LAT 421/521
SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS
Fall 2023

Tuesday, August 22
Read: Dinter, "The Neronian (Literary) 'Renaissance'" (in Blackwell's A Companion to the Neronian Age, online at UA library); Satyricon 1-26.6 in English
Prepare: Petronius, 26.7-27.6

Thursday, August 24
Read: Conte, "Petronius" (pdf on D2L Content)
Prepare: Petronius, 28.1-30.11

Tuesday, August 29
Prepare: Petronius, 31.1-33.8

Thursday, August 31
Read: Slater, "Reading the Satyrica" (pdf on D2L)
Prepare: Petronius, 34.1-36.8

Tuesday, September 5
Read: Panayotakis, "Petronius and the Roman Literary Tradition" (pdf on D2L)
Prepare: Petronius, 37.1-39.15

Thursday, September 7
Read: Rimell, "Letting the Page Run On" (pdf on D2L)
Prepare: Petronius, 40.1-42.7

Tuesday, September 12
Prepare: Petronius, 43.1-44.18
Quiz #1

Thursday, September 14
Read: Andreau, "Freedmen in the Satyrica" (pdf on D2L)
Prepare: Petronius, 45.1-47.7

Tuesday, September 19
Read: Hope, "Roman Funeral Tradition and Trimalchio's Tomb" (pdf on D2L); skipped sections of the Cena Trimalchionis in English
Prepare: Petronius, 67.1-13, 71.1-73.1, 78.1-8

Thursday, September 21
Read: Braund, Introduction pp. ix-xxxii; skipped section of Lucan 1 in English
Prepare: Lucan, 1.1-45, 1.67-97

Tuesday, September 26
Read: remainder of Lucan 1 in English
Prepare: Lucan, 1.98-157, 1.183-227

Thursday, September 28
Read: Hardie, "Lucan's Bellum Civile" (in Blackwell's A Companion to the Neronian Age, online at UA library); Lucan 2 and remainder of Lucan 3 in English
Prepare: Lucan, 1.486-504, 3.8-35, 3.399-445

Tuesday, October 3
Read: Bartsch, "Lucan and Historical Bias" (in Brill's Companion to Lucan, online at UA library); remainder of Lucan 6-7 in English
Prepare: Lucan, 6.624-53, 7.617-37, 7.647-82, 7.728-46

Thursday, October 5
Read: remainder of Lucan 8 in English
Prepare: Lucan, 7.760-811, 8.542-83

Tuesday, October 10
Read: Casali, "The Bellum Civile as an Anti-Aeneid" (in Brill's Companion to Lucan, online at UA library); remainder of Lucan 9 and Lucan 10 in English
Prepare: Lucan, 8.584-636, 8.663-88, 9.190-217, 9.961-99

Thursday, October 12: Midterm Examination

Tuesday, October 17
Read: Edwards, Introduction pp. 1-33
Prepare: Seneca, Ep. 7

Thursday, October 19
Prepare: Seneca, Ep. 18

Tuesday, October 24
Read: McCarter, "Seneca's 'Lost Cause'"
Prepare: Seneca, Ep. 47

Thursday, October 26
Prepare: Seneca, Ep. 53

Tuesday, October 31
Read: Graver & Long, "Letters on Ethics to Lucilius" (pdf on D2L)
Prepare: Seneca, Ep. 21
Paper #1 due (LAT 521)

Thursday, November 2
Prepare: Seneca, Ep. 12
Quiz #2

Tuesday, November 7
Read: Tarrant, Introduction pp. 1-27
Prepare: Seneca, Thy. 1-99

Thursday, November 9
Read: Tarrant, Introduction pp. 27-48
Prepare: Seneca, Thy. 100-204

Tuesday, November 14
Read: Boyle, "Seneca's Tragic Theatre" (pdf on D2L)
Prepare: Seneca, Thy. 204-304

Thursday, November 16
Read: skipped section of Thy. in English
Prepare: Seneca, Thy. 305-335, 404-490

Tuesday, November 21
Prepare: Seneca, Thy. 491-622
Creative Project due

Thursday, November 23: No Class, Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 28
Read: skipped section of Thy. in English
Prepare: Seneca, Thy. 623-748

Thursday, November 30
Read: skipped section of Thy. in English
Prepare: Seneca, Thy. 749-88, 885-998

Tuesday, December 5
Prepare: Seneca, Thy. 999-1112
Paper #2 due (LAT 521)



Final Examination: Monday, December 11, 3:30-5:30pm

UA Final Exam Schedule and Regulations: https://registrar.arizona.edu/faculty-staff-resources/room-course-scheduling/schedule-classes/final-exams/final-exams-fall-2023



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