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Spring Term 2018 TOP: ROMAN DRAMA - 3066 - CLAS 301
Registration for this term is over. Changes or corrections to registration now by petition only. Students should contact their academic advisor.
The second week of classes has begun. Approval of the instructor is now required for registration.


Prerequisites/Notes: CLAS 220 or three years of high school Latin

Catalog Description : Close reading and study of texts selected from the corpus of Latin literature. The course will focus on a different genre, author, or theme in Latin poetry or prose each year it is offered. Possible topics include Roman satire, Roman comedy and tragedy, love elegy, and epistolary writing. Meets concurrently with CLAS 401. Not open to students who have received credit for the current topic under CLAS 401 or who need to receive credit for CLAS 401. May be repeated when the topic is different.

Topic for Spring 2018: Roman Drama
In this course we will read excerpts in Latin from two plays: Plautus' Casina and Seneca's Medea. In many ways, these plays have nothing in common: comedy vs. drama, daily life vs. high myth, Republican vs. Imperial, full-scale public productions vs. private readings. However, what they share is an interest in exploring the psychology of strong, confident female characters and the way in which these women negotiate power dynamics in their relationships with the men in their lives. Taking these plays as our starting point, we will explore how Plautus and Seneca contended with their own ancient version of "nasty women" and the extent to which their plays reflected wider Roman views on the role of women in society.



Attributes: Non-English Language Instructn, GER Humanities Div, GER BA Language, GER BMUS Language, 200-399 Foundation/Gateway Crs


Term

Spring Term 2018

Instructors

Staff

Course

CLAS 301

Grade Mode

Standard

Title

TOP: ROMAN DRAMA (A,M)

Final Exam

Monday, Jun 04, 2018 08:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

CRN

3066

Status

Cancelled

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Start-End Date

 

Campus

Appleton Main Campus

Units

6

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Maximum

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Enrollment:

Unlimited

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