Classics (Barnard)
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Fall 2009
Classics (Barnard)
Credit Courses
Prerequisites: LATN V1202 or four years of high school Latin.
Selections from Virgil and Horace. Combines literary analysis with work in
grammar and metrics.
Survey of major myths from the ancient Near East to the advent of
Christianity, with emphasis upon the content and treatment of myths in
classical authors (Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles, Vergil,
Livy, Ovid).
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: LATN V3012 or the equivalent.
Content of course changes from year to year; it may be taken for credit in
consecutive years.
Prerequisites: Permission of the department chair required.
To be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or
written examination.
Program of research in Greek literature, with the composition of a paper
embodying results.
Prerequisites: Requires direct approval from instructor and department.
A program of research in Latin literature with the composition of a paper
embodying results.
Prerequisites: GREK V 1201 - 1202; or their equivalents.
Content of course changes from year to year; it may be taken in consecutive
years.
Introduction to the heritage of classical antiquity, primarily Greece, in
later European culture. Translation, iconography, the history of classical
scholarship, architectural and artistic manifestations of the classical
tradition, Greek tragedy on stage and on film, the images of Athens and
Sparta
Major texts of ancient political theory. Topics include constitutional
theory, origins and legitimation of government, ethics, and politics, the
regulation of private life, the rule of law, and the cosmopolis. Authors
include Sophists, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Polybius, Dio of Prusa, and
Augustine.
Barnard Courses
Credit Courses
Prerequisites: GREK V1101 is prerequisite to GREK V1102. No credit is given for GERK V1101 unless GREK V1102 is completed.
Grammar, composition, and reading.
Prerequisites: LATN V1101 is normally prerequisite to LATN V1102. LATN V1102 may be taken without LATN V1101 by permission of the instructor. No credit is given for LATN V1101 until LATN V1102 is completed.
V 1101: Grammar, composition and reading.
V 1102: Complete review of grammar and syntax; emphasis on representative
readings.
Designed to cover all of Greek grammar and syntax in one semester in order
to prepare a student to enter third-semester Greek.
Designed to cover all of Latin grammar and syntax in one semester in order
to prepare student to enter third-semester Latin.
Prerequisites: LATN V1101 - V1102 or 2 - 3 years of high school Latin.
Selections from Catullus and from Cicero or Caesar.
Prerequisites: LATN V1201 or 3 - 4 years of high school Latin.
Selections from Ovid, Metamorphoses, and Sallust, Livy, Seneca, or Phiny.
Prerequisites: LATN V3012 or the equivalent.
Content of course changes from year to year, it may be taken for credit in
consecutive years.
Required for all majors in classics and classical studies. The topic will
change from year to year, but will always be broad enough to accommodate
students in the languages as well as those in the interdisciplinary
major.
Content of course changes from year to year; it may be taken in consecutive
years.
Prerequisites: LATN V3012 or the equivalent.
Content of course changes year to year; it may be taken in consecutive
years.
Prerequisites: At least two terms of Greek beyond GREK V1201, V1202.
Lectures based on extensive readings in Greek literature from Homer to the
4th century C.E.
Prerequisites: At least two terms of Latin beyond LATN V3012.
Lectures based on extensive readings in Latin literature from the beginning
to the fourth century.
Prerequisites: At least four terms of Greek, or the equivalent.
Intensive review of Greek syntax. Writings of sentences and connected
passages in Greek.
Overview of Greek and Roman literature. Close analysis of selected texts
from the major genres accompanied by lectures on literary history. Topics
include the context of which the genres rose. the suitability of various
modern critical approaches to the ancient texts, the problem of
translation, and the transmission of the classical authors and their
influence on modern literature.
Spring 2010
Classics (Barnard)
Credit Courses
Survey of major myths from the ancient Near East to the advent of
Christianity, with emphasis upon the content and treatment of myths in
classical authors (Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles, Vergil,
Livy, Ovid).
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: LATN V3012 or the equivalent.
Content of course changes from year to year; it may be taken for credit in
consecutive years.
Prerequisites: Permission of the department chair required.
To be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or
written examination.
Program of research in Greek literature, with the composition of a paper
embodying results.
Prerequisites: Requires direct approval from instructor and department.
A program of research in Latin literature with the composition of a paper
embodying results.
Prerequisites: GREK V 1201 - 1202; or their equivalents.
Content of course changes from year to year; it may be taken in consecutive
years.
Introduction to the heritage of classical antiquity, primarily Greece, in
later European culture. Translation, iconography, the history of classical
scholarship, architectural and artistic manifestations of the classical
tradition, Greek tragedy on stage and on film, the images of Athens and
Sparta
Barnard Courses
Credit Courses
Prerequisites: GREK V1101 is prerequisite to GREK V1102. No credit is given for GERK V1101 unless GREK V1102 is completed.
Grammar, composition, and reading.
Prerequisites: LATN V1101 is normally prerequisite to LATN V1102. LATN V1102 may be taken without LATN V1101 by permission of the instructor. No credit is given for LATN V1101 until LATN V1102 is completed.
V 1101: Grammar, composition and reading.
V 1102: Complete review of grammar and syntax; emphasis on representative
readings.
Designed to cover all of Greek grammar and syntax in one semester in order
to prepare a student to enter third-semester Greek.
Designed to cover all of Latin grammar and syntax in one semester in order
to prepare student to enter third-semester Latin.
Prerequisites: LATN V1101 - V1102 or 2 - 3 years of high school Latin.
Selections from Catullus and from Cicero or Caesar.
Prerequisites: LATN V1201 or 3 - 4 years of high school Latin.
Selections from Ovid, Metamorphoses, and Sallust, Livy, Seneca, or Phiny.
Prerequisites: LATN V3012 or the equivalent.
Content of course changes from year to year, it may be taken for credit in
consecutive years.
Content of course changes each year; it may be taken in consecutive years.
Content of course changes from year to year; it may be taken in consecutive
years.
Prerequisites: LATN V3012 or the equivalent.
Content of course changes from year to year; it may be taken in consecutive
years.
Prerequisites: At least two terms of Greek beyond V 1201, V 1202
Lectures based on extensive readings in Greek literature from Homer to the
4th century C.E.
Prerequisites: At least two terms of Latin beyond LATN V3012.
Lectures based on extensive readings in Latin literature from the beginning
to the fourth century.
Prerequisites: At least four terms of Latin or the equivalent.
Intensive review of Latin syntax. Writings of sentences and connected
passages in Latin.
Prerequisites: GREK W 4139 or the equivalent.
The study of the development of Greek prose style through practice in
composition.
Overview of Greek and Roman literature. Close analysis of selected texts
from the major genres accompanied by lectures on literary history. Topics
include the context of which the genres rose. the suitability of various
modern critical approaches to the ancient texts, the problem of
translation, and the transmission of the classical authors and their
influence on modern literature.
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