CLA 2100 section 2370
Fall 2009
MWF 9th period (4:05-4:55pm) / CAR 0100
Instructor
Jim Marks
Department of Classics
jmarks@ufl.edu
office hours: Dauer 380, MWF 1:45-3pm
Course Description
The literature and
art of Greece from the Bronze Age to the Roman period offers a window
on
the formation of human societies generally, and on the emergence of the
Western tradition. Students will become acquainted with such classics
as Homer, Herodotos,
Euripides, Plato and Aristotle in their cultural and historical
contexts,
and with Greek achievements in the arts and sciences. From democracy to
slavery, sports to sexuality and religion to war, we will explore the
glorious (and not-so-glorious) aspects of
ancient Greece and its enduring influence. This class fulfills
General
Education Requirement Categories H (Humanities) and I (International
and
Diversity Focus).
Required Texts
1) Ancient Greece: Social &
Historical
Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Socrates (be sure to get the SECOND edition),
by Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland, Routledge (ISBN 0-415-21755-5).
2) A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, by Sarah Pomeroy, Stanley Burstein, Walter Donlan and Jennifer Roberts, Oxford University Press USA (ISBN-10: 0195156811, ISBN-13: 978-0195156812).
Syllabus
click here
to download syllabus
Website
Students should consult this class website
(web.clas.ufl.edu/users/jmarks/glory) regularly for lecture outlines,
study
guides, review images and answers to quizzes.
Lecture Note Outlines
Part IV: Hellenistic
to Byzantine Greece
Study Guides
Study Guide for Exam I (Quizzes 1-5)
Study Guide for Exam
II (Quizzes 6-10)
Downloads (also linked to the Syllabus)
Evaluation
(for UF grades see
http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/regulationgrades.html).
all quizzes and exams are administered during class in the same room where lectures are held.
grades are posted on eLearning
10 quizzes (6% each
= 60% of total grade).
cover: material up to day of quiz; non-cumulative
dates: 9/2, 9/11, 9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/21, 10/30, 11/13, 11/23, 12/4
2 exams (20% each
= 40% of total grade)
cover: non-cumulative
dates: Friday October 9, Wednesday December 9 (last class day)
make-ups: students may retake any missed quiz within ONE week after the quiz is given. makeup quiz format will be essay questions; students typically score 10-20% lower on makeups than on in-class quizzes. exams must be taken at the assigned times.
class participation, though not strictly required, is highly encouraged,