The
Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin announces
the following courses in Intensive Beginning Greek, Advanced/Graduate
Latin and Advanced/Graduate Greek for Summer, 2008. For information on
registration, tuition, housing or other logistical matters, contact
Lynn Gadd (ugclass@www.utexas.edu).
A. UT-Austin's renowned program in Intensive Summer Greek will
continue this summer (June 5-August 18). Using the techniques
devised by the late Gareth Morgan, Professors Lesley Dean-Jones and
Thomas Palaima will lead students through all the fundamental elements
of Greek morphology and syntax and extensive readings in Homer,
Euripides, Lysias and other authors. For information on the
content of this course, contact Lesley Dean-Jones (ldjones@mail.utexas.edu), or see the
detailed description on line (https://webspace.utexas.edu
B. Three-week Summer Advanced Latin: Livy and the Origins of
Rome (LAT 365/385; Instructor: Tim Moore)
This course is designed specifically with teachers of Latin in the
secondary schools in mind but should be useful for any advanced
undergraduates or graduate students. The class will meet for
three weeks (June 9-27, 2008) for three hours each day. The
stories of Livy's early books (Romulus and Remus, Lucretia, Horatius
at the bridge) are incomparable both for their inherent excitement and
for what they tell us about how the Romans viewed themselves. We
will read and discuss a number of these stories, paying particular
attention to the mixture of history and myth in Livy's account, Livy's
view of what it means to be Roman, and how the stories can best be put
to use in the classroom. Students may receive three credits of either
upper-division or graduate credit. Prerequisite: 5 semesters of
undergraduate Latin or equivalent. For information on the
content of this course, contact Tim Moore (timmoore@mail.utexas.edu).
C. Advanced Greek: Lyric Poetry (GK 365/385; Instructor: Andrew
Faulkner).
For the first time in recent history, the University of Texas at
Austin will offer a course in advanced Greek during the second summer
session (July 14-August 18). Students will examine in detail a
representative selection of archaic Greek lyric poetry, including
works of Sappho, Alcaeus, Archilochus, Pindar, and Bacchylides.
Throughout the course, students will become familiar with the
language, metres, structures, literary motifs and tropes, and
performance context of the poems. Attention will be given to defining
the boundaries and qualities of the genre(s) of archaic Greek lyric
poetry and its influence on later literature. Students may
receive three credits of either upper-division or graduate credit.
Prerequisite: 5 semesters of undergraduate Greek or equivalent.
For information on the content of this course, contact Andrew
Faulkner
(afaulkner@mail.utexas.edu).