ANCIENT GREEK & ROMAN EPIC
CLT3340 (section 2040)
Spring 2007
MWF 11th period (6:15-7:05pm)
MCCC 0100
The ancient Greek and
Roman tradition
of epic poetry preserves the some of the earliest and best-known
examples
of "Western" literature. Indeed, such poems as the Iliad and Aeneid
continue to exert an influence on modern literature and popular culture.
This course examines
the development
of the Greco-Roman epic genre in the context of the political and
social
world of the Mediterranean region from its origins in oral performance
traditions in the Bronze Age to the Roman Imperial period. Readings
will
focus on Homeric and Hesiodic poetry, the Roman epic of Virgil and
Ovid,
and earlier texts that contributed to the development of Greco-Roman
literary
forms, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh.
- Students
should
download the syllabus
and bring it and the coursepack to class the first day.
instructor
Jim Marks, Department of Classics
office hours: MWF 4-5, 125 Dauer
(jmarks@ufl.edu)
required texts (available at
Orange & Blue Textbooks 309 NW 13th St, 375-2707)
NOTE: other editions are OK for this
class, but it is up to the student to match the readings to the proper
page numbers of any alternative texts.
- Coursepack for CLT3340 section 2040
- Gods and Heroes of the Greeks:
The
Library
of Apollodorus, translated by Michael Simpson. University of
Massachusetts
Press ISBN 0870232061
- Myths from Mesopotamia,
translated
by Stephanie Dalley (reprint edition, September 1998). Oxford
University
Press ISBN 0192835890
- Hesiod Theogony,
translated by
Richard
Caldwell. Focus ISBN 0941051005
- Homer Iliad, translated by
Richard
Lattimore. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226469409
- Homer Odyssey, translated
by
Richard
Lattimore. Perennial Classics ISBN 0060931957
- Virgil Aeneid, translated
by
David
West. Penguin ISBN 0140449329
- Ovid Metamorphoses,
translated
by A.
D. Melville. Oxford Universtiy Press. ISBN 019283472X
- Lucan Civil War (aka Pharsalia),
translated by Susan Braund. Oxford University Press ISBN 0192839497
course website
(http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/marksj/epic/anc_epic.html)
Students should bring to class the lecture
note outlines for the day, downloaded from the course webpage. Also
available
are study questions (which serve as the basis for quizzes), study
guides
for the exams and images from the lectures.
evaluation
weekly quizzes (non-cumulative);
6% each = 60% of total grade
- Friday January 19
- Wednesday January 31
- Wednesday February 7
- Wednesday February 14
- Wednesday February 21
- Wednesday February 28
- Wednesday March 21
- Monday April 2
- Wednesday April 11
- Friday April 20
exams (non-cumulative): 20% each =
40% of total grade
- Wednesday March 7
- Wednesday April 25 (last class day)
class participation, though not
strictly
required, is highly encouraged, and will be taken into consideration
when
deciding grades that are borderline.
course downloads
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14
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