Students may not receive credit for both classes. Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years. CLA 275 Ancient Drama . A study of the drama of ancient Greece and Rome, from playwrights such as Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Plautus. Readings of tragedy and comedy will be augmented by considerations of ancient dramatic theory and the possibilities of performance on the ancient and modern stage.
All works read in English translation.
Cross-listed with ENG 275. Students may not receive credit for both classes. Offered winter semester in even-numbered years. The Roman Response to Greece . A study of the major works of Roman literature and the ways in which they reveal Rome's adoption and transformation of the cultural experience of ancient Greece.