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York University
Programme in Classical Studies 2007-2008 Humanities 3110
“ars imperii”
(The "Art" of imperium)
Paul Swarney Classical Studies 121 Winters College York University Toronto
Important Academic Dates 2007-2008
Fall Term 2007
Required Texts:
Horace, The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 019283942X Vergil, The Aenied, translated by L. R. Lind, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0-253-20045-8 Catullus, Catullus: The Complete Poems, translated by Guy Lee, Oxford University Press ISBN 0192835874 Caesar, Caesar: The Gallic Wars, translated by Carolyn Hammond, Oxford University Press ISBN 0192835823 Cicero, Selected Political Speeches, translated by Michael Grant, Penguin ISBN 0140442146 Cicero, Cicero: The Republic, The Laws, translated by Niall Rudd, Oxford University Press ISBN 0192832360 Cicero, Cicero: Selected Letters, translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey Penguin ISBN 0140444580 Vergil, The Eclogues and Georgics, translated by C.D. Lewis, Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-283768-0 Propertius, The Poems, translated by Guy Lee, Oxford University Press ISBN 0192835734 Lucretius, On the Nature of the Universe, translated by Ronald Melville, Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-281761-2 Selected Readings for 'ars imperii' 2007, selected, edited and/or translated by P. Swarney (available at first lecture 6 September 2007)
ESSAYS: FALL TERM 2007
Several essays and assignments will be set during the Fall Term. Performance in essays and assignments will constitute 50% of the term’s evaluation.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSAYS AND ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE IN CLASS ON THE ASSIGNED DATE. ANY ESSAY HANDED IN AFTER THE DUE DATE WILL HAVE ONE GRADE SUBTRACTED FROM ITS EVALUATION FOR EACH CLASS BY WHICH IT IS OVERDUE; e.g AN “A” ESSAY HANDED IN ONE CLASS LATE WILL BE GRADED “B” ETC.
TESTS: FALL TERM 2007
Two tests on the assigned material and the topics covered in class and discussion will be set at the start of class on Tuesday 30 October and Thursday 29 November in Vari Hall 154. Performance in examination will constitute 50% of the term evaluation.
PARTICIPATION
From -3 to +3 points.
FORMAT
The class will meet twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday from 08:30-09:50 in Vari Hall 154. The activities at each meeting will vary, but will generally comprise analysis and explanation of assigned readings and source material, and discussion of the topics, events and methodology which form the foundation of the course. Each meeting will focus on a specific topic and text and will be the locus of discussion about essays and other matters in the course.
The potential litigiousness of a small minority of the undergraduate population and the precise facts about student attendance demanded by Faculties at York require that attendance records be kept for each session. Students should note that participation in the discussions of topics and analysis of assigned readings is obligatory, and that reading and preliminary analysis of assigned material should be completed in advance of the session in which the material is to be employed.
Participation in the course will add between ‑3 points to +3 points to the term evaluation. It should be noted that students who habitually absent themselves from lectures, discussions and presentations generally find it impossible to participate in sessions which they do not attend!
ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS
The rules and regulations concerning plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty governing the course are those of the University and Faculty of Arts. Students will be expected to have acquainted themselves with these regulations and will be reminded of disciplinary procedures and penalties should occasion for such procedures present themselves. Please carefully read and understand:
http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/policies/document.php?document=69
Rule # 24 You may no longer eat or drink in class. You must either have breakfast before the lecture or starve. This is a matter of courtesy to your fellow students and a matter of necessity for the professor.
LECTURES AND ASSIGNMENTS: FALL TERM 2004
September 6 ars imperii - IX PR. KAL. OCTOBRES, M.CICERO, C. ANTONIO COS. Suetonius, vita Augusti COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR 3110 Please follow instructions if you are not yet on 3110@yorku.ca!
11 Suetonius, Augustus
13 [There is no Lecture today!] War and Revolution: ars oratoris Cicero, in Catilinam 1 18 in Catilinam 1 ars imperii I, pars prima Due. 20 in Catilinam 2-4
25 in Catilinam 2-4 Letters 5-7 27 ars poetis 1 Cicero and his Amicii Cicero, pro Archia
October 2 ars poetis 2: Catullus and his amicii Catullus 4 ars maledictionis 1: Catullus and his inimicii Catullus 9 ars poetica: Catullus 64 11 ars maledictionis 2 Cicero, pro Caelio
16 ars rationis Lucretius, de rerum natura 1 18 Lucretius 2-3
23 Lucretius 4-5 25 Lucretius 6
30 Examination 1
November 1 Cicero, Letters 8-41
6 ars belli Caesar, Gallic War 1 8 Gallic Wars 2-4
13 Gallic Wars 5-7 15 ars imperii: Cicero's version Cicero, de republica 1-3 20 de republica 4-6 Letters 42-111 22 Suetonius, Caesar
27 Plutarch, Cicero Cicero, Letters 112-137 29 Examination 2
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