16 courses in the 1986–87 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Professor, Chairman of the Department
P. Forsyth,’ AB (Mount Holyoke), MA, PhD (Toronto), Recipient of the Distin guished Teacher Award
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate
Ofticer. oO
RL. Fowler, BA, MA (Toronto), DPhil (Oxford)
Professors P. Keresztes, MA (Toronto), PhD (Graz)
Assistant Professors
L.A. Curchin, 8A (Wester Ontario), MA (Torgnto, Carleton), PhD (Ottawa)
S.BP. Haag, BA, MA (Queen’s),-MA (Waterloo), MPhil (Toronto)
L.L: Neuru, BA (San Francisco), MA (Oregon), PhD (McMaster)
R.L. Porter, BA (McMaster), MA, PhD (Princeton)
Participating Faculty in Classics at
Wilfrid Laurier University
H.A. MacLean, BA (McMaster), MA, PhD (Wisconsin).
D.W. Roller, BA, MA (Oklahoma), PhD (Harvard)
GP. Schaus, BA, MA (Dalhousie), PhD
_ (Pennsywvaria)
GR. Vallillee, BA, MA (McGill), PhO (Chicago)
J. Zeyi, BA, MA (Toronta), PhD (McMaster)
Faculty Member of Classical Studies holding cross appoiniment to: Fine Arts
Course Descriptions
CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION (Courses in Translation) Courses not offered in the current
academic year are listed at the end of this section.
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Course Descriptions 16.31 - Classical Studies
An introductory study of the achievement of ancient Greece through some of its most prominent figures. Each year 2 of the following will be featured: Theseus: The Minoan-Mycenaean Age of Bronze; Pericles and the Rise of Democracy; Socrates, Man and Martyr; Alexander the Great and The Age of Exparr sion. .
An introductory study of the achievement of ancient Rome through some of its most prominent figures. Each year 2 of the following will be featured: Julius Caesar and the Collapse of the Republic; Augustus: The Empire Rises; Nero and the Corruption of Power; ‘ Hadrian and the Imperial Machine.
A survey of the civilization of Classical
Greece, featuring such topics as the
individuat (male and female), political
institutions, art, religion, philosophy, liter-
alure, social life and leisure activities. Students are advised to preregister
early for this course as enrolment is
limited.
CCW 202 W 3C 05
Ancient Roman Society
A survey of the Givilization of the Roman Republic and Empire, featuring such topits as the individual (male and female), political institutions, art, retigion, philosophy, literature, social life and leisure activities.
Students are advised to preregister early for this course as enrolment is limited.
A survey of ancient Greece, emphasizing its political, military, social and economic aspects.
This course is acceptable for credit by the History Department. .
A military, political, social and economic survey of Rome from earliest times to the Empire's fall. |
This course is acceptable for credit by the History Department.
Classical Studies accepts HIST 238 for Classical Civilization credit, but a student may not take both HIST 238 and C CIV 282.
- 16.32 Course Descriptions
CCN 25 W X O05 Medieval Civilization 1
A study of medieval literature, art, archi-..
tecture, music and odther expressive forms. The period from late antiquity to A.0. 1200 will be studied.
This course focuses upon the dramatic literature of the classical age in Athens. It features the Oresteia of Aeschylus, the “Oedipus” plays of Sophocles, and - the Medea, Hippolytus and Bacchae of Euripides. Roman tragedy is also studied for comparative purposes through the plays of Seneca. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed.
Cross-listed as DRAMA 251.
CCW 262 F 3C 05
Social Problems in Antiquity
A study of selected social problems in
ancient Greece and Rome. Each year, 2
of the following will be examined.
women in society, slavery and the
labour force, the aged and infirm.
human sexuality and sexual mores, chit-
dren and education, minority groups and
racial prejudice, war and contiict. Prereq: C CIV 201 or 202 or instruc °
tor s permission.
A study of Greek and Roman myth.
including the birth of the gods, creation.
the Olympians, Prometheus and the fall.
the flood, the ages of man.
A study of Greek and Roman legend, including the cycles of Troy, Mycenae, Thebes; the Argonauts, the heroes, Odysseus; and the mystery religions (with their relation to Christianity).
A survey of the art and architecture of
the ancient Greek world from the
Minoan to the Hellenistic periods. Cross-listed as FINE 310.
CCl 352 W 3C 05
Roman Art and Architecture . A survey of the art and architecture of
the Roman world from Etruscan to Impe-
tial Times. Cross-listed as FINE 311.
From the beginnings to Plato. Cross-listed as PHI. 380.
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CCN 32. W 3 05 History of Ancient Philosophy 2 From Ajistotie to the close of classical antiquity.
Cross-listed as PHIL 381.
CCN 365 W 3C 05 Ancient Comedy in Translation The comedy of the ancient Greeks and Romans will be examined through selected plays of Aristophanes, Mehander, Plautus and Terence. The different types of comedy, and their evolution, will. be studied in lectures and discussions. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed.
Prereq: C CIV 266 or instructor's permission. °
Cross-listed as DRAMA 358.
CCW 381 F XC 05
From Diocletian to Constantine
A study of the political and economic gollapse of the Roman Empire, oriental ideas of the ruler, paganism, and the persecution of the Christian Church.
CCN 32 W 3X 05
Constantine the Great
A study of Constantine’s rise to power as sole ruler of the Roman Empire, his measures to secure the empire and its economy, his relationship with tne Christian Church, and the establishment of ‘new Rome’.
Senior seminar, intensive study of various problems.
Prereq: Previous work in ancient history or instructor's permission ©
This course is acceptable for credit by the History Department (but not as a
By arrangement with the Department, an individual student or a small group of students will follow a course of study
__ under the supervision of a faculty
member.
Not offered in 1986–87.
Not offered in 1986–87.
Not offered in 1986–87.
Not offered in 1986–87.