Classical Studies

• CAS CL 498: Directed Study in Latin
  
• CAS CL 502: Studies in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature
  Topics may vary. Open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Topic for Fall 2009: The Classical Tradition in the Renaissance. Also offered as CAS CL 309.
• CAS CL 513: Studies in Classical Civilization
  Topic for Spring 2007: Theory of Literature. Literary theories represent a continuing dialogue, through which we make sense of everything we read. This course debates a series of classic issues - from dramatic realism to poetic language - in the light of theory, and literature, from ancient Greece to the present day. Also offered as CAS EN 490 and CAS LL 550.
• CAS CL 520: Studies in Latin Literature
  Theory and practice of Latin letter writing, focusing on the letters of Cicero and Pliny the Younger. Special attention to the letters' literary and rhetorical aspects. Comparisons to verse epistles of Ovid, philosophical letters of Seneca, and samples of the medieval ars dictaminis.
• CAS CL 521: Survey of Latin Literature I
  Historical survey from archaic Latin through Republican literature; introduction to classical scholarship. For advanced students wishing to increase their language skills through extensive reading.
• CAS CL 522: Survey of Latin Literature II
  Survey of Latin authors focusing on the period of the early Empire; introduction to classical scholarship. For advanced students wishing to increase their language skills through extensive reading.
• CAS CL 530: Latin Prose Composition
  Practice in set and free composition of Latin prose, aimed at developing advanced language proficiency.
• CAS CL 540: Studies in Roman History
  Topic for Spring 2007: TBA.
• CAS CL 560: Studies in Ancient Greek History
  
• CAS CL 561: Survey of Greek Literature 1
  Reading course designed to study the history of Greek literature through a chronological survey of representative authors and genres: Homer through the archaic age.
• CAS CL 562: Survey of Greek Literature 2
  Reading course designed to study the history of Greek literature through a chronological survey of representative authors and genres: Classical through Hellenistic period.
• CAS CL 563: Greek Prose Composition
  Close study of exemplary Greek prose as the basis for original composition in Greek of sentences and short passages, then more extensive prose pieces.

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