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English 6/3392.02: Classical
Backgrounds
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Summer II 2005
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Course Goals: This course will explore the historical and
cultural
moment of the Greek Classical Period as reflected in its literary,
dramatic,
rhetorical, and philosophical tradition. The central focus will
be
the representation of the polis (the concept of which developed
immediately
prior to the Classical Period) in Classical texts and its centrality as
a literary and cultural phenomenon. Other issues will include the
nuclear family as the foundation of the polis, disciplinarity,
interdisciplinarity, the role of rhetoric, the role of
literature, the emergence
of literary criticism, and the continuation of Classical tradition in
modern
Western culture.
Course Method: The best method for this class will be
discussion.
You will also be required to make an oral presentation on some aspect
of
the Classical Period related to your personal interests..
Course Projects: TBD
Textbooks: Wilkie & Hurt, eds. Literature of the
Western
World:
The Ancient World through the Renaissance. Vol.
I 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.
Martin, Thomas R. Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to
Hellenistic
Times. New Haven: Yale Nota Bene, 2000.
Links
Oresteia
Special Needs: Advise me of any special needs you may have
immediately.
WTAMU seeks to provide reasonable accommodation for all qualified
persons
with disabilities. This university will adhere to all applicable
federal,
state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to
providing
reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational
opportunity.
It is the student's responsibility to register with the Disability
Support
Services and to contact the faculty member in a timely fashion to
arrange
for suitable accommodations.
7/7 Introduction
7/11 Martin Ch. 4-7
7/12 Martin Ch. 8-9
7/13 Pre-Socratic Thought
Plato, Republic (Lecture)
7/14 Plato, Apology
Aristotle, Poetics
7/18 Aeschylus, Oresteia
7/19 Sophocles, Oedipus
the King (Video)
7/20 Sophocles, Oedipus
at Colonus (Video)
7/21 Sophocles, Antigone
(Video)
7/25 Euripides, Medea
Aristophanes, Lysistrata
7/26 Drama Discussion
7/27 Midterm Project
7/28 Rhetoric
8/1 Rhetoric
8/2 History
8/3 Poetry
8/4 Workshop
8/8 Presentations
8/9 Presentations
8/10 Presentations
8/11 Final Exam
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Ph.D. as to
this syllabus and all lectures; materials may not be reproduced without
Dr. Jacobsen's written consent. Students are prohibited from selling
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