Course Catalog - 2009-2010

     

CLAS 311 - TEXT AS PROPERTY

Long Title: TEXT AS PROPERTY, PROPERTY AS TEXT: ACROSS THE AGES
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Examines forms and norms of authorship and ownership in Latin antiquity. What is a Roman author? Is a Latin text public or private property? What are the licit/illicit forms of rewriting and appropriating a text, and how are those forms defined? This class investigates historically these and other issues. Cross-list: ANTH 321.
Course URL: http://smatter.rice.edu/321/