UCLR 100C-002: Interpreting Literature - Classical Studies Personal Voices in Greek and Roman Literature Spring Semester 2024 Dr. Jacqueline Long Monday-Wednesday-Friday 9:20am-10:10am Life Science Building 412

Texts - because we will be working closely with literary texts in every class meeting, it is better to use the printed copy and bring it physically with you each day

• Greek Lyric: an Anthology in Translation, tr. Andrew M. Miller (Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1996)
• Aeschylus, Agamemnon in Robert Fagles, tr., Aeschylus: Oresteia (Penguin Classics 1966, 1967, 1975, 1977, 1984) - alternatively, Agamemnon, tr. George Theodoridis, pub. Bacchicstage and Poetry in Translation, copyright 2005
• Euripides, Hippolytus, in James Morwood, tr., Euripides: Medea and Other Plays (Oxford University Press 1997, 1998, 2009) - alternatively, Hippolytus, tr. George Theodoridis, pub. Bacchicstage and Poetry in Translation, copyright 2010
• Aristophanes, Women at the Thesmophoria Festival (Thesmophoriazousae), in David Barrett, tr., Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays (Penguin Classics, rev. tr. 2007) - alternatively, Thesmophoriazousae, tr. George Theodoridis, pub. Bacchicstage and Poetry in Translation, copyright 2007
• Aristophanes, Frogs, tr. David Barrett in Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays (Penguin Classics, rev. tr. 2007) - alternatively, Frogs, tr. George Theodoridis, pub. Bacchicstage and Poetry in Translation, copyright 2008
• The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity (for this text, the online resource serves us best), tr. W. H. Shewring (1931), adapted Paul Halsall 1996 for the Internet Medieval Sourcebook
• Augustine, Confessions, tr. R. S. Pine-Coffin, Penguin Classics 1961 - alternatively, tr. Albert C. Outler 1955 and in the public domain

Lyric poetry: Archaic Greece and Classical Rome	M 1/15 Martin Luther King Day: No classes. W 1/17 Introductions selected texts - handout distributed in class resource: SQ3R, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ F 1/19 Calling on Community: Tyrtaeus, Callinus Greek Lyric 13-21 Sketch Exercise will be assigned in class resource (note caveats in introduction): Early Greek Poets Chronology, pub. ThoughtCo. M 1/22 Songs of Experience: Archilochus, Semonides Greek Lyric 1-12, 22-26 Sketch Exercise - due resource: Style Sheet, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource (note caveats in introduction): Early Greek Poets Chronology, pub. ThoughtCo. W 1/24 Settings and Singers: Mimnermus, Alcman Greek Lyric 27-37 resource (note caveats in introduction): Early Greek Poets Chronology, pub. ThoughtCo. F 1/26 Lesbians with Burning Hearts: Alcaeus, Sappho Greek Lyric 38-63 groups and poems will be assigned in class for Translation Exercise, part 1 resource (note caveats in introduction): Early Greek Poets Chronology, pub. ThoughtCo. M 1/29 Matters of Interpretation: Solon, Stesichorus Greek Lyric 64-81 Translation Exercise, part 1 - due resource (note caveats in introduction): Early Greek Poets Chronology, pub. ThoughtCo. W 1/31 Professional Callings: Anacreon, Xenophanes, Simonides Greek Lyric 99-103, 107-120 resource (note caveats in introduction): Early Greek Poets Chronology, pub. ThoughtCo. F 2/2 Transcending Greatness: Pindar Greek Lyric 126-136, 192-196, 205-212, 224-230 assignments will be distributed in class for Translation Exercise, part 2 resource (note caveats in introduction): Early Greek Poets Chronology, pub. ThoughtCo. M 2/5 Lyrical Mythology and Tradition: Bacchylides, Corinna Greek Lyric 121-124, 205-212, 224-230 resource (note caveats in introduction; in particular, although Corinna is traditionally dated to the fifth century, current scholarship finds the fourth or the third more likely): Early Greek Poets Chronology, pub. ThoughtCo. W 2/7 Roman Lyric Breaks Out: Catullus selected texts - handout resource (note caveats in introduction): Roman Authors timeline, pub. ThoughtCo. Translation Exercise, part 2 - due resource: Guide to Writing Papers, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource: Style Sheet, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ F 2/9 Refining Roman Lyric: Horace selected texts - handout resource (note caveats in introduction): Roman Authors timeline, pub. ThoughtCo. resource (when the definitive edition is posted for this year's exam, the date will be updated too): Study Guide for Exam 1 M 2/12 Roman Erotic Elegy: Gallus, Sulpicia, Propertius selected texts - handout resource (note caveats in introduction): Roman Authors timeline, pub. ThoughtCo. resource (when the definitive edition is posted for this year's exam, the date will be updated too): Study Guide for Exam 1 W 2/14 Exam 1: Lyric poetry of Archaic Greece, and Roman receptions resource (when the definitive edition is posted for this year's exam, the date will be updated too): Study Guide for Exam 1 resource (note caveats in introduction): Early Greek Poets Chronology, pub. ThoughtCo. resource (note caveats in introduction): Roman Authors timeline, pub. ThoughtCo.
Athenian Drama	F 2/16 Scene-Setting "Introduction to Greek Stagecraft," pub. Didaskalia, the Journal for Ancient Performance; supplementally (albeit less visually), "Theatre Staging, Greek" in the Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th edition; see too "Layout of the Ancient Greek Theater," pub. ThoughtCo., with photographs of various sites resource: "Parode and Related Terms in Ancient Greek Tragedy and Comedy," pub. ThoughtCo. (my own habit is to Anglicize less far and say parodos and exodos) Aeschylus, Agamemnon, prologue - parodos (Fagles tr. pp.103-112 / ll.1-257 or Theodoridis tr. pp.1-6 / ll.1-257) note: ancient Greek and Roman scripts did not include stage-directions, but our translators insert them according to their interpretations of the plays - base all your understanding of what the plays depict on the dialogue resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ M 2/19 In the King's Absence Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 1 - stasimon 2 (Fagles tr. pp.112-131 / ll.258-766 or Theodoridis tr. pp.6-15 / ll.258-782) note: ancient Greek and Roman scripts did not include stage-directions, but our translators insert them according to their interpretations of the plays - base all your understanding of what the plays depict on the dialogue Cultural Assumptions Exercise will be assigned in class resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ W 2/21 Veiled Truths of Clytaemnestra and Cassandra Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 3 (Fagles tr. pp.132-158 / ll.767-1354 or Theodoridis tr. pp.15-26 / ll.783-1330) note: ancient Greek and Roman scripts did not include stage-directions, but our translators insert them according to their interpretations of the plays - base all your understanding of what the plays depict on the dialogue resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ F 2/23 Clytaemnestra's Present Aeschylus, Agamemnon, stasimon 4 - exodos (Fagles tr. pp.158-172 / ll.1355-1708 or Theodoridis tr. pp.26-33 / ll.1331-1673) resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ Cultural Assumptions Exercise - due resource: Guide to Writing Papers, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource: Style Sheet, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ M 2/26 Individual Desires Euripides, Hippolytus, prologue - episode 1 (Morford tr. pp.39-54 / ll.1-524 or Theodoridis tr. pp.1-14 / ll.1-524) resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ W 2/28 Interpersonal Consequences Euripides, Hippolytus, stasimon 1 - episode 3 (Morford tr. 54-70 / ll.525-1101 or Theodoridis tr. pp.14-29 / ll.525-1103) note: ancient Greek and Roman scripts did not include stage-directions, but our translators insert them according to their interpretations of the plays - base all your understanding of what the plays depict on the dialogue resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ F 3/1 Divine Actions Euripides, Hippolytus, stasimon 3 - exodos (Morford tr. pp.70-80 / ll.1102-1468 or Theodoridis tr. pp.29-37 / ll.1104-1463) note: ancient Greek and Roman scripts did not include stage-directions, but our translators insert them according to their interpretations of the plays - base all your understanding of what the plays depict on the dialogue resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ M 3/4-Sa 3/9 Spring Break: No classes. M 3/11 Making Poetry, in Character Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, prologue (Barrett tr. pp.77-87 / ll.1-279 or Theodoridis tr. pp.1-12 / ll.1-278) note: ancient Greek and Roman scripts did not include stage-directions, but our translators insert them according to their interpretations of the plays - base all your understanding of what the plays depict on the dialogue resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource: "Parode and Related Terms in Ancient Greek Tragedy and Comedy," pub. ThoughtCo. W 3/13 What Comedic Women Worshipfully Want (?) Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, parodos - parabasis (Barrett tr. pp.87-107 / ll.280-849 or Theodoridis tr. pp.12-26 / ll.280-846) note: ancient Greek and Roman scripts did not include stage-directions, but our translators insert them according to their interpretations of the plays - base all your understanding of what the plays depict on the dialogue Argumentation Exercise will be assigned in class resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ F 3/15 Parody and Interpretation: Receiving Poetry Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, episode 2 - exodos (Barrett tr. pp.108-123 / ll.847-1231 or Theodoridis tr. pp.26-38 / ll.847-1231) Argumentation Exercise - due note: ancient Greek and Roman scripts did not include stage-directions, but our translators insert them according to their interpretations of the plays - base all your understanding of what the plays depict on the dialogue resource: Guide to Writing Papers, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource: Style Sheet, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ M 3/18 Yearnings Aristophanes, Frogs, prologue - parodos of the Initiates (Barrett tr. pp.133-152 / ll.1-459 or Theodoridis tr. pp.1-18 / ll.1-459) note: ancient Greek and Roman scripts did not include stage-directions, but our translators insert them according to their interpretations of the plays - base all your understanding of what the plays depict on the dialogue resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ W 3/20 Familiarity Breeds Aristophanes, Frogs, episode 3 - episode 5 (Barrett tr. pp.152-166 / ll.460-829 or Theodoridis tr. pp.18-28 / ll.460-829) note: ancient Greek and Roman scripts did not include stage-directions, but our translators insert them according to their interpretations of the plays - base all your understanding of what the plays depict on the dialogue resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource (when the definitive edition is posted for this year's exam, the date will be updated too): Study Guide for Exam 2 F 3/22 Critical Drama Aristophanes, Frogs, episode 6 - exodox (Barrett tr. pp.166-190 / ll.830-1535 or Theodoridis tr. pp.28-46 / ll.830-1523) note: ancient Greek and Roman scripts did not include stage-directions, but our translators insert them according to their interpretations of the plays - base all your understanding of what the plays depict on the dialogue resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource (when the definitive edition is posted for this year's exam, the date will be updated too): Study Guide for Exam 2 M 3/25 Exam 2: Athenian Drama resource (when the definitive edition is posted for this year's exam, the date will be updated too): Study Guide for Exam 2 resource: Extant Athenian Drama - Dates, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/
Christian Self-Declaration	W 3/27 Re-figuring Identity: Perpetua Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, sections 1-6 Fantastical Exercise will be assigned in class resource: "Timeline of Persecutions", pub. BYU Studies possibilities for Optional Creative Challenge 1 will be distributed in class 4:15pm Th 3/28 - 4:00pm M 4/1 Easter Break: No classes. W 4/3 Perpetua's Passion Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, sections 7-13 resource: "Timeline of Persecutions", pub. BYU Studies F 4/5 Perpetuating Perpetua Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, sections 14-21 Fantastical Exercise - due resource: Guide to Writing Papers, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource: Style Sheet, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource: "Timeline of Persecutions", pub. BYU Studies M 4/8 First Things First Augustine, Confessions, Book 1 (Pine-Coffin tr. pp.21-41 or Outler tr. pp.11-23) Optional Creative Challenge 1, if undertaken - due resource: Augustine chronology, pub. R. D. Wallin possibilities for Optional Creative Challenge 2 will be distributed in class W 4/10 What's in a Pear? Augustine, Confessions, Book 2 (Pine-Coffin tr. pp.43-53 or Outler tr. pp.24-30) resource: Augustine chronology, pub. R. D. Wallin F 4/12 Drama Augustine, Confessions, Book 3 (Pine-Coffin tr. pp.55-70 or Outler tr. pp.31-40) Alternatives Exercise will be assigned in class resource: Augustine chronology, pub. R. D. Wallin M 4/15 Going Part-Way Augustine, Confessions, Book 4 (Pine-Coffin tr. pp.71-90 or Outler tr. pp.41-53) resource: Augustine chronology, pub. R. D. Wallin W 4/17 Big Step Augustine, Confessions, Book 5 (Pine-Coffin tr. pp.91-109 or Outler tr. pp.54-65) resource: Augustine chronology, pub. R. D. Wallin F 4/19 The Big City Augustine, Confessions, Book 6 (Pine-Coffin tr. pp.111-132 or Outler tr. pp.66-79) Alternatives Exercise - due resource: Guide to Writing Papers, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource: Style Sheet, pub. jlong1.sites.luc.edu/ resource: Augustine chronology, pub. R. D. Wallin M 4/22 Intellectual Discernment Augustine, Confessions, Book 7 (Pine-Coffin tr. pp.133-156 or Outler tr. pp.80-95) Optional Creative Challenge 2, if undertaken - due resource: Augustine chronology, pub. R. D. Wallin W 4/24 Crisis Augustine, Confessions, Book 8 (Pine-Coffin tr. pp.157-179 or Outler tr. pp.96-109) resource: Augustine chronology, pub. R. D. Wallin resource (when the definitive edition is posted for this year's exam, the date will be updated too): Study Guide for Exam 3 F 4/26 Resolution Augustine, Confessions, Book 9 (Pine-Coffin tr. pp.181-205 or Outler tr. pp.110-125) resource: Augustine chronology, pub. R. D. Wallin resource (when the definitive edition is posted for this year's exam, the date will be updated too): Study Guide for Exam 3 9:00am - 4:15pm W 5/1 Study Day: No exams between 9:00am-4:15pm. Sa 5/4 1:00pm-3:00pm Final Exam: Roman Christian Self-Representation. Conformed with Loyola's Final Exam Schedule. resource (when the definitive edition is posted for this year's exam, the date will be updated too): Study Guide for Exam 3 resource: "Timeline of Persecutions", pub. BYU Studies resource: Augustine chronology, R. D. Wallin

Revised 7 January 2024 by jlong1@luc.edu
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