Latin 305: Schedule of Assignments

August30-October 11: The Poems of Tibullus

August 30 & September 4
classes #1 and #2

• Book I. i
• Suggested reading assignment--Guy Lee, "Otium Cum Indignitate," from Quality and Pleasure in Latin Poetry, edited by Woodman and West, 94-114.

September 6 & 11
classes #3 and #4

• Bk. I.iii
• A more detailed outline of Tibullus 3
• Suggested reading assignment--D. H. Mills, "Tibullus and Phaeacia: A Reinterpretation of 1.3," CJ, 69 (1974), 226-233.

September 13 & 18
classes #5 and #6

• Bk. I. v
• Suggested reading assignment--Herbert Mursurillo, "Furtivus Amor: The Structure of Tibullus 1.5," TAPA, 101(1970), 387-399.

September 20 & 25
classes #7 and #8

• Bk. I.vii
• Suggested reading assignment--Julia Gaisser, "Tibullus 1.7: A Tribute to Messalla," CP, 66(1971),221-229.

September 27 & October 2
classes #9 and #10

• Bk. I.x
• Pax?
• Suggested reading assignment--Barbara Weiden Boyd, "Parva Seges Satis Est: The Landscape fo Tibullan Elegy in 1.1 and 1.10," TAPA, 114(1984), 273-280.

October 4 & October 9
classes #11 and #12

• Bk. II.vi

October 11
class #13

• Examination

October 16-November 8: Propertius, Book I

October 16
class #14

• Bk. I.i & ii

October 18
class #15

• Bk. I.iii

Fall Break: October 19 (5:00 PM)-October 23

October 25
class #16

• Bk. I.v

October 30
class #17

Please note! You must submit a short (1 page) abstract of your paper on October 30.

• Bk. I.vi

November 1
class #18

• Bk. Bk. I.vii

November 6
class #19

• Bk. I. viii (ix. and x. Poems in parentheses will be covered in class--no preparation)

November 8
class #20

• Bk. I.xi, (xii), xxi, and xxii

November 13
class #21

• Examination

November 15-November 20: Propertius, Book II

November 15
class #22

• Bk. II.i

November 20
class #23

• Bk. II.v & vii

Thanksgiving Break, 5:00 PM PM November 20-November 25

November 27 & 29: Propertius, Book III

November 27
class #24

• Bk. III.i & iii

November 29
class #25

• Bk. III.(iv) & v

December 4, December 6, and December 11: Propertius, Book IV

December 4
class #26

• IV.iv
  

December 6
class #27

Paper due

• IV.vii
  

December 11
class #28

• IV.viii
  

Final Examination: December 17, 9:00 AM

Grade Evaluation

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