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Advanced Study of the of Ovid: The 01:580:401 Fall 2006 Mon, Thurs 9:50-11:10 am (2nd Period) Murray Hall 001, CAC

Leah Kronenberg Ruth Adams Bldg. 006 (DC) Department of 732-932-9600 Office Hour: Tuesdays 3-4 pm and by appt [email protected]

Course Description

This course will explore the witty and irreverent poetry of Ovid via in-depth study of his epic masterpiece, The Metamorphoses. As a 400-level course, this class will push you to increase your facility with reading long passages of poetry, but we will also go ‘beyond’ to look at Ovid’s work in its literary and cultural context. We will endeavor to answer such questions as: what genre is the Metamorphoses, or in what sense is it an epic? Why is it so full of graphic violence and rape scenes? How does Ovid explore the nature of art through his tales? What is his attitude towards the Caesars and political life? Most importantly, why has the Metamorphoses continued to fascinate readers from the 1st century A.D. until now?

Course Website

The course website is accessible through the WebCT homepage. Go to https://webct.rutgers.edu and follow the instructions for logging in as a student. You will need to have a NetID and password to access the website.

Required and Recommended Texts (Available at RU Ferren Mall bookstore)

1) (Req) P. Ovidi Nasonis Metamorphoses. Ed. R. J. Tarrant. Oxford Classical Texts. 2004. ISBN: 0-19-814666-3 2) (Rec) Ovid: Metamorphoses. Tr. by Raeburn. Penguin Classics. 2004. ISBN0-140-44789-X 3) (Rec) Ovid’s Metamorphoses Books 1-5. Edited with Introduction and by William S. Anderson. University of Oklahoma Press. 1997. ISBN 0-8061-2894-1 4) (Rec) Ovid’s Metamorphoses Books 6-10. Edited with Introduction and Commentary by William S. Anderson. University of Oklahoma Press. 1972. ISBN 0-8061-1456-8

Note: *Tarrant’s text and Anderson’s commentaries are also on reserve at Alexander library. *The following website contains both a Latin and English version of the Metamorphoses (under the "Classics" link), as well as an online Latin dictionary and Latin (Allen and Greenough): http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

Grading and Evaluation

1. Attendance and class participation 15% 2. Midterm (Monday Oct 16) 20% 3. In-class presentation (30-40 min) 15% 4. Paper (6-8 pages, Mon Dec 11) 20% 5. Final Exam (Friday Dec 15, 8-11 am) 30%

Note: Latin translation assignments are due for the class under which they are listed. You will be expected to read the intervening passages in English. The Final exam will be cumulative. There will be no make-ups or late papers accepted (except in the case of documented emergencies or religious holidays).

Schedule (subject to change)

Week 6 1 Thurs Nov 9 Mon Oct 9 Book 9 Sept 7 Book 5: 450-665 Introduction 294-331 Rape of 356-437 Week 11 Week 2 Thurs Oct 12 Mon Nov 13 Mon Sept 11 Book 5 Book 9 Book 1: Reacts 438-508 666-797 Preface 1-4 and 452-567 Week 7 Thurs Nov 16 Book 10 Thurs Sept 14 Mon Oct 16 and 1-85 Book 1: Midterm 243-97 568-663 Thurs Oct 19 Week 12 Week 3 Book 6 1-145 Mon Nov 20 Mon Sept 18 Book 10 Book 2: Week 8 298-381, 431-502 1-102 Mon Oct 23 *Tues Nov 21* Thurs Sept 21 Book 6 Book 11 Book 2: 146-312 Death of Orpheus 1-66 401-530 Laömedon’s Treachery 194-220 Thurs Oct 26 and 221-65 Week 4 Book 7 and Jason 1-158 Thurs Nov 23-NO CLASS Mon Sept 25 *THANKSGIVING* Book 3: Week 9 138-252 Week 13 Mon Oct 30 Thurs Sept 28 Book 7 Mon Nov 27 Book 3: Cephalus and Procris Book 12 , 511-76, 701-33 661-758, 794-865 The Greeks at Aulis (1-38) Rumor (39-62) Week 5 Thurs Nov 2 (64-145) Book 8 Mon Oct 2 and 152-235 Thurs Nov 30 Book 4: Book 13 Pyramus and 55-166 Week 10 Ajax’s Suicide 382-98 The Fall of Troy 399-428 Thurs Oct 5 Mon Nov 6 Wanderings of 623-31, Book 4: Book 8 705-39 271-388 Philemon and Baucis 611-724 and 898-967

Week 14

Mon Dec 4 Book 14 Wanderings of Aeneas 75-100 Sibyl of Cumae 101-52 Wanderings of Aeneas 441-53 Ardea (566-80) (772-804)

Thurs Dec 7 Book 15 Apotheosis of Julius (745- 870) Epilogue (871-9)

Week 15

Mon Dec 11 Review