Resources:
Because this course was added to the schedule quite late, no textbooks have been ordered.
Course web page, http://www.stoa.org/~mahoney/teaching/cl83_f07.html

Goals for the semester:
Classical mythology, art, literature, and history have been popular sources of inspiration for writers, musicians and artists throughout Western history. In this course we will look at some of the ways poets, novelists, composers, and visual artists have responded to the great stories and great works of the classical past, with particular attention to the 19th century.

You may read the texts in translation, but you are encouraged to read in the original languages as much as possible.

There are no pre-requisites for the lower-level section, Classics 83, but some familiarity with either modern literature (e.g., English 22, French 32) or classical literature (e.g., Classics 31 or 32) will be useful. For Classics 183, Classics 31 or 32 is pre-requisite, and familiarity with modern literature is also assumed.

The specific works we will read, listen to, and view will be determined based on the interests and background of the group, but will probably include writing by Keats, Shelley, Tennyson, Arnold, Pound, Eliot, Hölderlin, Goethe, Leconte de Lisle, Hugo, Gide, Valéry, Pascoli; music by Beethoven, Gluck, Wagner, Holst, Stravinsky; art by David, Ingres, Delacroix, Goya, Copley, Blake, Constable. Major themes will include Romanticism, post-romantic movements, and translation. We will also consider the relative importance of Greece and Rome, and the various themes, incidents, or characters from classical antiquity that are re-interpreted by modern artists.

Workload, grading, and schedule:

You will have reading or listening assignments for each class. You will write four short papers, about 600 words. Students in the upper-level section will also write a substantial paper. There will be no final exam.

Grades will be computed as follows:

The short papers are due in class on 20 September, 18 October, 8 November, and 19 November. All of these dates are Thursdays except the last, which is a Monday. The major paper is due on Thursday 6 December, with intermediate milestones due 11 October, 15 November, and 29 November, all Thursdays. Late papers will not be accepted. If you will not be in class on the day when an assignment is due, email it to me, in plain text format, to arrive by the end of class. Do not send your papers as word-processor documents, HTML, or other formatted files. The simplest way to send plain text is to paste the text into the body of an email.

General policies:
Complete the reading assigned for each class before that day's class; read the entire text before the first class in which it is to be discussed. You should bring the text to class along with your notes on the reading.

Attendance in class is required. Attendance and participation count significantly towards final grades; see above. On the other hand, if you must occasionally miss class for a legitimate reason, I will assume you can keep up with the work.

I am happy to read drafts of papers as you work on them, or to answer questions about assignments. You may not re-write and re-submit assigned papers; the final copy is due on the scheduled due date, and will be graded.

I call your attention to University policy against plagiarism and other forms of cheating. As the Bulletin says, "Absolute honesty on the part of every college student is and always shall be an integral part of the plan of higher education at Tufts University."

Please note that except in the most extraordinary circumstances, I will not give "incomplete" grades. As you know, an Incomplete means that you did not complete the work of the course, and it is the policy of the School of Arts and Sciences that incomplete work must be completed within six weeks of the beginning of the next semester.

No extra credit work is permitted, and grades in this course are not "curved."

Topics and reading assignments by class:
Due dates for written work for both sections are marked in brown; those for the upper-level section only are marked in blue.
Specific readings and listening assignments will be filled in as we determine what they are.
1. Tuesday 4 September. No meeting; course just added to schedule.
2. Thursday 6 September. Introduction. What is the classical tradition? What is "classical"?
3. Monday 10 September. Poets reading the classics: Keats, "Chapman's Homer," and related works
4. Tuesday 11 September. Romanticism: overview.
5. Thursday 13 September.
6. Monday 17 September.
7. Tuesday 18 September.
8. Thursday 20 September. First assignment due.
9. Monday 24 September.
10. Tuesday 25 September.
11. Thursday 27 September.
12. Monday 1 October.
13. Tuesday 2 October.
14. Thursday 4 October.
15. Tuesday 9 October. (Monday schedule)
16. Thursday 11 October. Research question and preliminary bibliography due
17. Monday 15 October.
18. Tuesday 16 October.
19. Thursday 18 October. Second assignment due
20. Monday 22 October.
21. Tuesday 23 October.
22. Thursday 25 October.
23. Monday 29 October.
24. Tuesday 30 October.
25. Thursday 1 November.
26. Monday 5 November.
27. Tuesday 6 November.
28. Thursday 8 November. Third assignment due
29. Tuesday 13 November.
30. Thursday 15 November. Outline and working bibliography due
31. Monday 19 November. Fourth assignment due
32. Monday 26 November.
33. Tuesday 27 November.
34. Thursday 29 November. Abstract due
35. Monday 3 December.
36. Tuesday 4 December.
37. Thursday 6 December. Major paper due
38. Monday 10 December. Review and summary.

Selected bibliography:
Call numbers have been supplied for books that are in Tisch.
Simon Goldhill, Who Needs Greek? Contests in the Cultural History of Hellenism. Cambridge: 2002. PA231.G65 2002
Kenneth Haynes, English Literature and Ancient Languages. Oxford: 2003. PR127.H39 2003
Gilbert Highet, The Classical Tradition. New York: 1949. PN883.H5
L. D. Reynolds and Nigel Wilson, Scribes and Scholars. Oxford: 1974. Z40.R4 1974
Benjamin Rowland, The Classical Tradition in Western Art. Cambridge (MA): 1963. N5303.R68
Niall Rudd, The Classical Tradition in Operation. Toronto: 1994. PR127.R83 1994
George Steiner, Antigones. New York: 1984. PA4413.A7 S76 1984