Schedule
Week 1 (Jan. 15-17)
Introduction
Poems by Jürgen Theobaldy
Historical explanations for fall of Rome
Week 2 (Jan. 22-24)
Catullus reception
“The Fool Xaroda”, Herbert Rosendorfer (Practice précis
on Xaroda text)
“Poor Cicero”, Max Brod
Week 3 (Jan. 29-31)
Film: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Week 4 (Feb. 5-7)
*The Ides of March. Thornton Wilder
Week 5 (Feb. 12-14)
Film: Spartacus
Week 6 (Feb. 19-21)
*Across. Peter Handke
Week 7 (Feb. 26-28)
Film: Ben Hur
“The Testament of Lucius Eurinus”, Hans Erich Nossack
Week 8 (March 4-6)
Review / First Exam
Spring Break (March 10-14)
Week 9 (March 18-20)
*An Imaginary Life. David Malouf
Easter
Week 10 (March 25-27)
*The Last World, Christoph Ransmayr
Week 11 (April 1-3)
Rome in TV, e.g. the BBC series “I, Claudius”, the HBO
series “Rome”
Week 12 (April 8-10)
*Julian: A Novel. Gore Vidal
Week 13 (April 15-17)
Film: Gladiator / Paper due
Week 14 (April 22-24)
*Romulus, Gore Vidal (adaptation of play Romulus the
Great by Friedrich Dürrenmatt) / Stories
due
Week 15 (April 29-May 1)
Review and discussion
Final Exam
I expect you to have read each text or
viewed the respective movie PRIOR to
the first class meeting in which we discuss the particular text
or film. Films are on reserve in the library.
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