{"id":1479,"date":"2014-06-18T11:20:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T16:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/?page_id=1479"},"modified":"2015-04-01T08:23:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T13:23:32","slug":"course-outline-for-the-ancient-greek-and-roman-novel-huma-4107-2014-15","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/harlands-courses\/course-outline-for-the-ancient-greek-and-roman-novel-huma-4107-2014-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Outline for The Ancient Greek and Roman Novel (HUMA 4107; 2014-15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>General Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor: Philip Harland (<a href=\"mailto:pharland@yorku.ca\">click here to email me<\/a>).<br \/>\nOffice hours (Vanier 248): Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 or by appointment<\/li>\n<li>Seminar discussions: Wednesdays 11:30-2:20 &#8211; Calumet College 318<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This discussion-based seminar explores literary and cultural contexts of the ancient Greek novel (prose fiction) and related fictional or partially fictional narratives in the Roman imperial period (first to third centuries CE).\u00a0 As such, the seminar also considers the lines between &#8220;fiction&#8221; and &#8220;history&#8221; and between &#8220;lies&#8221; and &#8220;truth&#8221; as these concepts were understood by people in antiquity.<\/p>\n<p>The ideal ancient Greek love novel or romance centres on the story of separated lovers and their adventures, and we will give special attention to the generic features and plots of works including <i>Callirhoe<\/i><em> and<\/em> <i>Chaereas<\/i> (by Chariton), <i>Anthia and Habrocomes<\/i> (by Xenophon), <i>Leukippe and Kleitophon <\/i>(by Achilles Tatius), and <em>Daphnis and Chloe<\/em> (by Longus).\u00a0 Although not the focus, we will also touch on the later, fourth-century romance by Heliodorus about <em> Charicleia and Theagenes\u00a0<\/em>(aka <em>An Ethiopean Story<\/em>)<em>. <\/em>We will then investigate the ways in which Latin-speaking authors developed and, at times, parodied the Greek novel, considering Roman fictional works such as the<i> Golden Ass<\/i> by Apuleius and the <i>Satyrica <\/i>by Petronius.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, we will go beyond blatant prose fiction to explore what could be called novelistic features in other partially fictional narratives, including histories, travelogues and biographies.\u00a0 Finally, we will look at how certain cultural minorities, including Judeans (Jews) and Christians, produced comparable prose fiction, including works such as <i>Joseph and Aseneth<\/i> and <i>The Acts of Paul and Thecla<\/i>.\u00a0 Throughout the course, we will go beyond the literary features of these texts, using these writings as a window into the social, religious, and cultural worlds of the authors (and audiences). In particular, we will give special attention to the place of gods and goddesses and rituals for them within the worldview of the authors (and audience) of fictional works.<\/p>\n<p>So, overall, we will be doing three main things with these ancient writings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Considering genre, ancient narratives, and literary features (the nature, purpose, and function of particular writings);<\/li>\n<li>Exploring the theoretical question of how the ancients defined truth and lies, history and fiction; and<\/li>\n<li>Using these writings as a window into cultural and social life in the Greco-Roman world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Required books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B.P. Reardon, ed. <em>Collected Ancient Greek Novels<\/em> (2nd edition; University of California Press, 2008). ISBN: 978-0520256552<\/li>\n<li>E.J. Kenney, trans. <em>Apuleius: The Golden Ass<\/em> (Penguin, 2004). ISBN: 978-0140435900<\/li>\n<li>Niklas Holzberg, <em>The Ancient Novel: An Introduction<\/em> (Routledge, 1995).\u00a0 Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/eresolver\/?id=1274924\" target=\"_blank\">online through York University Library<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Further online readings listed with links below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Assignments <\/strong>(see full descriptions at the end of the outline)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attendance and participation in seminar discussions, including surprise quizzes (25%)<\/li>\n<li>Discussion leadership (10%) and presentation (10%) (= 20%)<\/li>\n<li>Academic integrity tutorial and test:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/tutorial\/academic_integrity\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/tutorial\/academic_integrity\/index.html<\/a>.\u00a0 All students must go through the tutorial and complete the test before the first assignment, achieving a 10\/10 (100%) and submitting a\u00a0<em>hardcopy <\/em><em>print-out of the results<\/em> of their test. Assignment 1 will not be accepted without a completed academic integrity test submitted or attached (due week 6, Fall term)<\/li>\n<li>Assignment 1: Academic book review essay, due week 6 in the Fall (10%) \u2013 Academic honesty test results must be submitted before or with the first assignment<\/li>\n<li>Assignment 2: Analysis of primary source essay 1 (Apuleius&#8217;\u00a0<em>Golden Ass<\/em>), 8 pages double spaced, due week 11 in the Fall (15%)<\/li>\n<li>Assignment 3: Analysis of primary source essay 2 (women and gender in Achilles Tatius and in Judith) , 10 pages double spaced, due week 7 in the Winter (15%)<\/li>\n<li>Final test for both terms (15%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Penalties for lateness:\u00a0 One grade (10%) per day (e.g. B becomes C, if one day late).\u00a0 Assignments are due at the beginning of class in printed, hardcopy form.\u00a0 My aim here is fairness both to you and to your fellow students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Electronic copy to accompany hardcopy:\u00a0 All assignments must be submitted in hardcopy.\u00a0 However, you also need to send me the same document to me as an email attachment.\u00a0 Documents may be submitted to turnitin.com for analysis of potential plagiarism.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Studying Greco-Roman Novels and Fictional Literature<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Week 1 (Sept 10): Introduction to the novel and related &#8220;fictional&#8221; or novelistic literature (historiography, travelogues, biographies, etc.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading and discussion in class: <em>A Babylonian Tale <\/em>(summary by Photius)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>The Earliest Greek <strong><em>Love Novels<\/em><\/strong> or Romances: Reuniting with One&#8217;s Spouse in the Greek City<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Week 2 (Sept 17): Xenophon of Ephesos, <em>Anthia and Habrocomes<\/em>, aka <em>An Ephesian Tale <\/em>(first or second century CE)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: <em>An Ephesian Tale <\/em>(in Reardon); Holzberg, &#8220;The Genre&#8221; and &#8220;The Idealistic Novel in Early Imperial Times,&#8221; in <em>The Ancient Novel,<\/em> pages 1-20, 32-45 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/eresolver\/?id=1274924\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: 1.12-2.8 (Hippothous and the band of brigands); 4.1-2 (gods save Habrocomes from execution); 5.1-15 (finale and recognitions)<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s (prof in this case) additional article: Koen de Temmerman, &#8220;Xenophon of Ephesos,&#8221; <i>Crafting Characters: Heroes and Heroines in the Ancient Greek Novel<\/i> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014). (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/oso\/downloaddoclightbox\/$002f10.1093$002facprof:oso$002f9780199686148.001.0001$002facprof-9780199686148-chapter-3\/Xenophon$0020of$0020Ephesus?nojs=true\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Week 3 (Sept 24): Film on the ancient Mediterranean world<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: <em>Chaereas and Callirhoe<\/em> (books 1-4) (in Reardon); Smith, &#8220;From Drama to Narrative: The Reception of Comedy in the Ancient Novel&#8221; (ADD FOR NEXT TIME).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Week 4 (Oct 1):\u00a0Chariton of Aphrodisias, <em>Callirhoe and <\/em><em>Chaereas<\/em> (first century CE)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: <em>Chaereas and Callirhoe<\/em> (books 5-8) (in Reardon); Morgan, &#8220;Make-believe and Make Believe,&#8221; pages 197-224 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Morgan 1993 Make Believe.protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>; course password required).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: 1.1-9 (marriage and separation); 1.1 + 1.14 + 2.3 + 3.3 + 5.3 (epiphanies of Callirhoe); 6.8 + 7.3 (historiographical feel); 8.1 (reunited)<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s (prof in this case) additional article: Robert L. Cioffi, &#8220;Seeing Gods: Epiphany and Narrative in the Greek Novels,&#8221; <em>Ancient Narrative <\/em>11 (2014) 1-42 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientnarrative.com\/pdf\/anvol11_04prelcioffi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Transformations in the Greek Romances: Foreign Towns and Rural Settings <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Week 5 (Oct 8): Achilles Tatius,<i> Leukippe and Kleitophon\u00a0<\/i>(second century CE), part 1<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: <i>Leukippe and Kleitophon <\/i>(books 1-4) (in Reardon); Reardon, &#8220;Achilles Tatius and Ego-Narrative&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Reardon 1994 Achilles Tatius Ego-Narrative.protected.pdf\">link<\/a>; course password required)<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: 1.1-19 (intro, narrator(s), author&#8217;s focus on explaining human emotions); 3.9-24 (&#8220;rangers&#8221; \/ bandits and apparent human sacrifice)<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Elizabeth Mitchell, &#8220;The Boy\u2019s Own Love Story: The Romantic Adventures of Leukippe, Kleitophon, and Kleitophon\u2019s Friends,&#8221; <em>Ancient Narrative\u00a0<\/em>11 (2014) 43-73 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientnarrative.com\/pdf\/anvol11_03mitchell.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations:\u00a0Katharine Haynes, <i>Fashioning the Feminine in the Greek Novel<\/i> (London: Routledge, 2003).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Week 6 (Oct 15): Achilles Tatius,<i> Leukippe and Kleitophon, <\/i>part 2 (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alessia leads<\/span>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: <i>Leukippe and Kleitophon<\/i> (books 5-8); Chew, Kathryn. \u201cA Novelistic Convention Reversed: Tyche vs. Eros in Achilles Tatius.\u201d <i>Classical Philology<\/i> 107 (2012) 75\u201380 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/pdfplus\/10.1086\/663219.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: 7.7-16 (trial and asylum in the temple of Artemis); 8.1-19 (finale and chastity theme)<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Kathryn Chew, \u201cAchilles Tatius and Parody,\u201d <em>Classical Journal<\/em> 96 (2000) 57\u201370 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/stable\/pdfplus\/10.2307\/3298034.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*BOOK REVIEW DUE WEEK 6*<\/p>\n<p>Week 7 (Oct 22): Longus, <em>Daphnis and Chloe <\/em>(second century CE) and the pastoral setting<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: <em>Daphnis and Chloe <\/em>(in Reardon); Theocritus, <em>Idyll<\/em> 6 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Theocritus, Idyll 6 (Edmonds trans).pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); Bernd Effe, &#8220;Longus: Towards a History of Bucolic and Its Function in the Roman Empire&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Effe 1999 Longus Bucolic.protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>; course password required)<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: prologue + 1.1-18 (love in a pastoral environment); 2.12-31 (pastoral atmosphere interrupted and restored); 4.6-10 (conditions of slavery); 4.19-40 (recognition)<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Stephen Epstein, \u201cThe Education of Daphnis: Goats, Gods, the Birds and the Bees,\u201d <i>Phoenix<\/i> 56 (2002) 25\u201339 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/stable\/pdfplus\/10.2307\/1192468.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>**Oct 29 co-curricular day &#8211; no classes**<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Roman Comic Novels and Satirical Treatments<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Week 8 (Nov 5): Apuleius, <em>Golden Ass<\/em>, part 1 (second century) (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Anh leads<\/span>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: Apuleius, <em>Golden Ass <\/em>1.1-4.27; Holzberg, &#8220;The Comic-Realistic Novel,&#8221; in <em>The Ancient Novel,<\/em> pages 46-62 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/eresolver\/?id=1274924\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); browse Pseudo-Lucian, <em>The Ass <\/em>(in Reardon).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: 1.8-10 + 2.20-32 + 3.14-26 (diviners and magicians)<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Keith Bradley, \u201cFictive Families: Family and Household in the \u2018Metamorphoses\u2019 of Apuleius,\u201d <i>Phoenix<\/i> 54 (2000) 282\u2013308 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/stable\/pdfplus\/10.2307\/1089060.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations: Meriel Jones, <i>Playing the Man: Performing Masculinities in the Ancient Greek Novel<\/i> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). (Alessia); S. J. Harrison, <i>Apuleius: A Latin Sophist<\/i> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000). (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Monica<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Week 9 (Nov 12): Apuleius, <em>Golden Ass<\/em>, part 2: The transformation narrative and the mysteries of Isis (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Monica leads<\/span>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: <em>Golden Ass<\/em>\u00a0<em><\/em>(books 6.25-11.30); Keith Bradley, \u201cContending with Conversion: Reflections on the Reformation of Lucius the Ass,\u201d <i>Phoenix<\/i> 52 (1998) 315\u2013334 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/stable\/pdfplus\/1088674.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: 8.23-31 (devotees of a foreign goddess); 11.1-30 (salvation by Isis and initiations)<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Warren Smith, &#8220;An Author Intrudes Into His Narrative: Lucius \u2018Becomes\u2019 Apuleius<em><\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/booksandjournals.brillonline.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/deliver\/9789004224551_webready_content_text.pdf?itemId=\/content\/books\/9789004224551&amp;mimeType=pdf&amp;isFastTrackArticle=\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OR<\/span> Nathan Watson, &#8220;Dreams and Superstition: A Reinterpretation of Satire in Apuleius, <em>Metamorphoses <\/em>11,&#8221; <em>Ancient Narrative <\/em>11 (2014) 133-158\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.ca\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0CB8QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancientnarrative.com%2Fpdf%2Fanvol11_08prelwatson.pdf&amp;ei=AOdbVMCcDYWsyASr2oGYDw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHmeQm3ZNX9RePN0qEWQpsxZL401w&amp;bvm=bv.78677474,d.aWw\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations: Regine May, <i>Apuleius and Drama: The Ass on Stage<\/i> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006).\u00a0 (Jonathan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Week 10 (Nov 19): Petronius, <em>Satyrica<\/em> (first century) (Tanecia leads)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: Petronius, <em>Satyrica<\/em> (books 1-78)<em><\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/PetroniusSatyriconFirebaugh1922TransModified\/Petronius%2C%20Satyricon%20%28Firebaugh%201922%20trans%20modified%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); Gareth Schmeling, &#8220;Petronius and the <em>Satyrica<\/em>,&#8221; <em>Latin Fiction: The Latin Novel in Context,<\/em> pages 23-37 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/eresolver\/?id=1269519\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis:<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Jon Bodel, &#8220;The <em>Cena Trimalchionis<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Bodel 1999 Dinner of Trimalchio.protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>) OR Jeffrey Henderson, \u201cThe \u2018Satyrica\u2019 and the Greek Novel: Revisions and Some Open Questions,\u201d <em>International Journal of the Classical Tradition<\/em> 17 (2010) 483\u201396 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/40930920\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Presentations: Victoria Rimell, <em>Petronius and the Anatomy of Fiction<\/em> (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002). (Sai)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Week 11 (Nov 26): <em>Fellini \u2013Satyricon<\/em> (1969 film; 2 hours, 9 minutes)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings (to be read before watching the film for orientation): Joanna Paul, &#8220;<em>Fellini\u2013Satyricon:\u00a0<\/em>Petronius and Film&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Paul 2009 Fellini Satyricon.protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>; course password required)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*ASSIGNMENT 2 (APULEIUS ESSAY) DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS WEEK 11*<\/p>\n<p>Week 12 (Dec 3):\u00a0<em>Wonders Beyond Thule<\/em>, <em>A Phoenician Story, <\/em>and <em>Iolaos<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: Antonius Diogenes, <em>The Wonders Beyond Thule <\/em>(in the &#8220;Summaries section of Reardon);\u00a0<em>A Phoenician Story <\/em>and <em>Iolaos <\/em>(in the &#8220;Fragments&#8221; section of Reardon);\u00a0<em><\/em>Achilles Tatius,\u00a0<em>Leukippe and Kleitophon <\/em>3.13-25 (in Reardon)<br \/>\nAccusations of human sacrifice in &#8220;historical&#8221; and other sources: Dio Cassius, <em>Roman History <\/em>68.32 (<a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Cassius_Dio\/68*.html\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>) and<em> <\/em>72.4 (<a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Cassius_Dio\/72*.html\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>);\u00a0Josephus, <em>Against Apion<\/em> 2.91-96 (<a href=\"http:\/\/pace-ancient.mcmaster.ca\/york\/york\/showText?book=2&amp;chapter=1&amp;textChunk=nieseSection&amp;chunkId=89&amp;text=apion&amp;version=&amp;direction=&amp;tab=&amp;layout=english\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); Wisdom of Solomon 14:12-31 (<a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=282667643\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); Minucius Felix, <em>Octavius,<\/em> chapter IX (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earlychristianwritings.com\/text\/octavius.html\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>);\u00a0<em>Gospel of Judas<\/em> 36-43 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/lostgospel\/_pdf\/GospelofJudas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); Harland, \u201cPerceptions of Cultural Minorities: Anti-Associations and their Banquets&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Harland 2009 Perceptions of Cultural Minorities.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: <em>A <\/em><em>Phoenician Story<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Presentations:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winter Term<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Historiography, Ethnography \/ Paradoxography, and <strong><em> Travel Narratives<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Week 1 (Jan 7): Livy&#8217;s account of the Bacchanalia (ca. 20 BCE)\u00a0 &#8211; History and Fiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: Livy, <i>History of Rome<\/i> 39.6 and 39.8-19 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Livy%2039.1-19%20Bacchanalia%20English%20(Sage%201919).pdf\">link<\/a>); \u201c28. Decree of the Senate on the Bacchanalia, 186 BC\u201d and \u201c28a. Edict of the Consuls on the Bacchanalia, 186 BC\u201d in <i>Ancient Roman Statutes: A Translation with Introduction, Commentary, Glossary, and Index<\/i>, 26-28 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heinonline.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/HOL\/Page?collection=cow&amp;handle=hein.cow\/aromsg0001&amp;id=58\">link<\/a>);\u00a0P.G. Walsh, \u201cMaking a Drama Out of a Crisis: Livy on the Bacchanalia,\u201d <i>Greece and Rome<\/i> 43 (1996) 188\u2013203 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/stable\/pdfplus\/10.2307\/643095.pdf\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: 39.6 (Livy&#8217;s moral purposes); 39.8 (a Greek in Etruria); 39.9-39.13 (tale of Aebutius and Hispala); actual decrees<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Adele Scafuro, &#8220;Livy&#8217;s Comic Narrative of the Bacchanalia,&#8221; <em>Helios<\/em> 16 (1989), 119-142.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Week 2 (Jan 14): Lucian of Samosata&#8217;s\u00a0<em>True Histories\u00a0<\/em>\/ <em>True Story<\/em> (ca. 160 CE) and others &#8211; Travel literature and ethnography<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: Lucian, <em>A True Story <\/em>(aka<em> True Histories<\/em>) (in Reardon); G.W. Bowersock, &#8220;Truth in Lying,&#8221; in <i>Fiction as History: Nero to Julian<\/i> (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994), pages 1-27 (<a href=\"http:\/\/ark.cdlib.org\/ark:\/13030\/ft0489n6b4\/\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: 1.1-1.4 (preface and purposes); 1.9-1.27 (Moonites and Sunites); 2.5-2.28 (Island of the Blest)<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Massimo Fusillo, &#8220;The Mirror of the Moon: Lucian&#8217;s <em>A True Story<\/em>\u2013 From Satire to Utopia&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Fussillo 1999 Lucian Moon.protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>; course password required).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations: James S. Romm, <i>The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought<\/i> (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992). (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ty<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Fictional or Semi-Fictional Ancient Biographies (Bioi)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Week 3 (Jan 21): Thessalos&#8217; introduction to his herbal (first-second century CE)<em> \u2013 <\/em>Biography and autobiographical narratives\u00a0(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jonathan leads<\/span>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: Phil Harland, &#8220;Journeys in Pursuit of Divine Wisdom: Stories of Thessalos and Other Seekers,&#8221; in<i> Travel and Religion in Antiquity<\/i> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/publications\/Harland%202011%2007%20Thessalos.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); Plutarch,\u00a0<em>On the Obsolescence of Oracles\u00a0<\/em>excerpts (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Plutarch, Obsolescence of Oracles 410a-421c.pdf\">link<\/a>); Lucian, <em>Lover of Lies <\/em>excerpts (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Lucian Lover of Lies 33-39.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); begin reading Philostratos with any available time (see next week&#8217;s readings).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: Thessalos, Plutarch and Lucian (all relatively short)<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Owen Hodkinson, \u201cSome Distinguishing Features of Deliberate Fictionality in Greek Biographical Narratives\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Hodkinson 1999 Fiction Biography.protected.pdf\">link<\/a>; course password required).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations: Silvia Montiglio, <i>Wandering in Ancient Greek Culture<\/i> (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005). (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tenecia<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em>Week 4 (Jan 28): Li(f)e \u2013 Philostratos, <em>Life of Apollonius of Tyana<\/em>, continued (ca. 210-238 CE)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: &#8220;Summary of Philostratus&#8217; <em>Life of Apollonius<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livius.org\/ap-ark\/apollonius\/apollonius_life.html\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); Philostratos, <em>Life of Apollonius of Tyana, <\/em>books 1-3 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana (English only Conybeare 1919 Loeb trans).pdf\">link<\/a>); James A. Francis, \u201cTruthful Fiction: New Questions to Old Answers on Philostratus\u2019 \u2018Life of Apollonius,\u2019\u201d<i> American Journal of Philology<\/i> 119 (1998) 419\u2013441 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/stable\/pdfplus\/10.2307\/1561679.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: 1.1-3 (introduction and purposes); 3.10-3.58 (time with the Brahmans in India)<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: John Elsner, \u201cHagiographic Geography: Travel and Allegory in the Life of Apollonius of Tyana,\u201d <i>Journal of Hellenic Studies<\/i> 117 (1997) 22\u201337 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/stable\/pdfplus\/10.2307\/632548.pdf\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Week 5 (Feb 4): <em>The Alexander Romance<\/em> (second to fourth centuries CE) (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Christina leads<\/span>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: <em>Alexander Romance <\/em>(in Reardon), especially book 1, book 2.23-41 (letter to mom with stories of marvels), and book 3; Jeremy McInerney, \u201cArrian and the Greek Alexander Romance,\u201d <i>The Classical World<\/i> 100 (2007) 424\u201330 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/stable\/pdfplus\/10.2307\/25434052.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis: 1.1-1.14 (Nektanebos and Alexander&#8217;s &#8220;divine&#8221; origins); 2.32-2.41 (Alexander&#8217;s first-person travel adventures to the ends of the earth); 3.1-3.16 (Alexander and the Brahmans of India)<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Grammatiki A. Karla, \u201cFolk Narrative Techniques in the \u2018Alexander Romance,\u2019\u201d <i>Mnemosyne<\/i> 65 (2012) 636\u201355 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Karla 2012 Narrative Techniques Alexander Romance.protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>; course password required).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Week 6 (Feb 11): Lucian&#8217;s satirical biography of Alexander of Abonuteichos<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: Lucian, <em>Alexander the False Prophet<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/Lucian,%20Alexander%20the%20False%20Prophet%20%28Harmon%20trans%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>; Greek and English <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/L162LucianIVAnacharsisMenippusAlexander\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); C.P. Jones, \u201cAlexander of Abonuteichos\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Jones 1986 Alexander of Abonuteichos.protected.pdf\">link<\/a>; course password required)<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis:<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Matthew Dickie, \u201cDivine Epiphany in Lucian\u2019s Account of the Oracle of Alexander of Abonuteichos,\u201d <i>Illinois Classical Studies<\/i> 29 (2004) 159\u201382 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/stable\/pdfplus\/23065346.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations: C.P. Jones, <i>Culture and Society in Lucian<\/i> (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986). (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Christina<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong>**Reading week Feb 14-20 &#8211; no classes**<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Judean (Jewish) Novelistic Stories<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Week 7 (Feb 25):<em> Judith <\/em>(second or first century BCE) (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ty<\/span>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: <em>Judith,<\/em> chapter 5 in <em>Ancient Jewish Novels: An Anthology<\/em>, pages 89-120 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/oso\/downloaddoclightbox\/$002f10.1093$002f0195151429.001.0001$002facprof-9780195151428-chapter-5\/Judith?nojs=true\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); Sara Raup Johnson, \u201cJews at Court,\u201d in <i>Historical Fictions and Hellenistic Jewish Identity Third Maccabees in Its Cultural Context<\/i> (Oakland: University of California Press, 2005), 10\u201355 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/e\/resolver\/id\/2384770\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>; go to chapter 1).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis:<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article:\u00a0 Richard I. Pervo, &#8220;Aseneth and Her Sisters: Women in Jewish Narrative and in the Greek Novels&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Pervo 1991 Aseneth, Judith and women novels.protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>; course password required).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations: Lawrence Mitchell Wills, <i>The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World<\/i> (Cornell University Press, 1995).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*ASSIGNMENT 3 ESSAY DUE IN CLASS*<\/p>\n<p><em>STRIKE INTERMISSION<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Week 8 (April 1): Discussion of strike remediation and student Q &amp; A<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Adventures in Early Christian Literature: Acts, Travels, Martyrdoms<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Week 9 (April 8): <em>Acts of Paul and Thecla<\/em> (mid-second century CE) (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sai leads<\/span>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: <em>Acts of Paul and Thecla <\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/oso\/downloaddoclightbox\/$002f10.1093$002f0198261829.001.0001$002facprof-9780198261827-chapter-23\/The$0020Acts$0020of$0020Paul?nojs=true\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); Judith Perkins, &#8220;Death as a Happy Ending,&#8221; in <em>The Suffering Self,<\/em> pp<em>. <\/em>15-40 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/eresolver\/?id=1268140\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); Acts of the Apostles (in the Bible &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+1&amp;version=NRSV\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>), especially familiarizing yourself with chapters 9-28 (story of Saul\/Paul).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis:<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Melissa M. Aubin, &#8220;Reversing Romance? The Acts of Thecla and the Ancient Novel&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Aubin 1998 Thecla Reversing Romance.protected.pdf\">link<\/a>; course password required).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations: Judith Perkins, <i>The Suffering Self: Pain and Narrative Representation in Early Christian Era<\/i> (London: Routledge, 1995). (Anh)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Week 10 (April 15): Pseudo-Clementine <em>Recognitions<\/em> (third century CE)<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: Clement&#8217;s family story extracted from the Pseudo-Clementine <em>Recognitions\u00a0<\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Clement story extracted from Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">extractions only<\/span>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions (ANF Smith 1916 trans).pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> to complete work).\u00a0 Extractions: book 1, chapters 1-19 (Clement&#8217;s family story and journeys in pursuit of wisdom); book 7, chapters 1-38 (recognition and conversion of his mother); book 8, chapters 1-2; book 9, chapters 32-38; book 10, chapters 67-72 (recognition and conversion of Clement&#8217;s father); &#8220;Plot Summary of Pseudo-Clementine <em>Recognitions<\/em> (by J.B. Lightfoot) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Plot summary of Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions (Lightfoot).pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>); Silvia Montiglio, &#8220;From the Pagan Novels to Early Jewish and Christian Narratives: Refashioning Recognition&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/oso\/downloaddoclightbox\/$002f10.1093$002facprof:oso$002f9780199916047.001.0001$002facprof-9780199916047-chapter-5\/From$0020the$0020Pagan$0020Novels$0020to$0020Early$0020Jewish$0020and$0020Christian$0020Narratives:$0020Refashioning$0020Recognition?nojs=true\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis:<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Nicole Kelley, \u201cProblems of Knowledge and Authority in the Pseudo-Clementine Romance of Recognitions,\u201d <i>Journal of Early Christian Studies<\/i> 13 (2005) 315\u2013348 (<a href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/journals\/journal_of_early_christian_studies\/v013\/13.3kelley.pdf\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations: Catherine Fales Cooper, <i>The Virgin and the Bride: Idealized Womanhood in Late Antiquity<\/i> (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>No class April 22 for hiatus for other exams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Week 11 (April 29): *In class test*<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assignment Descriptions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Participation in seminar discussions \/ surprize quizzes<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Participation and interaction is an important part of the process of learning, particularly in a fourth year <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seminar<\/span>.\u00a0 For this reason it is essential that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all students<\/span> do the readings (especially the primary sources) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">before<\/span> attending the seminar for a particular week, coming prepared for discussion.\u00a0 To further ensure that students are doing the readings, there will be 3 surprise, pass-or\u2013fail <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">quizzes<\/span> (70% will be considered a pass, 69% or below a fail) in each of the two terms (6 quizzes total, with the ability to drop one for a total of 5).\u00a0 These quizzes will be devoted solely to testing whether you have been doing the readings and thinking about our topics.\u00a0 Failure to attend will be considered a fail for a quiz. These quizzes will be considered as part of the participation mark.<\/p>\n<p><em>Discussion leadership<\/em> (15 minute presentation + 30 minutes of discussion time)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Each student will have the opportunity (either once or twice) to lead the discussion in a particular week.\u00a0 The leader is expected to do extra preparation for that week, introducing the writing and also studying beyond the readings assigned to all other students.\u00a0 The presenter is also responsible for studying and explaining an additional article on the topic which is specified in the outline.\u00a0 The focus of leading and leadership questions should be on analysis of the ancient source of the week.\u00a0 We will discuss what is required in more detail.<\/p>\n<p><em>Presentation relating to the book you reviewed (though <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NOT<\/span> reading your book review) <\/em>&#8211; 20 minutes<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Each student will do a special presentation on a topic that emerges out of the student&#8217;s study of the book they reviewed.\u00a0 This should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> be a reading of the book review.\u00a0 Rather, the student should do a presentation relating to material covered in the book in a way that furthers our discussion of the ancient writing for a particular week with a focus on helping us understand one or two main portions of the ancient writing.\u00a0 The aim is to teach us about some important issue relating to the ancient writing and provide us with some insights into the ancient writing.\u00a0 We will discuss what is required in more detail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Book options (all available through the York University library system \u2013 see outline for dates of presentations):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>*Catherine Fales Cooper, <i>The Virgin and the Bride: Idealized Womanhood in Late Antiquity<\/i> (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996).<\/li>\n<li>*S. J. Harrison, <i>Apuleius: A Latin Sophist<\/i> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000).<\/li>\n<li>*Katharine Haynes, <i>Fashioning the Feminine in the Greek Novel<\/i> (London: Routledge, 2003). (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/eresolver\/?id=1269932\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> to ebook)<\/li>\n<li>*C.P. Jones, <i>Culture and Society in Lucian<\/i> (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986).<\/li>\n<li>*Meriel Jones, <i>Playing the Man: Performing Masculinities in the Ancient Greek Novel<\/i> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).<\/li>\n<li>David Konstan, <i>Sexual Symmetry: Love in the Ancient Novel and Related Genres<\/i> (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994).<\/li>\n<li>*John M. McMahon, <i>Paralysin Cave: Impotence, Perception, and Text in the Satyrica of Petronius<\/i> (Leiden: Brill, 1998).<\/li>\n<li>*Regine May, <i>Apuleius and Drama: The Ass on Stage<\/i>, Oxford Classical Monographs (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006).<\/li>\n<li>*Silvia Montiglio, <i>Wandering in Ancient Greek Culture<\/i> (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005).<\/li>\n<li>*Judith Perkins, <i>The Suffering Self: Pain and Narrative Representation in Early Christian Era<\/i> (London: Routledge, 1995).<\/li>\n<li>*Victoria Rimell, <i>Petronius and the Anatomy of Fiction<\/i> (Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2002).<\/li>\n<li>*James S. Romm, <i>The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought<\/i> (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992).<\/li>\n<li>*Christine M. Thomas, <i>Acts of Peter, Gospel Literature, and the Ancient Novel: Rewriting the Past<\/i> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).<\/li>\n<li>Stefan Tilg, <i>Chariton of Aphrodisias and the Invention of the Greek Love Novel<\/i> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).<\/li>\n<li>*Lawrence Mitchell Wills, <i>The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World<\/i> (Cornell University Press, 1995).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Assignment 1: Academic book review essay<\/em><i> <\/i><\/strong>(6 pages double-spaced)<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: To familiarize yourself with the genre of the academic book review, read at least 10 book reviews (reviewing single-author books, not edited ones) that interest you in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/e\/resolver\/id\/1521279\"><em>The Classical Review<\/em><\/a> (accessible through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/e\/resolver\/id\/1520855\">JSTOR<\/a> on our library system) or in the <em>Bryn Mawr Classical Review<\/em> online at: <a href=\"http:\/\/bmcr.brynmawr.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bmcr.brynmawr.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 2: With a focus on the arguments and main points, read the book<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Write an academic\u00a0book review of the book (in the form of an essay), which entails:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explaining the main arguments of the book and how the author builds up these arguments with sub-arguments throughout the chapters.<\/li>\n<li>Discussing the author\u2019s methods or approach and the author\u2019s use of evidence to support the author\u2019s points.<\/li>\n<li>Providing a critical assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the book. Does the author achieve what he or she set out to do? Is the argument convincing or not, and in what ways? What theoretical assumptions and\/or value judgments influence the author\u2019s reconstruction of history? Be sure to provide concrete examples (citing page numbers in parentheses) of the problems or strengths you discuss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The review paper should have a clear thesis statement or argument (concerning your evaluation of the book) which is supported throughout the paragraphs. The paper should be clearly written and structured with no spelling or grammatical errors. Be succinct and do not exceed the prescribed length.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Assignment 2: Analysis of Primary Source (Apuleius)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(8 pages double-spaced)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For Greeks and Romans, the gods, stories about the gods, and ritual honours for the gods were integrated within everyday life.\u00a0 Using Apuleius&#8217; novel as evidence, write an essay that illustrates the importance of gods and goddesses (e.g. Fortune, Mars, Mother, Isis) and honours for them within the worldview of the author and his audience.\u00a0 In the process of carefully reading the novel, give special attention to the role of the gods and to rituals and customs associated with the gods.\u00a0 Also be attentive to the meaning and function of &#8220;Fortune&#8221; and &#8220;Providence&#8221; in the development of the story.\u00a0 Be sure to demonstrate that you have read the whole novel and that you have carefully analyzed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at least four substantial episodes<\/span>, including Lucius&#8217; initiation into the mysteries of Isis and Osiris in book 11.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Assignment 3: Essay on Portrayals of Women Protagonists in Judean Fiction and in the Greek Novels <\/em><\/strong>(10 pages double-spaced)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Step 1a:<\/span> Read the following articles (in addition to course readings on Judith) to provide you with some scholarly background on the issue of women and gender in ancient fictional or semi-fictional narratives, particularly Judith:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brigitte Egger, \u201cThe Role of Women in the Greek Novel: Woman as Heroine and Reader,\u201d in <i>Oxford Readings in the Greek Novel<\/i>, ed. Simon Swain (Oxford: OUP, 1999), 108-112 and 119-129 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Egger 1999 Women in novels.protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Katharine Haynes, <i>Fashioning the Feminine in the Greek Novel<\/i> (London: Routledge, 2003), pages 56-70 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/eresolver\/?id=1269932\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Amy-Jill Levine, \u201cSacrifice and Salvation: Otherness and Domestication in the Book of Judith\u201d in <i>A Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna<\/i>, ed. Athalya Brenner, The Feminist Companion to the Bible (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995), 208\u2013223 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Levine 1995 Sacrifice and Salvation Judith.protected.pdf\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Sidnie Ann White, \u201cIn the Steps of Jael and Deborah: Judith as Heroine\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/White 1992 Judith Jael and Deborah heroines.protected.pdf\">link<\/a>; course password required).<\/li>\n<li>Richard I. Pervo, &#8220;Aseneth and Her Sisters: Women in Jewish Narrative and in the Greek Novels&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Pervo 1991 Aseneth, Judith and women novels.protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>; course password required).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Step 1b:<\/span>\u00a0 Do <strong>your own<\/strong> careful reading and analysis of the principal female characters in <em>Leukippe and Kleitophon <\/em>(including Leukippe and Melite) and in <em>Judith<\/em> (Judith), paying special attention to gender issues, the depiction of women, and the relation between women and men in the narrative.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Step two<\/span>:\u00a0 Write a comparative essay that analyzes the narratives and addresses the following:\u00a0 What similarities and differences do you see in Achilles Tatius&#8217; depiction of female characters (especially Leukippe and Melite), on the one hand, and the Jewish author<em><\/em>&#8216;s portrayal of Judith, on the other?\u00a0 What sort of characters are these women within the overall story and what are their functions in the plot?<\/p>\n<p>This comparison would include addressing questions such as the following: What characteristics and attributes does each author give to his female protagonists (including the relation of each woman to men in the narrative) and what attitudes about women and gender does this reflect?\u00a0 In what ways are these characters portrayed as passive or active, weak or strong, helpless or assertive?\u00a0 In what ways might the portrayal of the central female character work against or reaffirm commonly held notions of femininity in the Greco-Roman world?<\/p>\n<p>________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Useful Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>Primary sources:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan A. Stephens and John J. Winkler, eds., <i>Ancient Greek Novels, The Fragments: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary<\/i> (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995).<\/li>\n<li>Lawrence Mitchell Wills, <i>Ancient Jewish Novels: An Anthology<\/i> (Oxford University Press, 2002).\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/e\/resolver\/id\/1867058\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>J.K. Elliott, <i>The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in <\/i><i>a<\/i><i>n English Translation<\/i> (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993). (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/e\/resolver\/id\/2392578\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Herbert A. Musurillo, <i>The Acts of the Pagan Martyrs: Acta Alexandrinorum<\/i> (New York: Arno Press, 1954).<\/li>\n<li>Herbert A. Musurillo, <i>The Acts of the Christian Martyrs<\/i> (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Secondary sources:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Ancient Narrative <\/i>(journal).<\/li>\n<li>G. W. Bowersock, <i>Fiction as History: Nero to Julian<\/i>, Sather Classical Lectures 58 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994). (<a href=\"http:\/\/ark.cdlib.org\/ark:\/13030\/ft0489n6b4\/\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Edmund P. Cueva and Shannon N. Byrne, eds., <i>A Companion to the Ancient Novel<\/i> (Wiley, 2014).<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Gill and T. P Wiseman, eds., <i>Lies and Fiction in the Ancient World<\/i> (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1993).<\/li>\n<li>Marilia P. Futre Pinheiro, Judith Perkins, and Richard Pervo, eds., <i>The Ancient Novel and Early Christian and Jewish Narrative: Fictional Intersections<\/i> (Eelde, Netherlands: Barkhuis, 2012).<\/li>\n<li>R. Morgan and Richard Stoneman, eds., <i>Greek Fiction: The Greek Novel in Context<\/i> (New York: Routledge, 1994).<\/li>\n<li>James S. Romm, <i>The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought<\/i> (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992).<\/li>\n<li>Gareth L. Schmeling, ed., <i>The Novel in the Ancient World<\/i> (Leiden: Brill, 1996).<\/li>\n<li>Koen de Temmerman, <i>Crafting Characters: Heroes and Heroines in the Ancient Greek Novel<\/i> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).<\/li>\n<li>Tim Whitmarsh, ed., <i>The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel<\/i> (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).<\/li>\n<li>Lawrence Mitchell Wills, <i>The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World<\/i> (Cornell University Press, 1995).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>OMITTED AND REDESIGNED<\/p>\n<p>Apuleius, <em>Golden Ass<\/em>, part ?: The story of Cupid and Psyche<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: <em>Golden Ass<\/em>\u00a0<em><\/em>(books 4-6); Gerald Sandy, &#8220;The Tale of Cupid and Psyche,&#8221; in <em>Latin Fiction: The Latin Novel in Context, <\/em>pages 126-138 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/eresolver\/?id=1269519\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis:<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Costas Panayotakis, \u201cVision and Light in Apuleius\u2019 Tale of Psyche and Her Mysterious Husband,\u201d <i>Classical Quarterly<\/i> 51 (2001) 576\u2013583 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/stable\/pdfplus\/10.2307\/3556532.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Petronius: part 2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Petronius, <em>Satyrica<\/em> (books<em> <\/em>79-141) (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/PetroniusSatyriconFirebaugh1922TransModified\/Petronius%2C%20Satyricon%20%28Firebaugh%201922%20trans%20modified%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Story<\/em><em> of Apollonius King of Tyre<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings:\u00a0<em>The Story<\/em><em> of Apollonius King of Tyre<\/em> <em><\/em>(in Reardon); Gareth Schmeling, &#8220;<em><\/em>The History of Apollonius King of Tyre,&#8221; <em>Latin Fiction: The Latin Novel in Context,<\/em> pages 141-152 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/eresolver\/?id=1269519\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Removed due to strike:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(): <em>Joseph and Aseneth\u00a0<\/em>(first century BCE-second century CE)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings:\u00a0 <em>Joseph and Aseneth <\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Joseph and Aseneth (from Charlesworth).protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>; course password required); B. Diane Lipsett, &#8220;Aseneth and the Sublime Turn,&#8221; in <i>Desiring Conversion Hermas, Thecla, Aseneth<\/i>, pages 86-122 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordscholarship.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/oso\/downloaddoclightbox\/$002f10.1093$002facprof:oso$002f9780199754519.001.0001$002facprof-9780199754519-chapter-4\/Aseneth$0020and$0020the$0020Sublime$0020Turn?nojs=true\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis:<\/li>\n<li>Leader&#8217;s additional article: Virginia Burrus, \u201cMimicking Virgins: Colonial Ambivalence and the Ancient Romance,\u201d <i>Arethusa<\/i> 38 (2005) 49\u201388 (<a href=\"http:\/\/muse.jhu.edu.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca\/journals\/arethusa\/v038\/38.1burrus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Presentations:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Week 12 (April 1): Acts of Peter<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings: Acts of Peter (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Courses\/Readings\/4107\/Acts of Peter (Schneemelcher trans).protected.pdf\">link<\/a>; portions to be determined)<\/li>\n<li>Passages for detailed analysis:<\/li>\n<li>Presentations: Christine M. Thomas, <i>Acts of Peter, Gospel Literature, and the Ancient Novel: Rewriting the Past<\/i> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Information Instructor: Philip Harland (click here to email me). 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