A/S HUMA 2105: Roman Literature and Culture

Fall/Winter 2008-9

             

        

 

 

              COURSE COMPONENTS

 

 

              Test # 1 (Oct. 27^th in lecture): 15%

 

              Test # 2 (Take-Home, due Mar. 9^th): 20%

 

              Essay # 1 (4-5pp; due April 13^th): 12.5%

 

              Essay # 2 (6-7 pp; due May 11^th):15%

 

              Outline for Essay #2 (due April 27^th): 2.5%

 

              Final Exam (in Finals period): 20%

 

              Tutorial Grade: 15%

 

              REQUIRED COURSE TEXTS

              Shelton, J. As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History 2^nd ed. Oxford UP.

              Livy. The Early History of Rome, Books I-V. Trans. A. De Sélincourt. Penguin.

              Sallust. Catiline’s War, The Jugurthine War, Histories. Trans. A.J.Woodman. Penguin.

              Plautus. Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus. Trans. D. Christenson. Focus Classical Lib.

              Plautus. Rome and the Mysterious Orient. Three Plays by Plautus. Trans. A. Richlin. UC Press.

              Cicero. Selected Works. Trans. Michael Grant. Penguin.

              Cicero. Selected Political Speeches. Trans. Michael Grant. Penguin.

              Virgil. The Aeneid of Virgil. Trans. Alan Mandelbaum. Bantam.

              Ovid. Metamorphoses. Tran. C. Martin. Norton.

              Suetonius. The Twelve Caesars. Trans. Robert Graves. Penguin.

              Tacitus. The Annals of Imperial Rome. Trans. Michael Grant. Penguin.

              Petronius and Seneca. The Satyricon and The Apocolocyntosis. Trans. J. P Sullivan.

             

 

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