Classical Studies

• GRS CL 621: Reading Latin for Graduate Students
  Designed for graduate students in fields other than Classics who are preparing for language reading examinations. Develops a knowledge of the fundamentals of Latin grammar. Practice in translating passages. No previous knowledge of Latin required. Students will not receive graduate credit for this course, and there is no tuition charge.
• GRS CL 665: Readng Ancient Greek for Graduate Students
  Designed for graduate students in field other than Classics who are preparing for language reading examinations. Develops a knowledge of the fundamentals of Ancient Greek grammar. Practice in translating passages. No previous knowledge of Ancient Greek required. Students will not receive graduate credit for this course and there is no tuition charge.
• GRS CL 699: Teaching College Classical Studies I
  The goals, contents, and methods of instruction in classical studies. General teaching-learning issues. Required of all teaching fellows.
• GRS CL 705: Topics in Mythology
  A study of myth-making in modern literature and films, focusing on elements of archetypal symbolism and largely unconscious expression of the creative imagination.
• GRS CL 710: The Classical Tradition in Modern Literature
  Investigation into genres of classical provenance which were influential in English literature. Specific topics may vary. Topic for Fall 2004: The Ancient Lyric Tradition in Modern Poetry. Topic for Spring 2005: Theories of Comedy and Tragedy.
• GRS CL 720: Latin Seminar
  Extensive readings in Latin authors. Specific topics may change. Topic for Fall 2010: Horace.
• GRS CL 724: Greek Drama
  Intensive study of selected Greek tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.
• GRS CL 738: Studies in Cicero
  Theory and practice of Ciceronian oratory. Excerpts from several speeches and rhetorical works are studied in Latin.
• GRS CL 767: Ancient Greek Epic: Homer
  The poetry of Homer with regard to its epic dialect, its formulaic and oral structures of language and metaphor, and its cultural milieu.
• GRS CL 791: Greek Seminar
  Topic for Fall 2010: Study of the Iliad and Homeric Questions.
• GRS CL 792: Studies in Greek Comedy: Aristophanes
  A study of Acharnians and Wasps as poetic drama and political satire, with attention to Aristophanic language, style, and metrics, and to contemporary accounts, especially Thucydides and Ps.-Xenophon's Constitution of the Athenians.

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