Required texts:
- Sten Nadolny The God of Impertinence (NY: Penguin, 1998)
- Jonathan Shay, Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the
Undoing of Character (NY: Touchstone, 1999)
- Donna Tartt, The Secret History (NY: Vintage, 2004)
- Derek Walcott, Omeros (NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
1992)
- Christa Wolf, Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays (N.Y.:
Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1984)
- Dimension2 (3,3) 1996: The Classical Tradition
Grading:
I will be using the plus/minus scale on
the final grade .
Since there is no plus for the "A" level, the minus category is
very narrow there. The scale will be (based on average) A = 91-100;
A- = 90; B+ = 87-89; B = 82-86; B- = 80-81, C+ = 77-79, C = 72-76,
C- = 70-71, etc.
I will not accept late work.
- There will be two exams, a mid-term
and a final. The tests will be short answer and essay in format.
(25 % each)
- One 6-8 page analytic paper in each
of which you will focus on one text or film not dealt with in class,
with the instructor’s approval. This will involve three steps,
a précis, an outline with clear thesis statement, final
paper (20 % total)
- A précis according to assigned
guidelines for any five of the seven texts marked by a preceding
asterix (*) in the class schedule below, due the first day on which
we discuss the book. (3 pts each = 15%)
- You will write a brief 2-3 page story and writer’s
journal based on a classical myth or historical
person or event pertaining to Rome, your own "reception." (5%)
- You will give one brief presentation. You
will introduce a figure or historical personage depicted in one
of the stories. You will give this presentation on the day we cover
the modern rewriting. You will look into the sources for our knowledge
of the figure and provide the “traditional” version
to the class as well as a bit about its afterlife. You must verify
the topic with the instructor well in advance and also discuss
with the instructor how to give a talk on that topic (oral presentations
differ from written analysis)—I encourage you to do a trial
run of the presentation. (5%)
- Additional assigned work such as movie
reviews, peer edition, group work, online discussions, etc. as
well as attendance and active participation (as evaluated by the
professor) will constitute part of your grade as well. (5%)
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- Cheating: Copying from another student’s test paper, laboratory
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Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting
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