CLA 6930 Spring 2009



About CV Courses Links Home Andrew Wolpert Associate Professor of Classics Office: 125B Dauer Hall Tel: 352-273-3702 Fax: 352-846-0297 wolpert@ufl.edu Mailing Address 125 Dauer Hall Department of Classics University of Florida Post Office Box 117435 Gainesville, FL 32611-7435 Spring office hours Monday 2-4 PM	CLA 6930 VICE IN ANCIENT GREECE Monday, Period 9-11 Spring 2009 Texts Required Christ, Matthew R. 2006. The Bad Citizen in Classical Athens. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Cohen, David. 1995. Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Davidson, J. 1997. Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens. London. Harris, William V. 2002. Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Konstan, David. 2007. The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks: Studies in Aristotle and Classical Literature. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Williams, Bernard. 2008. Shame and Necessity. Berkeley: University of California Press. On Reserve Balot, Ryan K. 2001. Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens. Princeton: Princeton University Press. McHardy, Fiona. 2008. Revenge in Athenian Culture. London: Duckworth Worman, Nancy. 2008. Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Course Description An examination of the ways in which the ancient Greeks regulated individual behavior considered detrimental to society, taking into account differences in genre, over time, and across regions when possible. Particular attention will be given to new approaches on ancient conceptualizations of the emotions; to what degree anti-social behavior was tolerated or supressed; and how societal norms and values are affirmed, challenged, and contested in our sources. Course Requirements Class Participation (15%) based on participation in weekly discussions. No unexecused absences. Presentations (10%). Each student will present to the class his/her findings from work on the term paper. One Term Paper (75%) , approximately 5,000, not including footnotes and bibliography Abstract and Bibliography, due March 30 (5% reduction of grade on term paper if not handed in at the start of class; 2.5% reduction if assignment is incomplete) First Draft, due on April 6 (10% reduction of grade on term paper if first draft is not handed in at the start of class; 5% reduction if first draft is incomplete) Final Draft, due on April 20 Schedule PART I: REGULATING THE EMOTIONS January 12: Guilt, Shame, and Forgiveness Bernard Williams, Shame and Necessity January 19 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. No Class January 26: The Philosophical Turn David Konstan, The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks: Studies in Aristotle and Classical Literature February 2: Anger Management William Harris, Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity PART II: VICE IN ATHENS February 9: Enmity David Cohen, Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens February 16: Cowardice and Tax Evasion Matthew Christ, The Bad Citizen in Classical Athens Individual meetings to discuss focus of your term paper February 23: Greed Ryan Balot, Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens March 2: Rich and Poor Fisher, N.R.E. 1976. "Hybris and Dishonour: I." G&R 23: 177–93. Fisher, N.R.E. 1979. "Hybris and Dishonour: II." G&R 26: 32–47. Cairns, D. 1996. "Hybris, Dishonour, and Thinking Big." JHS 116: 1–32. Osborne, Robin. 1990. "Vexatious Litigation in Classical Athens: Sykophancy and the Sykophant," 83–102. In Nomos: Essays in Athenian Law, Politics and Society, edited by P. Cartledge, P. Millett, and S. Todd. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Harvey, D. 1990. "The Sykophant and Sykophancy: Vexatious Redefinition?," 103–21. In Nomos: Essays in Athenian Law, Politics and Society, edited by P. Cartledge, P. Millett, and S. Todd. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Worman, Nancy. 2004. "Insult and Oral Excess in the Disputes between Aeschines and Demosthenes." AJP 125: 1–25. March 9: Spring Break March 16: Lust James Davidson, Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens PART III: TERM PAPER March 23: Individual Meetings No Class March 30 Abstract and bibliography due No class, Individual Meetings April 6 First Draft due Presentations April 13 Presentations April 20 Final Draft due Presentations Grading Scale A = 90-100% B+= 87-89.9% B = 80-86.9% C+ = 77-79.9% C = 70-76.9% D+ = 67-69.9% D = 60-66.9% E < 60% Policies Students are expected to complete all requirements on the specified dates and will not be granted an alternate date unless they have an acceptable reason for their absence as specified in the graduate catalog, fulfill the conditions described therein, and provide timely notification. See Graduate Catalog. Students are required to be honest in their coursework. Any act of academic dishonesty will be reported to Student Judicial Affairs, and may result in failure of the assignement in question and/or the course. See Honor Code. Students seeking special accomommodations, need to submit such requests to the Disability Resource Center prior to the deadline of the scheduled requirement, and preferably as early in the Semester as possible. For further information, see the Disability Resource Center. Students facing difficulties completing the course or who are in need of counseling or urgent help may call the on-campus counseling center: 352-392-1575, or the student mental health center: 352-392-1171.