GREEK
115 Elementary Greek I
This course, together with CLAS 235, introduces
students to ancient Greek, the language of Greece, Asia
Minor, and the Hellenistic
world, including several Jewish and early Christian writers.
Students will learn the grammar and vocabulary necessary
for reading Greek literature and documents of many periods.
During the second term, students begin to read extended
prose, such as passages from Plato, Xenophon, the New Testament
or documentary sources. Students will also participate
in tutorials and/or practice labs. Every fall. (4 credits)
235
Elementary Greek II
This course, a continuation of CLAS 115, completes the
elementary introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of
ancient Greek. As the term progresses, students will begin
to read extended prose, such as passages from Plato, Xenophon,
the New Testament or documentary sources. Students will
also participate in tutorials and/or practice labs. Every
spring. (4 credits)
261
Intermediate Greek I: Prose
This third course in the ancient Greek language sequence
involves review of basic grammar and extensive reading
in works of ancient prose. Students will build familiarity
with forms and vocabulary while gaining confidence as readers
and an appreciation for ancient literature. Authors may
include Plato, Herodotus, the Attic orators, or Lucian.
Prerequisite: Classics 235 or equivalent. Every fall. (4
credits)
362
Intermmediate Greek: Poetry
This fourth course in the ancient Greek language sequence
involves extensive reading in works of ancient poetry.
Students will work toward mastery of grammar and vocabulary
while exploring the formal, artistic and cultural dimensions
of poetic composition. Most often readings will be from
the Homeric epics (Iliad or Odyssey), but other works may
be taught, including tragedy, comedy or lyric. Prerequisite:
Classics 261 or equivalent. Every Spring. (4 credits) 487 Advanced Reading in Greek
Students who pursue ancient Greek at the advanced level
will study closely one or more works and explore relevant
problems in literary or textual criticism, linguistic,
social or cultural history, and/or reception. Prerequisite:
Classics 362 or equivalent. Offered upon consultation with
department. (4 credits) 604 Tutorial
Prerequisite, permission of instructor.
Offered every semester. (4 credits) 614 Independent Project
Prerequisite, permission of instructor.
Offered every semester. (4 credits) LATIN 111
Elementary Latin I
This course introduces the grammar and vocabulary
of Latin, the language of the ancient Romans. Students learn
through reading easy Latin, by breaking down grammatical
structures into recognizable patterns, and through computer-aided
tutorials and drills. We aim to cover all basic grammatical
structures by the end of the first year.
The learning of Latin is unusual among language
courses for its focus on reading and writing-conversation
with native speakers being presently impossible. Latin is
popular among pre-law and pre-med students, due to the predominance
of Latin in legal and medical terminology. Latin also benefits
students of the Romance languages which developed from it,
including Spanish, French and Italian.
Latin counts toward the fulfillment of the
Macalester College language requirement. For more information
about this course, please contact Professor Beth Severy
at 6721, or severy@macalester.edu. Every Fall. (4 credits)
212
Elementary Latin II
A continued study of the vocabulary,
morphology and syntax of the Latin language; reading easy
Latin such as the Bible, Pliny and Caesar. Every Spring.
(4 credits) 231
Intermediate Latin Prose
A thorough review of Latin grammar
followed by a study of a Roman prose author or authors.
Students build reading
skills while gaining an appreciation for the literary and
cultural aspects of Latin prose. The works to be studied
may include Petronius’ Satyricon, the letters and/or
speeches of Cicero, the letters of Pliny, or Livy’s
History of Rome. Prerequisite: Classics 212 or equivalent.
Every Fall. (4 credits) 332
Intermediate Latin Poetry
A course in the poetic literature of the Republican
and/or Augustan periods with concentrated study on one
or two authors. Students work toward mastery of grammar
and vocabulary while learning about the forms, styles and
cultural dimensions of Latin poetry. Authors may include
Plautus, Catullus, Horace, Vergil, or Ovid. Prerequisite:
Classics 231 or equivalent. Every Spring. (4 credits) 483 Advanced Reading in Latin
Students who pursue Latin at the advanced level will study
closely one or more works and explore relevant problems
in literary or textual criticism, linguistic, social or
cultural history, and/or reception. Authors may include
Tacitus, Seneca, Apuleius, Juvenal, Martial or others.
Prerequisite: Classics 332 or equivalent. Alternate years.
(4 credits)
604 Tutorial
Prerequisite,
permission of the instructor. Offered every semester.
(4 credits)
614 Independent Project
Prerequisite,
permission of the instructor. Offered every
semester. (4 credits)
HEBREW
117 & 218 Elementary Hebrew
An introduction to the language and literature of
classical Hebrew. The study of grammar and vocabulary is supplemented
with practice in oral recitation and aural comprehension. Basic
biblical texts are analyzed and translated, including selections
from the books of Genesis and Ruth. Alternate years. (4 credits
each semester)
237 Intermediate
Hebrew I
Hebrew prose selections from the Bible, Dead Sea
Scrolls and Rabbinic parables. Translation of texts
will be supplemented with grammar review. Students
will gain facility with such tools as the lexicon,
commentary and critical apparatus and will become
familiar with critical trends in contemporary research.
Prerequisite: Classics 218 or equivalent. Alternate
years. (4 credits)
338 Intermediate
Hebrew II
The final semester in the two-year survey of the
Hebrew language from ancient to modern. Students
will read selections from the Biblical books of
poetry such as Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and
Psalms. The second half of the semester is devoted
to modern conversational Hebrew. Prerequisite:
Classics 237 or equivalent. Alternate years. (4
credits)
604 Tutorial
Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Offered every semester. (4 credits)
614 Independent Project
Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Offered every semester. (4 credits)
CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION
(Knowledge of Latin/Greek not required)
121
The Greek World (same as Humanities and Cultural
Studies 121)
This course surveys the political, economic, and cultural
development of the peoples of the ancient Greek world
from the late Bronze Age through the Hellenistic era.
Students will hone their critical thinking skills while
working with translations of ancient literature, archaeological
remains and works of art. The basic structure of the
course is chronological, but we will examine major themes
across time and space, which may include the interaction
between physical landscape and historical change; rule
by the one, the few and the many; the nature and development
of literary and artistic genres; the economic, military,
and/or cultural dimensions of empire; or the intersections
of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, slave/free status and
civic identity in the Greek world. Alternate years. (4
credits)
122
The Roman World
(same as Humanities and Cultural studies 122)
This course introduces students to the Roman world, which
at its height stretched from Britain to Iran, from Germany
to Africa, and lasted well over a thousand years. Students
will develop critical thinking skills while working with
Roman literature in translation, art, architecture and
other archaeological remains. The structure of the course
is chronological, but we will examine major themes across
time and space, which may include the development of
Roman literature out of and in response to Greek culture;
the effects of the civil wars and the resulting political
change from a republic to a monarchy; the cultural, religious
and/or military aspects of the Roman empire and its immediate
aftermath; Roman conceptions of gender, sexuality, slave
and free status, citizenship and/or ethnicity, and how
these social categories were used to legitimize or exercise
power. Alternate years. (4 credits)
123 Introduction to Archaeology
This course introduces students to archaeology, the study
of the material remains of human culture. Students will
explore the history of the discipline and profession,
its basic methods and theories, and the political and
ethical dimensions of modern archaeological practice.
Students learn to examine and interpret evidence using
specific examples, from artifacts to sites to regions.
Every year. (4 credits)
127
Women , Gender and Sexuality In Ancient Greece
and Rome (Approved for Humanities & Cultural
Studies and Women's and Gender Studies)
This course investigates contemporary
approaches to studying women, gender and sexuality
in history, and the particular
challenges of studying these issues in antiquity. By
reading ancient writings in translation and analyzing
art and other material culture, we will address the following
questions: How did ancient Greek and Roman societies
understand and use the categories of male and female?
Into what sexual categories did different cultures group
people? How did these gender and sexual categories intersect
with notions of slave and free status, citizenship and
ethnicity? How should we interpret the actions and representations
of women in surviving literature, myth, art, law, philosophy,
politics and medicine in this light? Finally, how and
why have gendered classical images been re-deployed in
the modern U.S.–from scholarship to art and poetry?
Alternate years. (4 credits)
129 Greek Myths from Troy to Hollywood
This course studies some of the world's
great storytellers–the
ancient Greeks. First, we read from translations of Greek
poetry to become familiar with the key figures and events
in mythology, including the Olympian gods and their origins,
the major heroes, and the Trojan War. Then we explore
more broadly the adaptable nature of these myths and
the variety of forms in which the Greeks told stories,
from epic and personal poetry to philosophy, drama, sculpture
and vase painting. At the same time, we investigate the
ways in which moderns have interpreted these stories.
We analyze myths using Freud's psychoanalytical techniques,
as folklore and ritual, and through theoretical perspectives
including structuralism, new historicism and feminism.
Finally, we investigate the later life of Greek myths,
focusing on how and why these stories have been retold
by the Romans, later European authors and artists, American
film makers and playwrights, and science fiction writers.
Alternate years. (4 credits)
145
Pagans, Christians, & Jews in Classical Antiquity:
Cultures in Conflict (same
as Humanities and Cultural Studies 145 and Religious
Studies
145)
This course studies the interaction of Jewish,
Christian, and pagan cultures, and the protracted struggle
for self-definition and multi-cultural exchange this encounter
provoked. This course draws attention to how the other
and cultural and religious difference are constructed,
resisted, and apprehended. readings include Acts, Philo,
Revelation, I Clement, pagan charges against Christianity,
Adversus Ioudaios writers, the Goyim in
the Mishna, and apologetic literature. Alternate
years. Next offered Fall 2004. (4 credits)
155
January in Rome: The Art, Archaeology and Topography
of Ancient Rome
A survey and tour of the major spaces, surviving monuments
and artifacts of the city of Rome from the earliest occupation
of the Palatine around 1000 BCE to the first major Christian
buildings in the 4th century CE. Students learn architectural
building techniques, systems of dating based on types
of stone and brickwork, problems in identifying surviving
buildings, the iconography of Roman political sculpture,
and issues of Roman copying and reuse of original Greek
art. We consider the incorporation of Roman monuments
into subsequent architecture, including Fascist political
(re)use of archaeology, as well as problems of conservation
in the context of the modern city. Finally, visits to
the excavated cities of Pompeii and Ostia make visible
the lives and activities of those lost in the literary
record, including women and slaves. Alternate years.
(2 credits) 160
Introduction to Classical Art (same
as Art 160)
This course offers an introduction to the
major monuments and periods of art from Ancient Antiquity
through the Middle Ages. Its purpose is to not only acquaint
students with key words of prehistoric, Egyptian, Mesopotamian,
Aegean, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine,
Hiberno-Saxon, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque and Gothic
art, but also to help them develop a vocabulary for the
description and analysis of works of art. The course also
provides a basic understanding of the methods and aims of
art historical study while examining a broad range of issues
such as patronage and the art maker, the changing roles
of artists in society and the changing functions of art.
Every Fall. (4 credits)
230 Ancient and Medieval Philosophies
(same as Philosophy 230)
Major philosophers of Greece, Rome,
and the medieval period. Every Fall. (4 credits)
258
Cities and Santuaries in
the Greco-Roman World (Same as Art 258)
This course examines the development and the
architecture of ancient cities and sanctuary sites, as
well as the archaeological methods used to uncover them.
The course focuses on the political, ideological, and
religious importance of art and architecture and how
scholars interpret architectural statements and built
environments. The political use of space, the city as
an institution, and the interpretation of material culture
are prominent issues in the course. Prerequisite: 123
Introduction to Archaeology, 160 Introduction to Classical
Art, or 155 January in Rome. Alternate years. (4 credits)
271 Studies in Archeology
An intensive study of a selected site, period, medium,
method, region or topic in the interpretation of the
visual and material culture of the ancient Mediterranean.
This course emphasizes the proper application of descriptive
schemes, analytical methods, and interpretive approaches
used in the field of archaeology. Prerequisite: 123 Introduction
to Archaeology, 160 Introduction to Classical Art, or
155 January in Rome. Alternate years. (4 credits)
272
Studies in Greek Civilization
An intensive study of a selected period or theme in ancient
Greek history, society or literature. This course emphasizes
the critical evaluation of primary and secondary sources
and trains students to conduct research by introducing
them to the materials and methods used in the field of
Classics. Prerequisite: Classics 121 Greek World, 122
Roman World, 127 Women, Gender & Sexuality, 129 Greek
Myths or 145 Pagans, Christians & Jews. Alternate
years. (4 credits) 273
Studies in Roman Civilization
An intensive study of a selected period or theme in Roman
history, society or literature. This course emphasizes
the critical evaluation of primary and secondary sources
and trains students to conduct research by introducing
them to the materials and methods used in the field of
Classics. Prerequisite: Classics 121 Greek World, 122
Roman World, 127 Women, Gender & Sexuality, 129 Greek
Myths or 145 Pagans, Christians & Jews. Alternate
years. (4 credits)
488 JUNIOR/SENIOR SEMINAR IN ARCHAEOLOGY
This seminar for junior and senior majors explores
a major topic in the field of archaeology at the
advanced level. The purpose of the seminar is to
provide a core intellectual experience that integrates
different methodological and theoretical approaches
to visual and material culture. Students will evaluate
primary evidence and relevant scholarship both past
and present. Those who also conduct independent research
and present it either in written or oral form can
earn an additional two credits. Prerequisite: major
standing and Classics 258 Cities and Sanctuaries
or 274 Studies in Archaeology. Alternate years. (2
credits)
489 JUNIOR/SENIOR SEMINAR IN CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION
This 2-credit course provides junior and senior majors
the opportunity to work at an advanced level by engaging
with some of the latest work in the field of Classics
and with each other. Students and faculty collaborate
to select an appropriate topic or topics. Participants
discuss and evaluate current scholarship on the literature,
history and/or culture of the ancient Mediterranean.
Students who also conduct independent research and present
it either in written or oral form, or who read relevant
course materials in the original Classical language,
can earn an additional two credits. Prerequisite: major
standing and a Classics course at the 200 level or higher.
Alternate years. (2 credits)
604 Tutorial
Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Offered every semester. (4 credits)
614 Independent Project
Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Offered every semester. (4 credits)
624 Internship
Previous course work in department required, as well as permission of the instructor.
Offered every semester. (4 credits)
634 Preceptorship
Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Offered every semester. (4
credits)
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