cicero_syllabus

LAT 365/385: Cicero and the Roman Republic

University of Texas, Department of Classics
Unique numbers 82875/82890
June 9-27, 1997; M-F 8:30-11:30, Waggener 112
Timothy Moore
Waggener 211, 471-5742
Office Hours, M-F 1:30-3 and by appointment

Description: We will study the Pro Caelio of Cicero in its historical context. Our goals will be increased fluency in reading Latin prose, greater understanding of the life and works of Cicero and of Roman society during the Late Republic, and preparation for teaching Cicero as part of the AP Cicero/Catullus course or elsewhere in the curriculum.

Texts:

Cicero, Pro Caelio, ed. R.G. Austin. 3rd edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960.
Cicero's Pro Caelio: Advanced Placement Edition, by Stephen Ciraolo. Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Press, 1997.
Course Packet (available from Abel's Copies, 715D West 23rd Street)

Grading:

Students registered for LAT 365 (undergraduate credit):

Class participation: 50%
Final Exam: 50%

Students registered for LAT 385 (graduate credit):

Class participation: 50%
Final Exam: 30%
Term Paper: 20% (Secondary teachers may substitute a pedagogical project for the paper)

Schedule

Date	Readings in Pro Caelio	Topics to be discussed	Additional readings (from course packet)
June
9		Introduction
10	1-6	The Political Context	P. A. Brunt, Social Conflicts in the Roman Republic, 112-39
11	7-12	The Social Context, I: Education	Jo-Ann Shelton, As the Romans Did, 104-26
12	13-18	The Social Context, II: Women	Sarah B. Pomeroy, Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity, 149-89.
13	19-24	The Literary Context	Katherine Geffken, Comedy in the Pro Caelio, 1-27.
16	25-30	The Legal Context	A.H.M. Jones, The Criminal Courts of the Roman Republic and Principate, 45-85.
17	31-36	Style	Harold C. Gotoff, Cicero's Elegant Style: An Analysis of the Pro Archia, 66-78.
18	37-42	The Advocate, I	Plutarch, Life of Cicero.
19	43-48	The Advocate, II	Cicero, Selected Letters.
20	49-54	The Defendent	Caelius, Selected Letters
23	55-60	The Woman, I	Catullus, Poems 5, 7, 8, 11, 37, 51, 58, 70, 72, 75, 76, 77, 79, 83, 85, 86, 87, 92, 107
24	61-66	The Woman, II	Marilyn B. Skinner, "Clodia Metelli," TAPA 113 (1983) 273-87.
25	67-73	Rhetoric, I	George A. Kennedy, Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition from Ancient to Modern Times, 86-107.
26	74-80	Rhetoric, II	Christopher P. Craig, "Reason, Resonance, and Dilemma in Cicero's Speech for Caelius," Rhetorica 7 (1989) 313-28.
27			FINAL EXAM

last modified September 1, 2010 by timmoore@mail.utexas.edu