Roman life and literature
A C Romano
8 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
Objectives The subject aims at introducing the students to the main institutions and social practices of a very different society.
Synopsis The subject aims at analysing three aspects of Roman life, approaching them through literary texts with the support of historical and archaeological sources. The aspects are (a) Public life and spectacles: theatre and public games on festive days; oratory on working days; (b) Education: philosophical and rhetorical training; moral and civil edification and correction of the mores and (c) Private life: institutions pertaining to private life, seen through lyric poetry and personal correspondence.
Assessment second year Tutorial paper (1000 words) and Essay (3000
words): 60%
* Examination (2 hours): 40%
Assessment third year Tutorial paper (1000 words) and Essay (3000
words): 60%
* Examination (2 hours): 40%
* Third-year level students
will be expected to show a higher level of sophistication in their approach to
the works studied, as well as a greater understanding of the ancient cultural
context of these works, and a wider reading in modern criticism.
Prescribed texts
Plautus Amphitryo in The Rope and other plays tr. Watling, Penguin
Cicero Selected works tr. M Grant, Penguin
Lucretius The way things are Bk III, tr. Humphries, Indiana U P
Horace The satires of Horace and Persius tr. Rudd, Penguin
Horace Odes tr. Clancy, Phoenix Books or U Chicago P
Juvenal The sixteen satires tr. Green, Penguin
Ovid The Art of Love tr. Humphries, Indiana U P
Propertius The poems of Propertius tr. Watts, Penguin
Tibullus The poems of Tibullus tr. Dunlop, Penguin
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