Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: *Classics*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: THE NOVEL IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY ***** The course will take as its subject the ancient Greek and Roman novels, selections from which will be read in translation. As they encounter some of the more charming and curious stories in the western tradition, students will examine the origins of the novel, seek to identify first readers of the texts, consider whether the novel was a recognized and recognizable genre in antiquity, analyze the narrative techniques of the novelists, and consider how modern conceptions of the novel are applicable to ancient examples of the form.