536 Ovid Denis C. Feeney Study of either Metamorphoses or selected elegiac poetry, focusing on problems of sources, narrative technique, and genre. The Roman Novel Janet M. Martin Study of Petronius's Satyricon or Apuleius's Metamorphoses or both, with some attention to Greek and Roman formative influences and the later romance and novelistic traditions. An intensive study of one or more major historical writers such as Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus. 541 Survey of Early Medieval Latin Literature Janet M. Martin Reading selected texts that illustrate the development of Latin literature and the Latin language from late Antiquity to the reassertion of classical norms in the early Carolingian period. Prose selections focus on history, biography, and letters.
Verse selections trace the evolution of epic, elegiac, and rhythmical poetry.
Research paper not required for credit. Josiah Ober Study of a topic involving both ancient Greece and ancient Rome, such as imperialism or slavery, from a comparative perspective. An examination of the interactions of medieval classical scholarship and Latin literature, with reference to an outstanding author or literary circle, such as Hildebert of Le Mans, John of Salisbury, or the 10th-century Ottonian court. Some attention is paid to methods of investigating the medieval transmission and reception of classical authors.