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(B.A.)
Discipline Representative: I.R. McDonald (287-7158)
Classical Studies introduces the student to the Greek
and Roman World, its literature, history, religion and government.
Greco-Roman civilization was the wellspring of western culture
and the direct antecedent of much of what is central and familiar
in contemporary Canadian society. Its achievements in many fields
still set the standards by which modern endeavours are judged.
In most courses the original ancient Greek and Latin texts come
alive in English translation, and the computer-based Perseus project
in Bladen Library presents sophisticated multi-media opportunities
for exploring the ancient Greek world.
Supervisor: I.R. McDonald (287-7158)
The Major Programme in Classical Studies has been withdrawn. Every effort will be made to allow students who registered in this programme by September 1995 to complete it at this campus.
Any student who wishes to take a course or courses
in Classical Studies in 2000/2001 is encouraged to see the Supervisor
of Studies, Prof. McDonald to discuss arrangements.
Supervisor: I.R. McDonald (287-7158)
The Minor Programme in Classical Studies offers a limited but coherent curriculum in Classical studies for students interested in studying the Greek and Roman world while pursuing a more wide ranging course of studies in a number of related disciplines.
For the Minor Programme in Classical Studies, students
must complete four full-course equivalents to be selected as follows:
1 CLAA02Y Greek and Roman Mythology
2 CLAB05Y The Mediterranean World
3 CLAC01H Selected Topics in Classical Literature
and
CLAC02H Selected Topics in Classical Civilization
4 CLAC32H Classics and the Computer
5 One additional half-course in CLA from:
CLAB10H Greek & Latin for Scientists
CLAB41H Freedom in the Making of Western Culture
CLAB42H Army and Empire in the Roman World
CLAB52H Women in the Greek and Roman World
CLAC41H Slavery in the Roman Economy
or
One half-course in VPA (courses on Ancient Art and
Architecture)
The emergence and treatment of myths and legends in the Greco-Roman World.
The course will examine the more important myths and legends and their representation in classical literature, drama, and art, and will partly be concerned with ancient and modern theories of myth.
This course will be useful to students engaged in
literary and art-historical studies and will serve as an introduction
to other courses in classics.
Exclusion: (HUMA11), CLA205
Session: Winter Day
M.E. Irwin
Offered: 2001/2002
A survey of the civilizations which flourished around the Mediterranean Sea in ancient times.
The primary focus will be on the Roman Empire; a brief survey of the history of the near east and Greece in the classical period (ca 600-200 B.C.) will serve to set the historical context.
The course will begin by defining the Mediterranean region in relation to Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Students will then be introduced to the distinctive natural environment of the Mediterranean Basin with emphasis on the natural processes shaping the societies which flourished there. A brief survey of near eastern and Greek History from early times until the rise of Rome will prepare students for a more extended study of the Roman Empire at its height (from Caesar to Constantine). This course will make extensive use of literary sources (all read in English translation) and archaeological evidence.
Offered: 2001/2002
An examination of the role of Greek and Latin in the formulation of technical terms in the science disciplines.
The course aims to provide the student who has no previous knowledge of classical Greek or Latin with the ability to determine the meaning of scientific words by analyzing their structure, to increase his/her range and comprehension of technical vocabulary, to acquaint him/her with the principles of scientific word formation, and to help him/ her develop sound nomenclatural practices. Topics will include: characteristics, rules, and codes of scientific nomenclature; Latin and Greek roots, affixes, combining forms, and inflectional patterns; transliteration and pronunciation; malformations, misnomers, and hybrids. Particular emphasis will be placed on the biological and medical sciences.
Exclusion: (CLAB11), CLA201
Offered: 2001/2002
A study of the representation of the Classical world and historical events in film.
Topics will include: how the Greek and Roman world was reconstructed by filmmakers, their use of spectacle, costume and furnishings, and the influence of archaeology on their portrayals. We will study films critically for historical accuracy and faithfulness to Classical sources.
T.B.A.
An introduction to the world of the Greek polis (city-state) with a special focus on the economic, social, and political factors which gave rise to the development of democratic ideas and practices.
Students will be introduced to the Greek world in the archaic period and the conditions which gave rise to the classical Greek city-state and its institutions. Athens will be at centre stage in this course; the contributions of her poets, artists, philosophers, and statesmen to the foundations of western culture and social values will be examined in detail. Also taken into account will be the fact of slavery in Classical Greece, with its unique contribution to the ideology of freedom in the western tradition. Orlando Patterson's Freedom in the Making of Western Culture will be a major text.
Exclusions: (GRHB01); (GRHC25Y); (GRHC26); CLA330
Prerequisite: CLAA02Y or CLAB05Y or (HISA01Y) or HISA03Y
Offered: 2002/2003
An exploration of the role of women in ancient Greek and Roman societies.
Topics will include the roles and relationships of women in Classical societies, especially their roles within the family, and representations of women in literature and the visual arts.
Exclusions: (CLAB50), (CLAB51), (CLAC06), CLA219, CLA220, CLA331
Prerequisites: CLAA02 or WSTA01Y
T.B.A.
A detailed study of an author or a genre in Classical Literature in Translation.
For 2000/2001 the genre will be Greek and Roman epic poetry: we will read in translation the poems of Homer, Virgil, and other epic poets.
Exclusion: CLA300
Prerequisite: One course in Classics or in English or another literature
Offered: 2001/2002
A detailed study of a theme in Classical Civilization; all sources will be read in Translation.
For 2000/2001 the topic will be the archaeological
history of the Roman World.
Exclusion: VPAB20, DRM260H
Prerequisite: One course in Classics or History
J.H. Corbett
Offered: 2001/2002
An independent research project using the resources of the computer program and the internet.
The advent of an extensive, multi-faceted computer database for the study of Greek antiquity in the form of the Perseus Project and the increasing numbers of databases and programs on the internet with content relevant to the study of ancient Rome have opened new possibilities for undergraduate research into many areas of life in classical Greece and Rome: history, literature, language, topography, the visual arts and architecture, among others. Under the supervision of a member of faculty, the student will design his or her own "pathway" or will create a Web page on a topic or topics to be selected in consultation with the supervisor.
Students are advised that they must obtain consent from the supervising instructor before registering for this course.
Prerequisite: [2 F.C.E.'s in CLA] & [permission of the instructor]
Offered: 2001/2002
Exclusions: (GRHB04)
Prerequisite: CLAA02Y or CLAB05Y or (HISA01Y) or HISA03Y
CLAC41H3 Slavery in the Roman Economy
Exclusion: (GRHB04)
Prerequisite: CLAA02Y or CLAB05Y or (HISA01Y) or HISA03Y
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