Schedule of Reading Assignments and Topics

MWF 1:30-2:20 PM
Damen Hall 441

The reading assignments yield essential preparation for class meetings and discussions:
complete the reading before the day for which a reading is listed;
review it again as needed.

• Moses Hadas, ed., The Complete Plays of Aristophanes (Bantam Classics)
• Peter Meineck, tr., Aristophanes I: Wasps, Clouds, Birds (Hackett) (superior translations of these three plays, with good notes)
• Kenneth McLeish and J. Michael Walton, tr., Aristophanes and Menander: New Comedy (Women in Power, Wealth, The Malcontent, The Woman from Samos) (Methuen) (not necessarily a better translation than in the Hadas volume of "Ecclesiazusae"="Women in Power", but this volume also includes two plays by Menander we will also read)
• Douglass Parker and Deena Berg, tr., Plautus and Terence: Five Comedies (Bacchides, Menaechmi, Miles Gloriosus, Hecyra, Adelphoe) (Hackett)
• Niall Rudd, tr., The Satires of Horace and Persius (Penguin)
• Niall Rudd, tr., Juvenal: Satires (Oxford)
• William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of Style, 4th edn. (Longman)

M 1/13	Introduction: Old Comedy in its Ancient Athenian Setting reference: Didaskalia, Introduction to Greek Stagecraft (webpage copyright Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today) Study questions
W 1/15	The Old Comedic Citizen: Dicaeopolis, "Just City" reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Acharnians," tr. Rogers, ed. Hadas, pp. 13-36 Study questions
F 1/17	Comedic Success and the Community reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Acharnians," tr. Rogers, ed. Hadas, pp. 36-51 Strunk and White, chh. I, III, pp. 1-14, 34-38 Study questions
M 1/20	No classes. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
W 1/22	You Say You Want an Education: We All Want to Change the World reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Clouds," tr. Meineck, pp. 9-61 (equivalently, tr. Hadas, pp. 101-123, but Meineck uses more contemporary English, and gives useful contextual notes at the back) Strunk and White, ch. IV, pp. 39-65 Study questions
F 1/24	Education and Community Values reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Clouds," tr. Meineck, pp. 61-106 (equivalently, tr. Hadas, pp. 123-141; again, Meineck has more contemporary English and notes) Strunk and White, ch. II, pp. 15-33 additional resource about designing an argument for an academic paper: Strategic Guide Study questions
M 1/27	The Soul of Athens is in the Courtroom reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Wasps," tr. Meineck, pp. 133-183 (equivalently, tr. Hadas, pp. 143-166; again, Meineck has more contemporary English and notes) Strunk and White, ch. Va, pp. 66-76 Writing Assignment 1 coming up! Study questions
W 1/29	It's a Wise Son who Knows his own Father reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Wasps," tr. Meineck, pp. 183-233 (equivalently, tr. Hadas, pp. 166-183; again, Meineck has more contemporary English and notes) Strunk and White, ch. Vb, pp. 76-86 Study questions Remember the writing assignment!
F 1/31	Writing Assignment 1: The Generation of Comedy reference: Aristophanes' Plays First phase of Writing Assignment 1 due today! Bring your typed paper to class, and be extra-sure to come on time. Study questions
M 2/3	Redeeming Beetle-Food: Mythological Travesty in Old Comedy reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Peace," tr. Rogers, ed. Hadas, pp. 185-210 Study questions
W 2/5	Getting a Peace of the Action reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Peace," tr. Rogers, ed. Hadas, pp. 210-227 Performance today! Study questions
F 2/7	Fly, Fly Away reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Birds," tr. Meineck, pp. 262-313 (equivalently, tr. Webb, ed. Hadas, pp. 229-254; again, Meineck has more contemporary English and notes) Study questions
M 2/10	Athenian Imperialism for the Birds reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Birds," tr. Meineck, pp. 314-381 (equivalently, tr. Webb, ed. Hadas, pp. 254-286; again, Meineck has more contemporary English and notes) Performance today! Revised version of Writing Assignment 1 due today! Please turn in your first draft and peer-review feedback along with your revised paper. Study questions
W 2/12	Take Back the Polis / Take the Polis on Your Back Aristophanes, "Lysistrata," tr. Lindsay, ed. Hadas, pp. 287-311 Study questions Looking ahead: Study Guide for Exam 1
F 2/14	You Can't Live without Them reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Lysistrata," tr. Lindsay, ed. Hadas, pp. 311-328 Performance today! Study questions Looking ahead: Study Guide for Exam 1
F 2/14, Sa 2/15	Friday 2/14, 7:30 PM, Simpson Multi-Purpose Room: The Feminist Forum and the Women's Studies Program sponsor a staged reading of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" to benefit Rape Victims Advocates. Saturday 2/15, 7:30 PM, Rambler Room: The Department of Theatre sponsors a performance of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues", also to benefit Rape Victims Advocates. I will be happy to accept a brief essay (3-4 pages) about either performance as a totally optional extra-credit assignment: compare and contrast how the modern feminist humor of "The Vagina Monologues" operates, with the gendered and sexual humor of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata." The assignment, if you choose to do it, will be due at the start of class on Friday, 2/21.
M 2/17	Exam I: Athenian Old Comedy Study Guide for Exam 1 Study questions
W 2/19	Subvert the Patriarchy reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Women in Power," tr. McLeish, pp. 3-37 (equivalently, "Ecclesiazusae," tr. Lindsay, ed. Hadas, pp. 417-444) Study questions
F 2/21	What do Women Want? The Ends of Comic Subversion reference: Aristophanes' Plays Aristophanes, "Women in Power," tr. McLeish, pp. 37-60 (equivalently, "Ecclesiazusae," tr. Lindsay, ed. Hadas, pp. 445-462) Study questions
M 2/24	Sweet Romance in the Country Menander, "The Malcontent," tr. McLeish, pp. 127-155 Writing Assignment 2 coming up! Study questions
W 2/26	Irresistible Force and Immovable Object Menander, "The Malcontent," tr. McLeish, pp. 155-174 Study questions Remember the writing assignment!
F 2/28	Writing Assignment 2: Character, Situation, Comedy First phase of Writing Assignment 2 due today! Bring your typed paper to class, and be extra-sure to come on time. Study questions
M 3/3 - Su 3/9	No classes. MIDSEMESTER BREAK!
M 3/3	Loyola will be on break, but the bounties of the Classical world never cease giving. Today the Lysistrata Project is planning an international web of performances in activism for peace. If you have the opportunity to see or participate in a performance (check out the link for locations), I'll be happy to accept a brief review (3-4 pages) as a totally optional extra-credit assignment: build your essay on the question, how effectively did the performance you saw make "Lysistrata" advocate peace for a modern audience? Think about performance and humor; you may want to compare and contrast what we have observed about "Lysistrata" and fifth-century Athens. The assignment, if you choose to do it, will be due at the start of class on Friday, 3/14.
M 3/10	Paved with Good Intentions Menander, "The Woman from Samos," tr. McLeish, pp. 177-204 Study questions
W 3/12	Wit's Ends and Crossed Purposes Menander, "The Woman from Samos," tr. McLeish, pp. 204-226 Performance today! Study questions
F 3/14	The Original Comedy of Errors Didaskalia, Introduction to Roman Stagecraft (webpage copyright Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today) Plautus, "Double Bind," tr. Parker, pp. 108-148 Study questions
M 3/17	Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou? Plautus, "Double Bind," tr. Parker, pp. 148-184 Performance today! Study questions
W 3/19	What Can You Do with a Boastful Soldier? Plautus, "Major Blowhard," tr. Berg, pp. 6-53 Performance today! Study questions
F 3/21	Victory and Choice Plautus, "Major Blowhard," tr. Berg, pp. 53-98 Study questions
M 3/24	Blame-a-Dame Game Terence, "The Mother-in-Law," tr. Berg, pp. 300-320 Performance today! Writing Assignment 3 coming up! Study questions
W 3/26	Nothing Exceeds Like Restraint Terence, "The Mother-in-Law," tr. Berg, pp. 320-344 Study questions Remember the writing assignment!
F 3/28	Writing Assignment 3: Who's Laughing Now? First phase of Writing Assignment 3 due today! Bring your typed paper to class, and be extra-sure to come on time. Study questions
M 3/31	What's the Matter with Kids Today? Terence, "The Brothers," tr. Berg, pp. 350-376 Study questions Looking ahead: Study Guide for Exam 2
W 4/2	Bringing Down Father Terence, "The Brothers," tr. Berg, pp. 376-405 Study questions Looking ahead: Study Guide for Exam 2
F 4/4	Exam II: New Comedy at Athens and Rome Study Guide for Exam 2 Study questions
M 4/7	Chatty Satirist Horace, Satires I.1-4, pp. 39-60 Study questions
W 4/9	Satirically Speaking among Friends Horace, Satires I.5-10, pp. 61-82 Writing Assignment 4 coming up! Study questions
F 4/11	Satire Does (Not) Take a Holiday Horace, Satires II.1, 4, 5, 6, 8, pp. 85-87, 106-111, 122-125 Study questions Remember the writing assignment!
M 4/14	Writing Assignment 4: Talk Therapy First phase of Writing Assignment 4 due today! Bring your typed paper to class, and be extra-sure to come on time. Study questions
W 4/16	The Voice of Indignation Juvenal, Satires 1-2, pp. 3-14 Study questions
Th 4/17 (4:30 PM) - M 4/21 (4:30 PM)	No classes. EASTER BREAK!
W 4/23	Satiric Corruption, Roman Style Juvenal, Satires 3-4, pp. 15-30 Study questions
F 4/25	Hope for Culture and the Vanity of Human Wishes Juvenal, Satires 7, 10, pp. 61-69, 86-98 Study questions Study Guide for the Final Exam.
M 4/28 12:00-1:00 PM	Study day. Totally optional review session Study Guide for the Final Exam.
Tu 4/29 12:00 noon	Study day. Rewritten version of Writing Assignment 4 due! Study Guide for the Final Exam.
T 5/6 12:40-2:40 PM	Final examination. See Loyola's Final Exam Schedule. At exam-time: optional rewritten version of Writing Assignment 3, if you choose to submit a revised version for regrading, due! (otherwise the Draft grade will be your grade for the Assignment)

Revised 28 April 2003 by jlong1@orion.it.luc.edu
http://www.luc.edu/depts/classics/