CLAS 315 - Critical Theory and Classical Lit

Next Offered: Offered in a Future Term

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits: 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU

This course will consider the questions both of what role critical theory has played in the reception of the Classics, and what role the Classics have played in critical theory. We will conclude by asking to what degree critical theory is desirable, necessary, or appropriate to any sufficient scholarly apparatus of reading ancient texts. Primary authors will include Plato, Euripides, and Apuleius; theorists will be Lacan, Derrida and Nietzsche; Classical scholars will include Willamowitz, Rohde, Winkler, and Gildersleeve.

 

Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: B. Lee

Prerequisites & Notes:  Prerequisite: work at the 200 Level in Classics or other literature courses.
Cross List Information: Cross-listed with Comparative Literature 315