Required: An Apuleius Reader: Selections from the Metamorphoses, by Ellen D. Finkelpearl
ISBN-13:978-0865167148. ISBN-10: 0865167141
Required: The Student's Catullus (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture)Fourth Edition, by Daniel Garrison
ISBN-13: 978-0806142326. ISBN-10: 9780806142326
Required: The Golden Ass, by Apuleius and translated by E.J. Kenney. (ISBN-9780865167148)
Recommended: Allen & Greenough's New Latin Grammar (English and Latin edition)
ISBN-13: 978-1585100279. ISBN-10: 1585100277
All books can be purchased in the Haverford College bookstore. If you choose to acquire your books from other places, please ensure that you use the ISBNs given here to acquire the same editions as listed above. If purchasing books for this course will impose any financial difficulties for you, please considering reaching out to The Sportula, an amazing microgrants organization that helps Classics students afford educational materials quickly and without barriers, or Haverford's LIFTFAR program.
Online resources:
Join the class Quizlet page for course-customized vocabulary resources
Join the class Slack page for individual and group messaging and discussion boards
Visit The Bridge to make your own customized vocabulary lists
Check the ongoing Google document with content notes for class readings and discussions
WEEK 1
Wednesday, January 23
Homework:
No homework required in advance of this session.
In class:
Syllabus overview & discussion of course expectations
Study vocabulary for Catullus 1, 2, and 3 on Quizlet set. NB: This set includes all the vocabulary for Catullus 1-3, minus words from Latin 101 this past fall. If you want sets with EVERY word from the poems, go to the class Quizlet page and create combined sets out of the individual poem sets (these include ALL the words in each poem).
Prepare (in Latin), using Professor Mulligan's preparation guidelines from Latin 101 (see here):
Catullus 1, 2, 3
Read all notes in Garrison’s commentary on these poems (pp. 93-94). You will be expected to read all notes in the commentary for each poem we read the semester. Take note of any of the grammatical explanations you don't understand, and familiarize yourself with these concepts in your grammar book. If you have further questions, ask them in class!
Step 3a. Under "Question Types," select ONLY "Written", and deselect all other options ("Matching", "Multiple Choice", and "True/False" should be deselected).
Step 3b. Under "Answer With," select both Latin and English.
Step 3c. Under "Question Limit," type in 20. That means you will only be quizzed on twenty random words in the set.
Step 4. Click "Create new test."
Step 5. Type in your answers.
Step 6. Click "Check answers."
Step 6a. You make retake this test as many times as you like before sending the results to Professor Silverblank.
Note: If you've typed an answer that Quizlet marks as incorrect, but which you think may count for credit, not to worry: I will be checking your answers as well as the scores, so if you've gotten something right but the software marked it as "incorrect," I will make sure you get the points added to your score.
Step 7. Click "Print Test."
Step 8. Create a PDF of test and send it to Professor Silverblank in a direct message on Slack.
Prof. Silverblank will make videos of these poems, and they will feature in Friday's discussions and possibly Friday's quiz.
Friday, February 22
Homework:
Study for in-class translation quiz (10 minutes) on Catullus 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55-57
Prepare (in Latin): Catullus 58-60, 63.1-20
No English reading required in advance of this class, but do reread or revisit Ellen Greene's article from last week, as it will feature in our discussion today.
In class:
Reading quiz (collected at 10:45am)
Catullus 51, 58-60
WEEK 6
Monday, February 25
Homework:
Study Week 6 vocabulary set on Catullus 63, 65, 67, 69-72, 75-76
Take & submit PDF of Week 6 vocabulary quiz
Prepare (in Latin): Catullus 63.31-93
In class:
Catullus 63.31-93
Wednesday, February 27
Homework:
Prepare (in Latin): Catullus 65, 67
In class:
Catullus 65, 67
Friday, March 1
Homework:
Study for in-class translation quiz (10 minutes) on Catullus 63, 65, 67
Note: no reading quiz this week! Instead, write literary (not hyper-literal translationese) translations of the poems and bring your translations to class with you on Friday. Your translations will be collected and read, but not graded, by Professor Silverblank. Have fun with this assignment: you have less Latin to read than usual, and thus more time to do a deep dive into the language and your interpretation of Catullus' poetry.
In class:
Read Catullus 85, 101 alongside Anne Carson's translations
independent uses of the subjunctive (A&G pp. 278-283)
subjunctive in subordinate clauses in indirect discourse (A&G, pp. 377-390)
Read (in English): Lucian, "Lucius, or the Ass" (PDF here)
Optional: read Apuleius 1.1.1-1.2.1 (At ego… petebam, p. 3 of Finkelpearl's An Apuleius Reader: Selections from the Metamorphoses. Reading journal not required.
In class
Introduction to Apuleius
Discussion of Lucian's "Lucius, or the Ass"
Sight-reading: 1.1.1-1.2.1 (p. 3 of Finkelpearl's An Apuleius Reader: Selections from the Metamorphoses
Wednesday, March 27
Homework:
Lege: Met. 2.1.1-2.2.1, 2.6 (Ut primum…temptetur)
In class:
Met. 2.1.1-2.2.1, 2.6 (Ut primum…temptetur)
Friday, March 29
Homework:
Lege: Met. 2.7; 3.1.1 (Haec mecum…perstrepi, pp. 5-7)
Read in English: Apuleius, Metamorphoses Books 1-2, trans. E.J. Kenney
Note: no reading quiz tomorrow, but do reread all of the Apuleius we've read this week.
In class:
Discuss Books 1 & 2 of The Golden Ass, translated by E.J. Kenney