| Course Title: Roma Ludens: Comedy and Satire in Ancient Rome |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: Could Romans be funny? Perhaps surprisingly, in a culture where seriousness (gravitas) and sternness (severitas) were praiseworthy attributes, Romans enjoyed theatrical productions adapted from Greek comedies -- from raucous and ribald farces to more subtle comedies of manners. They also believed that satire, poetry that poked fun at the vices and foibles of human nature, was a truly Roman genre. Moreover, both comic and satrical elements appear in a wide range of Roman literature. Authors may include Plautus, Terence, Horace, Ovid, Martial, Juvenal, and others. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , LANG - Language |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Geoffrey Sumi | 413-538-2277 | gsumi@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 102 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: Two courses in Latin at the 200-level or any 300-level Latin course. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Taught in Latin. |
| Course Tags | ||
| 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. |
| CLASS0003 | CLAS-LM: Classical Studies - Literary/Mythological | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major in the Literary/Mythological subject area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 3 | Available: 25 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Plautus, Menaechmi Author: Gratwick, A. S. Copyright: 1993 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780521349703 Publisher: Cambridge University Press |
Required | 40.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |