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CLST 100-936 |
GREEK & ROMAN MYTHOLOGY |
STRUCK, PETER |
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R 0430PM-0630PM |
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Myths are traditional stories that have endured many years. Some of them have to do with events of great importance, such as the founding of a nation. Others tell the stories of great heroes and heroines and their exploits and courage in the face of adversity. Still others are simple tales about otherwise unremarkable people who get into trouble or do some great deed. What are we to make of all these tales, and why do people seem to like to hear them? This course will focus on the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as a few contemporary American ones, as a way of exploring the nature of myth and the function it plays for individuals, societies, and nations. We will also pay some attention to the way the Greeks and Romans themselves understood their own myths. Are myths subtle codes that contain some universal truth? Are they a window on the deep recesses of a particular culture? Are they entertaining stories that people like to tell over and over? Are they a set of blinders that all of us wear, though we do not realize it? Investigate these questions through a variety of topics creation of the universe between gods and mortals, religion and family, sex, love, madness, and death.
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Arts & Letters Sector (all classes) |
CROSS CULTURAL ANALYSIS; ARTS & LETTERS SECTOR; ONLINE COURSE ONLY; CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS |
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CLST 135-920 |
POWERS OF PERSUASION |
KENTY, JOANNA |
CLAUDIA COHEN HALL 392 |
MTWR 0100PM-0235PM |
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A democratic republic in crisis, debilitated by the corruption and ambition of its politicians, sinking into an increasingly bitter confrontation of two political parties - 2,000 years ago. In the first century BCE Rome faced many of the same political challenges we do today; and as in contemporary America, politicians relied on rhetoric and the art of spin to manipulate public opinion and win support. In this course we will be reading the speeches of Cicero, perhaps the greatest of the Roman orators and certainly one of the great figures in the history of rhetoric, and studying the kinds of strategies he used to advance his own career and the interests of his party.
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Department of Classical Studies