| Course Title: The Slender Muse |
| Start Date: 10/21/2020 End Date: 12/14/2020 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2020 |
| Description: A study of the highly romantic poetry that launched a revolution in Latin literature, including such works as Catullus's epyllion on Peleus and Thetis and Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics, with attention to the new understanding of poetry shown in these poems and to their commentary on the social turmoil of the last phase of the Republic. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , LANG - Language |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Bruce Arnold | 413-538-2872 | barnold@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Monday | 08:45PM - 10:00PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Tuesday and Thursday | 08:30PM - 10:15PM | Weekly | ||
| 10/21/2020 - 12/14/2020 | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc. | Wednesday and Friday | 09:15PM - 10:15PM | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: Any Latin course above LATIN-201. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ANCST0001 | ANCST: Ancient Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Ancient Studies major and/or minor. |
| ANCST0001 | ANCST: Ancient Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Ancient Studies major and/or minor. |
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| MOD0002 | MOD-2: Courses meeting in Module 2 | This course meets in Module 2. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 7 | Available: 11 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Virgil: Eclogues Author: ed. Coleman, Copyright: 1977 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780521291071 Publisher: Cambridge Univ. Press |
Required | 36.33 |
| Title: Vergil, Georgics. Vol. 2, Bks 3-4 Author: Thomas, Copyright: 1988 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0521346789 Publisher: Cambridge University Press |
Required | 36.99 |
| Title: Theocritus: Idylls Author: tr. Verity, Copyright: 2008 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780199552429 Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press USA |
Required | 10.46 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: The Catullan texts with my commentary will be available on Moodle. The Eclogues text can be purchased new at Amazon for $16.95. A very good copy of the Georgics text can be found for about $30. Be sure it's vol.2, with Book 4. |