Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2002
Classics (CLAS)

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CLAS 207   GREEK CIVILIZAITON: FROM HOMER TO ALEXAN Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Overview of the literary, artistic, and intellectual monuments of classical
Greek civilization from Homer and the Bronze Age through the golden age of
classical Athens to the spread of Greek culture in the Hellenistic world.
Includes historical background and readings in primary sources. Enrollment is
limited to 25. Also offered as HUMA 109 and HIST 207.
001 HUM 117 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM     George, Coulter           Enr: 16 Max: 25

CLAS 209   GREEK AND ROMAN DRAMA                    Credits 3.00  Fall 02
GREEK: A reading and dramatic analysis of Aeschylus's "ORESTEIA"(three plays),
Sophocles's "OEDIPUS THE KING", "OEDIPUS AT COLONUS", "ELECTRA and ANTIGONE";
of Euripides's "MEDEA", "ORESTES", and "ELECTRA".
LATIN: A reading and
analysis of the "MENAECHMI" and the "MILES GLORIOSUS" of Plautus, the "PHORMIO"
of Terencen and the "MEDEA" of Seneca.
Also offered as ENGL 209
001 RH 305 - MW 03:00PM - 04:30PM       Mitchell, E. Douglas      Enr: 2 Max: NA

CLAS 220   THE NOVEL IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY         Credits 3.00  Fall 02
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.
001 HZ 122 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM      McGill, Scott             Enr: 2 Max: NA

CLAS 491   SPECIAL TOPICS                           Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Independent work. Open to qualified juniors and seniors.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0