Course Description
A
lot of the class content, assignments, and discussions will be focused on items
that are relevant to teaching the Augustan Age authors, so a strong reading
knowledge of Latin is essential. We are going to be exploring questions such as
"When did the Aeneid become Augustus'
poem?" and "What does the Ara Pacis tell us about the values of the community of Augustan
Rome?"
There will also be much discussion of issues pertaining to Augustan Age history
and culture as well.
Course evaluation will be based on: class participation (20%), presentations (2
x 15%), and two
assignments: (one pre-reading assignment (25%) and one review
assignment (25%).
Course Goals:
Students will work on their writing and analytical skills through close reading
of the Latin authors in addition to review of modern scholarship.
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS
Class Discussions
As a member of this seminar you are expected to arrive on time and be prepared
to engage in a thoughtful, informed, and critical
discussion of the primary and secondary readings.
Written Assignments
You must acknowledge that there is room in your
work for improvement and be prepared to develop your own critical skills by
contributing constructively during discussions of your classmates' writing and
your own. All written assignments are to be handed in on time (see Late
Assignments, below for policy on late work).
Work handed in late due to an unexcused absence will cause the
assignment grade to be penalized one-half grade for every day the assignment is
late.
Attendance Policy
Regular attendance and active participation are mandatory.
More than one absence will cause your final grade to be penalized.
Tardiness will count as half an absence.
Late Assignments: You will be allowed to hand in work late
only for excused absences, such as required student participation in a university-sponsored
event (you must submit official documentation to the professor from the
appropriate faculty or staff member before the event); religious holidays
(notify the professor within the first two weeks of class); medical emergencies
(with documentation from a health care provider); family emergencies (with
valid written documentation). Regarding medical and family emergencies,
it is your responsibility to notify me as soon as possible that you will need
accommodations. Students with a valid excuse have one week
after a missed assignment (or one week after recovering from an illness) to
hand in the work.
Grading Scale:
A = 90 or above
C = 70-73
A- = 87-89
C- = 67-69
B+ = 84-86
D+ = 64-66
B
= 80-83
D = 60-63
B-
= 77-79
D- = 57-59
C+ = 74-76
E = 56 or below
Grading Scale with GPA
Equivalencies
A
=
4.0
A-
=
3.67
B+
=
3.33
B
= 3.0
B-
= 2.67
C+
=
2.33
C
= 2.0
C- =
1.67
D+
=
1.33
D
= 1.0
D- = 0.67
E = 0.0
This course is in
compliance with all UF policies regarding special needs and academic honesty.
For details, see http://www.dso.ufl.edu/drc/ (special needs); http://www.dso.ufl.edu/studentguide/studentrights.php (academic honesty).
Unit One: Legendary Rome & Augustus
January 10, 2010 Legendary Rome and Romulus
Primary Text: Livy Ab Urbe Condita 1.3-1.16
Secondary Reading: Stem, Rex, “The Exemplary Lessons of Livy’s Romulus,” TAPA 137.2 (2007): 435-71. (Available online through the UF Library)
January 17, 2010 (No class, MLK Day is a UF Holiday)
January 24, 2010 The Archaic-Augustan City
Primary Text: Vergil’s Aeneid 8
Secondary Reading: “Aeneid 8: Images of Rome,” by A.J. Boyle and “The Aeneid as Foundation Story,” by Gary Miles in Reading Vergil’s Aeneid: An Interpretive Guide.” (Licensed as an e-book for UF Faculty, Staff and Students).
January 31, 2010 Augustan Values/Ara Pacis Augustae
Primary Text: Vergil’s Aeneid 12
“Aeneid 12: Unity in Closure,” by Michael C.J. Putnam in Reading Vergil’s Aeneid: An Interpretive Guide.” (Licensed as an e-book for UF Faculty, Staff and Students).
Unit Two: Rome
& Augustus
February 7, 2010
Primary Text: Propertius 1
Secondary Reading: S.J. Heyworth’s “Propertius, Patronage and Poetry,” in the Bulletin for the Institute of Classical Studies (2007): (Online access through UF Library).
February 14, 2010
Primary Text: Propertius 4
Secondary Reading: Papaioannou, S. 2003. “Founder, Civilizer and Leader: Vergil’s Evander and His Role in the Origins of Rome. Mnemosyne 56.6: 680-702. (Online in JSTOR)
February 21, 2010
Primary Text: Tibullus 2
Secondary Reading:
February 28, 2010 Pre-Reading Assignment Due/Class
Presentations
Suggested reading before completing this assignment: Rea, J. A., "Pre-Reading Strategies in Action: A Teacher's Guide to a Modern Foreign Language Teaching Technique." CPL Online 3.1 (Fall 2006): 1-7.
Unit Three: Roman Religion and Augustus
March 7, 2010 (No class, UF Spring Break)
March 14, 2010 Mars Ultor/ Ovid’s Fasti 1
Green, Steven, "Playing with Marble: The Monuments of the Caesars in Ovid’s Fasti" Classical Quarterly (2004): 224-39. (Available online through UF Library)
March 21, 2010
Primary Text: Ovid’s Fasti 6
Green, Steven, "Malevolent Gods and Promethean Birds: Contesting Augury in Augustus' Rome," TAPA 139 (2009): 147-67. (Available online through UF library)
March 28, 2010 Peer Editing Workshop
Unit Four: Augustus’ Legacy
April 4, 2010 Writing Conferences
April 11, 2010 Review Assignment Due/Class Presentations
April 18, 2010 Res Gestae/Course Conclusion