Course Description

Readings from the comedies of Plautus and Terence, and the tragedies of Seneca, and others.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students are required to direct seminar sessions and write more extensive research papers.

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Athena Title

Roman Drama

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Prerequisite

LATN 4000 or permission of department

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Semester Course Offered

Not offered on a regular basis.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

1. TO IMPROVE SKILLS IN READING AND TRANSLATING LARGE AMOUNTS OF LATIN. 2. TO GAIN A KNOWLEDGE OF ROMAN DRAMATIC LITERATURE AND HISTORY. 3. TO READ PLAYS OF PLAUTUS, TERENCE AND SENECA IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE. 4. TO CONSIDER THE GENRE OF DRAMA AS A PART OF ROMAN LITERATURE. 5. TO ENGAGE IN CRTICAL ANALYSIS OF SEMANTIC, SYNTACTIC, GRAMMATICAL, STYLISTIC, METRICAL AND POETIC EVIDENCE IN ROMAN DRAMA. 6. TO PRODUCE WRITING APPROPRIATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ROMAN DRAMA AND TO THE DISCIPLINE OF CLASSICS.

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Topical Outline

I. THE HISTORY OF DRAMA IN ROME A. GREEK INFLUENCE B. FIRST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES C. FRAGMENTS OF EARLY ROMAN DRAMA II. ROMAN COMEDY A. PLAUTUS 1. ONE PLAY IN LATIN 2. OTHERS IN TRANSLATION B. TERENCE 1. ONE PLAY IN LATIN 2. OTHERS IN TRANSLATION III. TRAGEDY IN ROME A. PRE-SENECAN TRAGEDY 1. FRAGMENTS 2. HISTORY B. SENECA 1. TWO PLAYS IN LATIN 2. OTHERS IN TRANSLATION

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