Assignments and due-dates subject to change
as required. Last corrected/updated
10-Dec-2013
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Date |
Assignment |
27-Aug |
Introduction to class, no assignment. |
Sexuality/gender: Initial Foray... |
29-Aug |
Sophocles Antigone 1. Text access via Blackboard course site > PDF Readings.
- Read Antigone online study guide.
- Read PDF text of play, pp. 157-186 (just before Chorus at bottom of page).
- Post Blackboard Journal entry as per Syllabus by noon of day of class. See study guide for journal entry prompt.
- Henceforth, Bb journal entries for reading assignments to be posted by noon on day of class.
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9-13, 16-20 Sep. Paper 1 topic conferences. Schedule via Ancient S/G Paper Conference Scheduling Calendar. Check for free times times then E-mail me with free 30-min. slot during designated weeks. For topic ideas, consult Papers > topics. |
10-Sep |
Sophocles Antigone 2 Read pp. 186 (bottom) to end. (Text access Bb course site > PDF Readings.) Post Bb Journal entry as per online study guide. |
12-Sep |
Butler Antigone's Claim (print text). Read study guide, as always henceforth. PLEASE READ WHOLE BOOK, pp. 1-82. Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
16-Sep |
Add/drop deadline. |
Hetero-/Homoeroticism in the Archaic-Classical Greek World |
17-Sep |
Foucault History of Sexuality. Vol. 2. Use of Pleasure (Print text). Study guide. Read:
Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
19-Sep |
Male homoeroticism in ancient Greece: Constructed? Essence? Value system(s)? Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide, which read first.
Readings from basically TWO sources, Bb and Internet/Bingweb:
- Bb PDFs:
- Halperin - 'Homosexuality': A Cultural Construct
- Internet/Bingweb readings:
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22-Sep |
Paper 1 prospectus due. By 12am midnight, E-mail instructor with your idea for how to approach topic. More here. |
24-Sep |
Aeschines Against Timarchus via Perseus Philologic. Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide.
Aeschines. Against Timarchus. Perseus under Philologic. University of Chicago. 7 October (2013). http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekFeb2011&getid=1&query=Aeschin.%201> |
26-Sep |
BU Libraries Academic Honesty Tutorial and Quiz.
Plato Symposium via Bb PDF. Post Bb Journal entry as per study Guide.
- The Academic Honesty assignment has been postponed until further notice due to technical difficulties.
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Women in the Ancient Greek World |
1-Oct |
Women's lives, voices in ancient Greece. All readings via Bb PDFs:
- Lefkowitz - Women's Voices, pp. 1-15
- Paul-Zinserling - Classical Period: Women of Athens, all
Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide.
QUIZ 1 on material studied 27-Aug through 1-Oct. See further QUIZ 1 study guide. |
3-Oct |
Demosthenes Against Neaera (Pseudo-Demosthenes speech #59) via Bb PDFs. Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
8-Oct |
BU Libraries Academic Honesty tutorial and online quiz
- Follow directions to enroll in Bb organization "Library Tutorials."
- Go to the Academic Honesty Tutorial and Quiz, BU Libraries page. Take tutorial, then quiz.
- Print out certificate and bring to Tuesday 8-Oct class
- Reminder: completion of this assignment is required to receive a grade for this course, as per syllabus.
Artistic evidence. In-class lecture, discussion. No assignment or study guide. |
10-Oct |
Xenophon Oeconomicus ("Dialogue on Household Management"). READ ONLY PAGES 73-114, 145-147.
Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
13-Oct |
Paper 1 first submission due by 5pm! Electronic copy only, upload to Turnitin (via Bb > Assignments). More here. |
15-Oct |
Euripides Alcestis. Bb PDF. Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
17-Oct |
Paper 1 in-class peer-review workshop. Prior to class
- apply detailed proof-reading markup directly to partner's paper
- prepare and print WORD-PROCESSED peer review
all as per here. |
22-Oct |
Aristophanes Ladies' Day (via Bb PDFs). Study guide. Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. (Quiz 2 postponed to Th 24-Oct.) |
Ancient Evidence, Modern Law |
24-Oct |
Two things: QUIZ TWO and Romer v. Evans court case readings.
- QUIZ 2 study guide. (Quiz of material covered in class assignments: 3-Oct Pseudo-Demosthenes Against Neaera through 22-Oct Aristophanes Ladies' Day.)
- Romer v. Evans readings study guide.
Further on Romer v. Evans readings:
Read:
- Nussbaum "Platonic Law and Colorado Law"
- Finnis "Law, Morality, and 'Sexual Orientation' "
Access both via "Bb PDF Readings."
Exact page-ranges of assigned articles:
- FINNIS: read entire article — much of that is endnotes (optional reading), so not that long.
- NUSSBAUM: pp. 1515-1531 (sect. III), 1538 (sect. V)-1606
JOURNAL: See questions on study guide.
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28-Oct (M) through 8-Nov (F). Paper 2 topic conferences. Schedule via Ancient S/G Paper Conference Scheduling Calendar. Check for free times times then E-mail me with free 30-min. slot during designated weeks. For topic ideas, consult Papers > topics. |
The Roman World and Later Greco-Roman Antiquity |
29-Oct |
Introduction to Roman gender & sexuality. All readings (primary and seconday) via web (links via study guide) and Bb PDFs.
JOURNAL ENTRIES: See study guide. |
31-Oct |
From Ovid The Erotic Poems (Penguin), read pp. 166-238, The Art of Love (Ars amatoria ). Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
1-Nov |
"W" deadline. |
5-Nov |
Juvenal Satires nos. 2, 6 (Penguin). Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
7-Nov |
Petronius Satyricon, part 1 (Meridian Classics/Penguin). Read pp. 21-88. Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
8-Nov |
Paper 1 final submission due by 12midnight! Electronic copy only, upload to Turnitin (via Bb > Assignments). More here. |
10-Nov |
Paper 2 prospectus due. Before 12am midnight, E-mail instructor with your idea for how to approach topic. More here. |
12-Nov |
Petronius Satyricon, part 2. Finish text. Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
14-Nov |
QUIZ 3 (see study guide). Artistic evidence (no assignment or study guide). |
19-Nov |
Apuleius The Golden Ass (Kenney trans, Penguin) , part 1. Read pp. 7-76 (books 1-4). Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
21-Nov |
Apuleius The Golden Ass, part 2. Read pp. 77-146 (books 5-8). Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
26-Nov |
Apuleius The Golden Ass, part 2. Read pp. 147-214 (books 9-11). Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
1-Dec |
Paper 2 first submission due by 12am. Upload electronic copy to Turnitin (via Bb > Assignments) deliver hard copy under instructor's office door (LT 1106). NO EXTENSIONS without valid medical excuse and documentation. More here. |
3-Dec |
Longus Daphnis and Chloe (Turner trans., Penguin), part 1. Read pp. 17-68. Post Journal entries as per study guide. |
5-Dec |
Paper 2 in-class peer-review workshop. Prior to class
- check your BingMail for partner's paper
- printout partner's paper
- apply detailed proof-reading markup directly to partner's paper
- prepare and print WORD-PROCESSED peer review report to present to partner IN CLASS. Include:
- your name
- paper-author's name
- paper title
- detailed peer-review comments
- UPLOAD peer review: Bb > Assignments
all as per here. |
10-Dec |
Longus Daphnis and Chloe (Penguin), part 2. Read pp. 69-121. Post Bb Journal entry as per study guide. |
12-Dec |
QUIZ 4 on material read 12-Nov (Petronius 2) through and including 5-Dec (Longus 1); click here for quiz study guide.
Final summing up: Blackboard Journal entry as follows:
- Among the bigger "take-aways" (lessons learned, that kind of thing) from the material studied, what was the least surprising, the most expected? Explain.
- What was the most surprising, the least expected? Explain.
- Did this change your view of the here and now? Of the there and then? Explain.
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21-Dec |
Paper 2 final submission due by 12midnight! Electronic copy only, upload to Turnitin (via Bb > Assignments). More here. |