ENGL 4321 The Classics in Translation
This course covers Classical Greek and Roman literature, all in Modern English translation. No previous experience with Greek or Latin is needed. The course also prepares students for many other English literature courses, insofar as English authors were steeped in the Classics and often allude to Classical authors and texts. Authors to be studied include: on the Greek side, Hesiod, Homer, Aeschylus, Plato, Sappho (one of the few women authors of Antiquity), as well as several minor Greek poets; on the Latin side: Livy, Cicero, Virgil, and Ovid; and in Late Antiquity (the early Christian era), Augustine and Perpetua. Genres to be studied include: satire, creation narratives, epic, drama, erotic poetry, philosophical dialogues, elegy, didactic verse, mythical stories, letters, confessional autobiography, conversion narratives, and transmission of the Classics to the early Christian era.
Offered
Spring