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HUMA 3110: Roman Culture and Society:

The Age of Augustus

Sarah Blake (sblake@yorku.ca) / 245 Vanier College / (416) 736-2100 x77401

Office hours: Fall: Mon. 2-3 and Fri. 10-11 / Winter: Wed. 11-12 and Fri. 3-4

COURSE COMPONENTS

Essay # 1 (due Oct. 10^th): 10% Mid-Term (Take-home, due Mar. 6^th): 15%

Essay #2 (due Feb. 20^th): 10% Final Exam (during finals): 20%

Essay # 3 (due Apr. 3^rd): 15% Participation / Discussion : 15%

Essay # 4 (due May 21^st): 15%

The exams will consist of short answer and essay questions. Essays # 1 and #2 will be 4-6 pages, while Essays # 3 and # 4 will be 6-8 pages. The Participation / Discussion grade will consist of both your weekly participation in the group discussion, and also your individual effort as discussion leader.

COURSE TEXTS

Course Kit for 3110. Available at the Bookstore.

Galinsky, K., ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus. Cambridge UP, 2005.

Zanker, P. The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus. Ann Arbor: U. of Michigan Press, 1988.

Virgil. The Aeneid of Virgil. Trans. Alan Mandelbaum. Bantam Classics, 1981.

Virgil. The Eclogues and the Georgics. Trans. C.D.Lewis. Oxford World Classics.

Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans. Feeney and Raeburn. Penguin Classics.

Ovid. The Erotic Poems. Trans. Peter Green.

Horace. Satires of Horace and Persius. Trans. Niall Rudd. Penguin Classics.

Horace. The Complete Odes and Epodes. Trans. D. West. Oxford World Classics.

Propertius. Propertius in Love: The Elegies. A Joan Palevsky Book in Classical Literature. Trans. D. Slavitt. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2002.

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