Spring 2014 Course Descriptions
INTRO ROMAN CIV: Introduction to Roman Civilization
Classics 10B Section 1 (4 units)
MCCARTHY, K
Fulfills the L&S breadth requirements in Arts and Literature, Historical Studies and Philosophy and Values.
ELEM ROMAN ARCH: Introduction to the Archaeology of the Late Greek and Roman World
Classics 17B Section 1 (4 units)
PENA, J T
Fulfills the L&S breadth requirements in Arts and Literature and Historical Studies.
FRESHMAN SEMINARS: Indiana Jones and the Elgin Marbles: the myth and reality of archaeology
Classics 24 Section 1 (1 units)
SHELTON, K S
What does someone need to be an archaeologist? A pith helmet? A leather jacket? A whip? Hollywood would like us to believe that treasure-hunting heroes are searching for treasure and saving the world in one of the most adventurous and romantic careers possible - archaeology.
The reality is something quite different but even more interesting. Archaeology is the study of the human past, a window into the cultures and times from which the world of today developed. With insight into the lives of the ancients, we learn a tremendous amount about ourselves and our future potential. Today, archaeology is about history, art, science, cultural heritage, and international law. To be an archaeologist you need to be inquisitive, imaginative and incredibly enthusiastic - especially about holding a simple object that someone dropped hundreds or thousands of years ago and using your mind like a time-machine to meet that individual in the context of his life. This seminar will be an opportunity to analyze the romantic legends, figures, and stereotypes of archaeology and to discover the exciting real elements and adventures of today's archaeologist.
The course will be class discussion primarily based on readings. Requirements: Regular attendance and participation in class once a week; several short written assignments on questions and/or topics of discussion.
FRESHMAN SEMINARS: Images of Socrates
Classics 24 Section 2 (1 units)
LONG, A A
Images of Socrates
Who was Socrates? What did he stand for? What did he contribute to philosophy and education? Why was he condemned to death? Socrates wrote nothing, so we can only get at him through the way he is described and pictured by others. Are the images we have of him consistent? In this seminar we will study a range of texts and portraits of Socrates - Aristophanes, Plato, Epictetus, Kirkegaard, the painter David, and others - in a quest for understanding what Socrates himself was like, as a personality, a thinker, and a world historical figure. Course requirements will include a two-page class presentation on one of the readings or portraits.
CLASSIC MYTHS: The Classic Myths
Classics 28 Section 1 (4 units)
BULLOCH, A W
Fulfills the L&S breadth requirement in Philosophy & Values.
GREEK TRAGEDY: Greek Tragedy
Classics 35 Section 1 (4 units)
GRIFFITH, M
Fulfills the L&S breadth requirement in Arts & Literature.
TOPICS
Classics 130 Section 1 (4 units)
PENA, J T
Fulfills the L&S breadth requirement in Philosophy & Values.
ART/ARY AEGEAN BA: Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
Classics 172 Section 1 (4 units)
SHELTON, K S
Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
This course is an introductory overview of the ancient civilizations of the Bronze Age (3000-1100 BCE) Aegean: Crete, the Cyclades, Mainland Greece, and Western Anatolia. It is intended to expose you to the sites, monuments, art, and artifacts of these cultures and to understand the way a variety of evidence is used to reconstruct history. The evocative, yet still enigmatic remains of palaces and funerary complexes, frescoes and vase-paintings, and precious worked objects will be closely examined in terms of their forms and cultural contexts. Emphasis will also be placed on comparison of the cultures and their material evidence to see how each evolved, to define similarities and differences, and most importantly, to examine the possible influence from cultural exchange, including the place of prehistoric Greece in the international world of the eastern Mediterranean.
The golden age of kings and heroes, about whom Greek poets like Homer sang, seemed all but lost in the mists of time until the spades of Heinrich Schliemann and Arthur Evans began uncovering the vast palaces at Mycenae and Knossos at the end of the nineteenth century. Since then, the quantity of excavated remains has grown enormously, revealing over 2000 years of sophisticated and wealthy early civilizations. This material will be presented through illustrated lectures and readings. Grades will be based on two exams and writing assignments.
TOP AND MON: Pompeii and Herculaneum
Classics 175D Section 1 (4 units)
PIERACCINI, L
Fulfills the L&S breadth requirement in Arts & Literature.
SURVEY GREEK LIT: Survey of Greek Literature
Classics 201B Section 1 (4 units)
GRIFFITH, M
GREEK PHILOSOPHERS: Greek Philosophers
Classics 218 Section 1 (4 units)
FERRARI, G R
CLASSICS TOPICS: Tiberian books of Tacitus Annals
Classics 239 Section 2 (4 units)
SAILOR, D
This seminar will consider the Tiberian books of Tacitus\' Annals from a variety of perspectives and serve as an introduction to basic issues surrounding the interpretation of Roman historical writing. The first ten or so weeks of the semester will be devoted to reading and discussion while the final sessions will be reserved for participants presentation of their research.
ADV LATIN COMP: Advanced Latin Composition
Classics 260 Section 1 (4 units)
MURPHY, T M
SEMINAR CLASS ARCH: Seminar in Classical Archaeology
Classics 270 Section 1 (2 units)
LISSARRAGUE, F
SEMINAR CLASS ARCH: Seminar in Classical Archaeology
Classics 270 Section 2 (4 units)
STEWART, A F and HALLETT, C H
ELEMENTARY GREEK
Greek 2 Section 1 (4 units)
PAPAZARKADAS, N
Beginner's course.
INTENS ELEM GREEK: Intensive Elementary Greek
Greek 10 Section 1 (8 units)
MASTRONARDE, D J
This 8-unit course is an intensive introduction to ancient Greek (the equivalent in one semester of Greek 1 and Greek 2). The course presents the basics of the vocabulary, inflection, and grammar of classical Attic Greek and prepares the student to read classical Greek texts with the help of a dictionary and to enter upper-division courses in Greek the following year.
HOMER
Greek 101 Section 1 (4 units)
MASTRONARDE, D J
This course provides an introduction to the reading of Homeric epic for students who have completed elementary Greek. In Spring 2014 we will be studying the Odyssey. The course will include an introduction to the dialect features of Homeric Greek vocabulary and grammar, an introduction to scansion of Homeric verse, reading in Greek of approximately 3 books of the poem (from Od. 17-20), and study of the entire poem in English and of various topics related to Homeric epic.
ARCHAIC POETRY: Archaic Poetry
Greek 115 Section 1 (4 units)
KURKE, L V
This course will serve as an introduction to the poetic production of the archaic period-the elegy, iambic, and lyric poetry composed between ca. 650-450 BCE throughout the Greek world. We will focus on the poems simultaneously as literary texts and as historical artifacts, considering such topics as their relation to Homeric themes and diction, the effects of orality and literacy, performance context, genre, and sociological/ideological position. Depending on student interest, we will devote a substantial portion of the course to reading Pindar's epinikia.
HELLENISTIC IMP LIT: Greek Literature of the Hellenistic and Imperial Periods
Greek 125 Section 1 (4 units)
Hickey, T M
This semester's iteration of the course will focus on the prolific Syrian author Lucian, a selection of whose works we will explore in conjunction with the social and cultural phenomena of so-called Second Sophistic. Readings will include the Somnium, Apologia, De morte Peregrini, and De dea Syria. All texts will be supplied by the instructor. Principal requirements: a 15-page essay and final exam. Undergraduate prerequisites: Greek 100 and either Greek 101, 102, or 105; Greek 120 helpful.
ELEMENTARY LATIN: Elementary Latin
Latin 1 Section 1 (4 units)
THE STAFF
Beginners' course.
ELEMENTARY LATIN: Elementary Latin
Latin 1 Section 2 (4 units)
THE STAFF
Beginners' course.
ELEMENTARY LATIN: Elementary Latin
Latin 1 Section 3 (4 units)
THE STAFF
Beginners' course.
ELEMENTARY LATIN: Elementary Latin
Latin 1 Section 4 (4 units)
THE STAFF
Beginners' course.
ELEMENTARY LATIN: Elementary Latin
Latin 2 Section 1 (4 units)
WALIN, D C
Beginners' course.
ELEMENTARY LATIN: Elementary Latin
Latin 2 Section 2 (4 units)
WALIN, D C
Beginners' course.
LATIN COMPOSITION: Latin Composition
Latin 40 Section 1 (4 units)
STREET, J M
Students will develop two related skills: sight-reading and writing short compositions in Latin. The course will also entail a review of grammar with an emphasis on syntax and idiom.
REPUBLICAN PROSE: Republican Prose
Latin 100 Section 1 (4 units)
MURPHY, T M
Fulfills the L&S breadth requirements in Arts & Literature and Historical Studies.
VERGIL
Latin 101 Section 1 (4 units)
SAILOR, D
Fulfills the L&S breadth requirement in Arts & Literature.
This course is an introduction to aspects of the Latin of Vergil's Aeneid. We will spend most of our time translating and discussing Vergil's Latin. We will give attention above all to grammar, but will also acquire facility with the dactylic hexameter and discuss issues of style and poetics. We will read the entire poem in English translation, as well as a number of modern critical evaluations of the Aeneid, and we will give specific attention, on a daily basis, to literary and cultural issues.
LYRIC AND SOCIETY: Lyric and Society
Latin 102 Section 1 (4 units)
MCCARTHY, K
Fulfills the L&S breadth requirement in Arts & Literature.
LATIN EPIC: Latin Epic
Latin 119 Section 1 (4 units)
OLIENSIS, E S
Fulfills the L&S breadth requirement in Arts & Literature.
Ovid, Metamorphoses
Our exploration of Ovid's captivating poem of changes will alternate intensive analysis of selected episodes read in Latin with "bird's-eye" views of larger swathes read in translation. Topics will include self-reflexivity and intertextuality; characters as narrators, the risks and pleasures of story-telling; artworks inside and beyond the poem; and the Augustan context.
