight Hall 201
Schedule:
11:00am-12:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday at AXT 201 (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012) 12:30pm-1:20pm on Friday at AXT 302 (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)
Requirements Satisfied:
EUR, HIS, LIT

CLAS0190A-S12

Cross-Listed As:
CLAS0190B-S12 CMLT0190A-S12 CMLT0190B-S12

CRN: 21935
Greek and Roman Comedy

Greek and Roman Comedy
A survey of the comic playwrights of Greece (Aristophanes and Menander) and Rome (Plautus and Terence) in light of their ancient social, political, and religious contexts as well as modern theoretical approaches to laughter (including psychoanalysis and structural anthropology). We will trace enduring aspects of the comic tradition that can be found in both Greece and Rome and also look forward to Renaissance and modern comedy. These include: the nature of the comic hero; the patterns of comic plots; the dependence of comedy on language; the comic poet's concern with questions of freedom and slavery, desire and repression. (formerly CLAS 0160) 3 hrs. lect., 1 hr. disc.

Instructors:
Pavlos Sfyroeras
Location:
Twilight Hall 201
Schedule:
1:30pm-2:45pm on Tuesday, Thursday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)
Requirements Satisfied:
EUR, LIT

CLAS0190B-S12

Cross-Listed As:
CLAS0190A-S12 CMLT0190A-S12 CMLT0190B-S12

CRN: 22372
Greek and Roman Comedy

Greek and Roman Comedy
A survey of the comic playwrights of Greece (Aristophanes and Menander) and Rome (Plautus and Terence) in light of their ancient social, political, and religious contexts as well as modern theoretical approaches to laughter (including psychoanalysis and structural anthropology). We will trace enduring aspects of the comic tradition that can be found in both Greece and Rome and also look forward to Renaissance and modern comedy. These include: the nature of the comic hero; the patterns of comic plots; the dependence of comedy on language; the comic poet's concern with questions of freedom and slavery, desire and repression. (formerly CLAS 0160) 3 hrs. lect., 1 hr. disc.

Instructors:
Pavlos Sfyroeras
Location:
Twilight Hall 201
Schedule:
1:30pm-2:45pm on Tuesday, Thursday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)
Requirements Satisfied:
CW, EUR, LIT

CLAS0190X-S12

Cross-Listed As:
CMLT0190X-S12

CRN: 22373
Greek and Roman Comedy
Discussion - CW

Greek and Roman Comedy
A survey of the comic playwrights of Greece (Aristophanes and Menander) and Rome (Plautus and Terence) in light of their ancient social, political, and religious contexts as well as modern theoretical approaches to laughter (including psychoanalysis and structural anthropology). We will trace enduring aspects of the comic tradition that can be found in both Greece and Rome and also look forward to Renaissance and modern comedy. These include: the nature of the comic hero; the patterns of comic plots; the dependence of comedy on language; the comic poet's concern with questions of freedom and slavery, desire and repression. (formerly CLAS 0160) 3 hrs. lect., 1 hr. disc.

Instructors:
Pavlos Sfyroeras
Location:
Twilight Hall 206
Schedule:
11:15am-12:05pm on Friday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)

CLAS0190Y-S12

Cross-Listed As:
CMLT0190Y-S12

CRN: 22306
Greek and Roman Comedy
Discussion

Greek and Roman Comedy
A survey of the comic playwrights of Greece (Aristophanes and Menander) and Rome (Plautus and Terence) in light of their ancient social, political, and religious contexts as well as modern theoretical approaches to laughter (including psychoanalysis and structural anthropology). We will trace enduring aspects of the comic tradition that can be found in both Greece and Rome and also look forward to Renaissance and modern comedy. These include: the nature of the comic hero; the patterns of comic plots; the dependence of comedy on language; the comic poet's concern with questions of freedom and slavery, desire and repression. (formerly CLAS 0160) 3 hrs. lect., 1 hr. disc.

Instructors:
Pavlos Sfyroeras
Location:
Twilight Hall 206
Schedule:
12:30pm-1:20pm on Friday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)

CLAS0190Z-S12

Cross-Listed As:
CMLT0190Z-S12

CRN: 22307
Greek and Roman Comedy
Discussion

Greek and Roman Comedy
A survey of the comic playwrights of Greece (Aristophanes and Menander) and Rome (Plautus and Terence) in light of their ancient social, political, and religious contexts as well as modern theoretical approaches to laughter (including psychoanalysis and structural anthropology). We will trace enduring aspects of the comic tradition that can be found in both Greece and Rome and also look forward to Renaissance and modern comedy. These include: the nature of the comic hero; the patterns of comic plots; the dependence of comedy on language; the comic poet's concern with questions of freedom and slavery, desire and repression. (formerly CLAS 0160) 3 hrs. lect., 1 hr. disc.

Instructors:
Pavlos Sfyroeras
Location:
Twilight Hall 206
Schedule:
1:30pm-2:20pm on Friday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)

CLAS0420A-S12

CRN: 20536
Seminar in Classical Lit
The Father of Multiculturalism

Senior Seminar in Classical Literature: The Father of “Multiculturalism”
Herodotus (485-424 BC), “the Father of History,” is also regarded as the first sociologist and ethnographer. The plan and argument of his work, including its many fantastic stories, disclose a philosophic intention overlooked by those who call him the “Father of Lies.” Herodotus’ subject is the “Greek miracle”: how the tiny and fractious cities of Greece took concerted action against the overwhelming might of the Persian kings who invaded Greece in 490 and 479 BC. This unlikely triumph of political freedom and limited government over despotic empire is told against the background of the Afro-Asiatic origins of Greek civilization, which Herodotus uncovers in wide-ranging investigations of the customs and religions of Greece, Lydia, Media, Persia, Egypt, Libya, and Scythia. In this course we will pursue a close reading of Herodotus in translation; the seminar is open to all students with some previous background in Greek and/or Roman literature.

Instructors:
Marc Witkin
Location:
Twilight Hall 206
Schedule:
3:00pm-4:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)
Requirements Satisfied:
EUR, LIT, PHL

CLAS0500A-S12

CRN: 20332
Independent Study

Independent Study
(Approval required)

Location:
Main
Schedule:
7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0500B-S12

CRN: 20689
Independent Study

Independent Study
(Approval required)

Instructors:
Jane Chaplin
Location:
Main
Schedule:
7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0500C-S12

CRN: 20814
Independent Study

Independent Study
(Approval required)

Instructors:
Marc Witkin
Location:
Main
Schedule:
7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0500E-S12

CRN: 20341
Independent Study

Independent Study
(Approval required)

Instructors:
Pavlos Sfyroeras
Location:
Main
Schedule:
7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0500F-S12

CRN: 20691
Independent Study

Independent Study
(Approval required)

Instructors:
Christopher Star
Location:
Main
Schedule:
7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0505A-S12

CRN: 20713
Ind Senior Project

(Approval Required)

Location:
Main
Schedule:
7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0505B-S12

CRN: 20940
Ind Senior Project

(Approval Required)

Instructors:
Jane Chaplin
Location:
Main
Schedule:
7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0505C-S12

CRN: 20941
Ind Senior Project

(Approval Required)

Instructors:
Marc Witkin
Location:
Main
Schedule:
7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0505E-S12

CRN: 20943
Ind Senior Project

(Approval Required)

Instructors:
Pavlos Sfyroeras
Location:
Main
Schedule:
7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0505F-S12

CRN: 20944
Ind Senior Project

(Approval Required)

Instructors:
Christopher Star
Location:
Main
Schedule:
7:00pm-8:29pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0700A-S12

CRN: 20693
Sr Essay Classics/Cy

Senior Essay for Classics/Classical Studies Majors
(Approval required)

Location:
Main
Schedule:
8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0700B-S12

CRN: 20947
Sr Essay Classics/Cy

Senior Essay for Classics/Classical Studies Majors
(Approval required)

Instructors:
Jane Chaplin
Location:
Main
Schedule:
8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0700C-S12

CRN: 20948
Sr Essay Classics/Cy

Senior Essay for Classics/Classical Studies Majors
(Approval required)

Instructors:
Marc Witkin
Location:
Main
Schedule:
8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0700E-S12

CRN: 20950
Sr Essay Classics/Cy

Senior Essay for Classics/Classical Studies Majors
(Approval required)

Instructors:
Pavlos Sfyroeras
Location:
Main
Schedule:
8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

CLAS0700F-S12

CRN: 20951
Sr Essay Classics/Cy

Senior Essay for Classics/Classical Studies Majors
(Approval required)

Instructors:
Christopher Star
Location:
Main
Schedule:
8:00am-4:59pm on Sunday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 22, 2012)

GREK0102A-S12

CRN: 21938
Beginning Greek II

Beginning Greek II
This course completes the introductory course offered in Winter Term and will conclude by reading one of Plato's philosophical dialogues. (formerly CLAS 0104) 6 hrs. lect.

Instructors:
Marc Witkin
Location:
Twilight Hall 302
Schedule:
9:30am-10:45am on Tuesday, Thursday at AXT 302 (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012) 10:10am-11:00am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday at AXT 302 (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)
Requirements Satisfied:
LNG

GREK0302A-S12

CRN: 21939
Readings in Greek Lit II

Readings in Greek Literature II
Readings in major authors. (formerly CLAS 0304) 3 hrs. lect.

Instructors:
Jane Chaplin
Location:
Twilight Hall 305
Schedule:
9:30am-10:20am on Thursday at AXT 305 (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012) 12:15pm-1:30pm on Monday, Wednesday at AXT 206 (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)
Requirements Satisfied:
LIT, LNG

LATN0202A-S12

CRN: 21940
Intermediate Latin: Poetry

Intermediate Latin: Poetry
Readings in major authors. 3 hrs. lect.

Instructors:
Christopher Star
Location:
Twilight Hall 301
Schedule:
11:15am-12:05pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)
Requirements Satisfied:
EUR, LNG

LATN0402A-S12

CRN: 21556
Advanced Readings in Latin II

Advanced Readings in Latin II
Readings in major authors. 3 hrs. lect.

Instructors:
Christopher Star
Location:
Twilight Hall 206
Schedule:
4:30pm-7:00pm on Wednesday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)