Classical Studies 97b (formerly *Classics 97b). Roman Culture and Civilization
Catalog Number: 4090
Benjamin Tipping
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 2. EXAM GROUP: 7
Study of Ancient Roman culture and civilization.
Note: Concentrators are required to take either one or two semesters of Classical Studies 97, depending on their concentration track.
Classical Studies 126. The Secret History of Classical Texts - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 18554
Bridget Kennedy Balint
Half course (spring term). M., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
What is a Classic? Why is it valuable? Who decides? Perspectives from Homer’s early
readers, Roman Senators, medieval monastics, Renaissance humanists, and modern cultural
critics, among others; the interplay of the ever-changing classical canon and individual
patronage, imperial politics, cultural upheaval and technological change in the West.
Prerequisite: Recommended: previous acquaintance with the literature of Greece and Rome (the epics of
Homer and Virgil, at a minimum).
Classical Studies 146. Euripides’ Bakkhai and the Modern Reception of Dionysos from 1872 - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 18349
Albert Henrichs
Half course (spring term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
An intercultural and interdisciplinary study of Dionysos in Greek and Roman antiquity, and of his modern reception beginning with Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy, with emphasis on the pivotal role of this most Dionysiac of extant tragedies and its influence on the perception of Dionysos in literature, art and scholarship. Topics include divine and human identities; the wine and its beneficiaries; ritual ecstasy; the theater and the mask; gender roles and sexuality; suffering and sacrament; divine self-manifestation and epiphanic presence; polarities and otherness.
Classical Studies 159. Classical Comedy from Aristophanes to Broadway - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 69412
Francesca Schironi
Half course (fall term). M., W., at 10; W., 8–10. EXAM GROUP: 3
From Athenian political comedy to Terentian ’comedy of manners’ and modern comedy. The course will explore the history and development of the genre of comedy and its modern reception, through the analysis of plays (read in translation) by Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence, Shakespeare, Machiavelli and Broadway shows based on classical models. Comedies by other authors such as Dryden, Molière, Von Keist, Giraudoux, Ionesco as well as theoretical essays on comedy by Bergson, Freud, Frye and others will also be analyzed.
[Classical Studies 165. Ancient Medicine]
Catalog Number: 2851
Mark Schiefsky
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4.
Theories and practices of health and healing in the ancient Greco-Roman world, with special emphasis on the relationship of learned medicine to philosophy and other healing traditions.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core area requirement for Historical Study B.
Classics 98. Tutorial – Junior Year - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 31083
Richard F. Thomas and assistants
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Close study of a topic in Greco-Roman civilization and/or literature, culminating in the preparation of a substantial research paper (ca. 20 pages).
Note: Required of all concentrators in the junior year.
*Classics 99. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 2350
Richard F. Thomas
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
Tutorial instruction for course credit (in addition to ordinary tutorial instruction) is open only to candidates for honors writing a thesis in their senior year whose applications for such instruction have been approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Note: May be counted for concentration. Divisible only with permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
*Classics 301. Reading or Topics Course
Catalog Number: 3457
Kathleen M. Coleman 2289, Emma Dench 5243, John Duffy 1352, Albert Henrichs 4085 (on leave spring term), Christopher P. Jones 3204, Christopher B. Krebs 4877 (on leave fall term), David G. Mitten 1290 (on leave spring term), Gregory Nagy 1423, Jeremy Rau 4657 (on leave 2008-09), Betsey A. Robinson 4361, Panagiotis Roilos 1982 (on leave 2008-09), Mark Schiefsky 2354, Francesca Schironi 4878 (on leave spring term), Gisela Striker 2271, R. J. Tarrant 7503 (on leave spring term), Richard F. Thomas 1630, Benjamin Tipping 4875, and Jan Ziolkowski 7275
Note: For graduate students whose individual needs are not met by the formal courses offered.
*Classics 302. Special Examinations Direction
Catalog Number: 2686
Bettina Bergmann 6710, Shaye J.D. Cohen 4180, Kathleen M. Coleman 2289 (on leave 2009-10), Emma Dench 5243, John Duffy 1352, Susanne Ebbinghaus 5184, David F. Elmer 5574, James Hankins 1239 (on leave spring term), Albert Henrichs 4085, Christopher P. Jones 3204 (on leave 2009-10), Christopher B. Krebs 4877, Nino Luraghi 2408, David G. Mitten 1290 (on leave fall term), Gregory Nagy 1423, Jeremy Rau 4657, Betsey A. Robinson 4361, Panagiotis Roilos 1982, Mark Schiefsky 2354 (on leave 2009-10), Francesca Schironi 4878, Gisela Striker 2271 (on leave spring term), R. J. Tarrant 7503, Rabun Taylor 4253, Richard F. Thomas 1630, Benjamin Tipping 4875, and Jan Ziolkowski 7275
*Classics 350. Classical Philology: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 4026
Emma Dench 5243
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4.
Designed to introduce graduate students in Classical Philology to the essential fields, tools, and methodologies of the discipline.
Note: For first-year students working toward the PhD in Classical Philology. Open to other students by permission of instructor.
Greek Aab. Beginning Greek (Intensive)
Catalog Number: 0714
Ivy Livingston and assistant
Full course (spring term). M. through F., at 9, M., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
For students with little or no previous instruction in Greek who are seriously interested in making very rapid progress. All basic grammar of the normal first-year sequence (Greek Aa and Ab) and practice in reading prose. Students are prepared for Greek Ba or Bb.
Note: No auditors. May be taken Pass/Fail. Students with more than one year of formal instruction should take the placement test in September and consult with the Course Head before enrolling.
Greek Ab (formerly Greek B). Beginning Greek
Catalog Number: 0457
Ivy Livingston and assistants
Half course (spring term). M.,W.,Th.,F. at 1. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
Continuation of Greek Aa. Completion of basic grammar and reading of longer passages.
Note: No auditors. May be taken pass/fail.
Prerequisite: Greek Aa or equivalent.
Greek Ac. Review and Reading
Catalog Number: 8283
Ivy Livingston and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W.,Th., F. at 9. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
For students with more than one year of formal training in Greek who do not place into Greek Ba. The course will combine a review of morphology and syntax with readings from prose authors. Students are prepared for Greek Bb or Ba.
Note: No auditors. May be taken Pass/Fail.
Greek Ba (formerly Greek 3). Introduction to Attic Prose
Catalog Number: 4696
Ivy Livingston and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
A bridge between the study of Greek grammar and the reading of prose authors; intended to develop reading and translation skills and introduce prose styles.
Prerequisite: Greek Ab, Aab, Ac, or equivalent.
Greek Bb (formerly Greek 4). Selections from Homer’s Iliad
Catalog Number: 3361
Ivy Livingston and assistant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 9. EXAM GROUP: 2
An introduction to Homeric poetry: language, meter, formulae, and type scenes.
Prerequisite: Greek Ab, Aab, Ac, or equivalent.
[Greek Bbm. Introduction to Late Antique and Mediaeval/Byzantine Poetry]
Catalog Number: 9131
Ivy Livingston and members of the Department
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10.
Greek poetry from Late Antiquity to Byzantium. Readings will correspond to interests of participants. Review of grammar, syntax, and linguistic developments in post-classical Greek.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11.
Prerequisite: Greek Ba, Ac, or permission of the instructor.
[Greek K. Advanced Greek Prose Composition]
Catalog Number: 4171
Instructor to be determined
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4.
Composition in the prose style of various authors and genres, with selected readings representing the development of Greek prose and its analysis by scholars, ancient and modern.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11.
Prerequisite: Greek H or equivalent.
Greek 102. Attic Orators
Catalog Number: 3103
Timothy Gordon Barnes
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
Athenian speeches honoring the city’s fallen warriors, read against their historical and cultural background, with emphasis on Attic syntax and on the conventions of encomiastic prose style. The selection includes the logoi epitaphioi ascribed to Lysias, Demosthenes and Hypereides, as well as Perikles’ funeral oration as reported by Thukydides.
Greek 105. Attic Comedy
Catalog Number: 1969
Albert Henrichs
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14
An introduction to the conventions of Old and New Comedy with emphasis on genre, performance and Athenian society. Close readings of Aristophanes’ Clouds and Menander’s Samia.
Greek 110r. Plato, Symposium
Catalog Number: 6229
David F. Elmer
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
Close reading of Plato’s Symposium focusing on literary aspects of the work.
Greek 112a. History of Greek Literature I
Catalog Number: 3052
David F. Elmer and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
A survey of early Greek poetry and prose, with readings from Homer, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, lyric poetry, and Herodotus. Discussions of genre in relation to performance, historical contexts, thematic (dis)continuities, oral tradition.
Greek 112b. History of Greek Literature II
Catalog Number: 6889
Albert Henrichs and assistant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
A genre-oriented exploration of the poetry and prose produced in classical Athens, including drama, non-dramatic poetry, political and forensic speech-writing, historiography, and philosophical prose. The principal focus will be on the interrelationship between the various genres and the societal and cultural institutions that shaped them. Key concepts are occasion and performance, orality and literacy, as well as author and audience.
Greek 134. The Language of Homer
Catalog Number: 5139
Jeremy Rau
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Essentials of Greek comparative and historical grammar, and a close reading of Iliad 1 and 3. Diachronic aspects of Homeric grammar and diction.
Latin Aab. Beginning Latin (Intensive)
Catalog Number: 7111
Ivy Livingston and assistant
Full course (fall term). M., through F., at 10, M., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 3, 12
For students with little or no previous instruction in Latin who are seriously interested in making very rapid progress. All basic grammar of the normal first-year sequence (Latin Aa and Ab) and practice in reading prose. Students are prepared for Latin Ba, Bb, Bam, or Bbm.
Note: No auditors. May be taken pass/fail. Students with more than one year of formal instruction should take the Placement test in September and consult with the Course Head before enrolling.
This course will only be offered in the fall term.
Latin Ab (formerly Latin B). Beginning Latin
Catalog Number: 2101
Ivy Livingston and assistants
Half course (spring term). Section I: M., W., Th., F., at 9; Section II: M., W., Th., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
Continuation of Latin Aa. Completion of basic grammar and reading of longer passages.
Note: No auditors. May be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Latin Aa or equivalent.
Latin Ac. Review and Reading
Catalog Number: 7033
Ivy Livingston and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W., Th., F. at 9. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
For students with more than one year of formal training in Latin who do not place into Latin Ba. The course will combine a review of morphology and syntax with readings from prose authors. Students are prepared for Latin Ba or Bb.
Note: No auditors. May be taken Pass/Fail.
Latin Ba (formerly Latin 3). Latin Prose Selections (Classical)
Catalog Number: 2344
Ivy Livingston and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
A bridge between the study of Latin grammar and the reading of prose authors; intended to develop reading and translation skills and introduce prose styles. The readings are short selections from a variety of genres by authors such as Cicero, Pliny, Nepos, Sallust, and Petronius.
Prerequisite: Latin Ab, Aab, Ac, or equivalent.
Latin Bam (formerly Latin 3m). Latin Prose Selections (Late Antique and Medieval)
Catalog Number: 7123
Jan Ziolkowski and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Begins with a review of fundamentals. Aims at increased facility in reading Latin, through a study of selected post-classical prose texts and authors such as the Vulgate Bible, Augustine, and Abelard.
Prerequisite: Latin Ab, Aab, Ac, or equivalent.
Latin Bb (formerly Latin 4). Introduction to Latin Poetry (Classical)
Catalog Number: 2488
Ivy Livingston and assistant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Reading of selections of Latin poetry and introduction to meter.
Prerequisite: Latin Ab, Aab, Ac, or equivalent.
Latin Bbm (formerly Latin 4m). Introduction to Latin Poetry (Late Antique and Medieval)
Catalog Number: 2096
Jan Ziolkowski and assistant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Selections from epic and lyric.
Prerequisite: Latin Ab, Aab, Ac, or equivalent.
Latin K. Advanced Latin Prose Composition
Catalog Number: 5018
Richard F. Thomas
Half course (spring term). M., 3–5.
Exercise in the prose style of different authors and periods, working within various subject-areas and genres. As a guide to composition, we will read and analyze illustrative passages from major authors, including Cato, Cicero, Sallust, Livy, Seneca, and Tacitus, as well as some distinctive styles in lesser-known authors.
Latin 100. Roman Satire
Catalog Number: 0595
Christopher B. Krebs
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Readings from the satires of Horace, Persius and Juvenal with attention to its status as genre, the development of this genre, and with consideration of each author in his literary, social, and cultural context.
Latin 102a. Catullus and Horace - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 12148
Benjamin Tipping
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 2. EXAM GROUP: 7
Literary and historical interpretation of poetry by Catullus and Horace.
Latin 106b. Virgil: Aeneid
Catalog Number: 7069
Richard F. Thomas
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 1–2:30. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Reading and discussion of Virgil’s Aeneid, with attention to its place in the epic tradition and its status as a work of Augustan literature.
Note: This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core area requirement for Literature and Arts A.
Latin 109. Lucan’s De Bello Civili
Catalog Number: 2672
Benjamin Tipping
Half course (fall term). M., W., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Reading of Lucan’s De bello civili, with a focus on its central figures, Caesar, Pompey, and Cato, and on the relationship between its poetics and its politics.
Latin 112a. History of Latin Literature I
Catalog Number: 7099
R. J. Tarrant and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
The literature of the Republic and early Augustan period. Reading of extensive selections from the major authors, with lectures and discussion on the evolution and development of Latin prose and poetry. The course focuses on a variety of issues: Latin individuality through manipulation of inherited Greek forms, metrical and stylistic developments, evolving poetics, intertextuality and genre renewal, dynamic effects of social and political contexts.
Latin 112b. History of Latin Literature II
Catalog Number: 7643
Benjamin Tipping and assistant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Readings from the literature of the late republic/early empire, with a focus on developments in genre and on historical context.
Latin 131. Cicero, De Officiis
Catalog Number: 70203
Gisela Striker
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
For centuries after his death, Cicero was mainly known as a philosopher rather than as a statesman and orator. The most influential of his philosophical treatises was the De Officiis, a standard text on the curriculum until the end of the 18th century. In this course we will read and discuss selected passages from all three books, with an emphasis Cicero’s account of Stoic ethics.
Latin 132. Cicero Orations and Rhetorica - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 85183
Timothy Gordon Barnes
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
Introduction to the theory and practice of oratory in late republican Rome. The course examines the formation of the actual and the ideal orator, as evidenced by the early speeches and in the theoretical works. Readings in Latin from selected court speeches, the —De oratore— and —Brutus—.
Latin 134. Archaic Latin
Catalog Number: 1327
Jeremy Rau
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Essentials of Latin comparative and historical grammar, with readings of early Latin inscriptions, legal texts, and selections from Livius Andronicus, Plautus, Ennius, and Cato.
Classical Philology 226. Memories of the Roman Republic - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 68621
Emma Dench
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An exploration of the ways in which the Roman Republican past was constructed both in antiquity and in modern historiography, with particular attention to narrative tendencies, turning points, individuals, and political shapes.
Classical Philology 227. Latin Lexicography - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 48563
Christopher B. Krebs
Half course (fall term). M., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
Introduction into the history and the workings of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in the broader context of lexicography and semantics. We will begin by studying TLL articles with an eye to their structure, abbreviations, and symbols, and then compare the variant lexicographical approaches of the early, middle, and later volumes. Participants will subsequently undertake lexicographical work on selected passages and will thereby be involved in the writing of articles.
Note: Upon successful completion of the course participants may apply for a summer fellowship at the TLL in Munich.
Classical Philology 229. Virgil and Horace and their 17th and 18th Century Reception - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 38075
Richard F. Thomas
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
The seminar will focus on both the poetry of Virgil and Horace in their Augustan context and on the creative reception in these centuries, with particular attention to English receivers. Topics will include: development of genres, translation theory and practice, ideological contestation, and aesthetics in literature, art and music. Focus on Jonson, Rubens, Marvell, Milton, Dryden, Purcell, Swift, Pope, Thomson, Crabbe, and others.
Note: Open to graduate students from other departments with at least two years of college Latin.
Classical Philology 230. Aristarchus and Alexandrian Scholarship - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 84978
Francesca Schironi
Half course (spring term). W., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
This graduate seminar will focus on Aristarchus’ scholarship on the Iliad as it is preserved in the Homeric Scholia. Aristarchus’ activity will be also put in the larger context of Hellenistic and Roman scholarship and grammar.
Classical Philology 277. Latin Palaeography - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 61297
R. J. Tarrant
Half course (fall term). W., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
The evolution of Latin script from antiquity to the rise of print, with emphasis on periods and types of script important for the transmission of classical Latin literature.
Classical Archaeology 141. Love and Metamorphosis: Storytelling in Roman Art - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 44276
Bettina Bergmann
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Parallels abound among the stories narrated by Latin poets and represented by Roman artisans, but the variety and nature of the correspondences remain elusive. The course examines the most popular mythical love tales in Roman fresco and compares them with narratives in other media, literary and visual.
[Medieval Greek 125. Byzantine Religious Tales]
Catalog Number: 3317
John Duffy
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10.
Reading a selection from the corpus of Byzantine religious tales and legends, including some that went on to have fruitful careers in Medieval Latin and other languages. Examples: The Jewish Boy Legend; The Sinner’s Vision; The Drunken Nun; Boys Celebrating the Eucharist; The Heretical Businessman.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11.
Medieval Greek 185. Workshop in Greek Palaeography
Catalog Number: 3271
John Duffy
Half course (spring term). M., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
A practical introduction to medieval Greek handwriting and manuscripts, tracing the main developments of Greek scripts from the uncial of fourth century texts to scholarly hands of the sixteenth century. Special emphasis on practical skills. Participants will learn to distinguish the major styles of handwriting, to recognize the most common abbreviations and ligatures, and to read with some facility minuscule hands, especially those of the eleventh-sixteenth century. Manuscripts of Classical, Christian, and Byzantine authors explored.
Medieval Greek 195. Byzantine Saints’ Lives of the 7th Century
Catalog Number: 6329
John Duffy
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Before the onset of the “Dark Age” Byzantine hagiography experienced a flourishing period in the late 6th and early 7th century. This course will examine the lives of Theodore of Sykeon, John the Almsgiver, and Symeon Salos, written in the early decades of the 7th century and presenting the activities of holy men in both rural and urban settings.
Medieval Latin 110. Latin Literature of the Twelfth Century - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 26464
Bridget Kennedy Balint
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
Poetry and prose of the twelfth-century "renaissance," with discussion of the state of learning and literary culture, responses to classical texts, friendship, patronage, the literary persona, and the controversial use of poetry as a vehicle for philosophical speculation.
[Medieval Latin 115. The Cambridge Songs and Medieval Lyric]
Catalog Number: 9054
Jan Ziolkowski
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4.
Explores a renowned lyric collection that brings together verse composed in medieval Germany, France, and Italy, as well as excerpts from Latin poetry of classical antiquity and late antiquity. Examines questions of genre (panegyric, dirges, occasional poems, comic tales, didactic, spring poems, love poems, and religious poems), of meter, of relations between text and music, of manuscripts, and of anthologizing.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11. No prior experience with Medieval Latin necessary.
Modern Greek B. Intermediate Modern Greek: Language and Civilization
Catalog Number: 8187
Vassiliki Rapti
Full course. M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Aims at further development of skills in speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing. Selected readings in prose (literary and journalistic), poetry, folksongs, modern music, and theater serve as an introduction to aspects of modern Greek literature and culture. The second term is conducted in Greek and focuses on topics selected by the instructor and the students in the first term. Grammar is reviewed in the context of readings.
Prerequisite: An elementary knowledge of modern Greek (equivalent to that of Modern Greek A).
*Modern Greek 100. Advanced Modern Greek: Introduction to Modern Greek Literature
Catalog Number: 8487
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Literary, sociocultural, and linguistic analysis of selected readings in prose, poetry, orally transmitted songs and folktales.
Note: Conducted in Greek.
Prerequisite: Modern Greek B or equivalent and permission of instructor.
[Modern Greek 145 (formerly Comparative Literature 145). Dreams and Literature]
Catalog Number: 8412
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3.
Against the dual background of ancient and medieval commentaries on the one hand, and modern psychoanalytic and ethnographic studies on the other, diverse literary texts will be explored. The major focus will be on Greek literature, but examples from other European literatures will also be considered (including film). Major topics: typology of dreams; dreams as narratives; dreaming and writing; religious dimensions. Theoretical readings to include: Aristotle, Aelius Aristides, Artemidorus, Synesius of Cyrene; Freud, Jung, Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Lyotard.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11. Students who have previously taken Comparative Literature 145, Dreams and Literature, may not take this course for credit.
Modern Greek 146. The Greek Novel - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 64002
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Examines the development of the genre of the novel from late antiquity to Greek postmodernism. Medieval Greek and modern Western European examples will also be explored.
[Modern Greek 205. C.P. Cavafy: European Modernism and the Poetics of Desire]
Catalog Number: 2021
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3.
Studies the development of Cavafy’s poetics and its connections with the broader sociocultural context of European aestheticism and modernism. Focuses on the articulation of desire and on current debates in gender studies and psychoanalytic theory.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11.