Classical Literature: The Golden Age of Augustan Rome

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction: Augustus, Authorship, and Authority
2	Myths of Origin	Reader response 1
3	Birth of a Nation: Gender and History
4	Repetition and Difference: The Patterns of History
5	Roman Institutions
6	Warfare Public and Private	Reader response 2
7	The Functioning of Political Propaganda
8	The Waning Days of the Republic
9	The Tradition of Public and Political Oratory
10	Actium and its Aftermath
11	From Republic to Empire
12	Independent Research Project Presentations	Oral reports
13	Strategies of Accommodation
14	Resignation and Withdrawal	Research project write-up due
15	Repetition and Reversal
16	The Politics of Pastoral
17	The Golden Age of Rome
18	The Wayward Hero	Reader response 3
19	Epics of Empire
20	Reconstituting the Nation	Quiz
21	Organizing Desires: Fathers of the Fatherland	First draft of final paper due
22	Love Casuistry: Rhetoric, Deceit, and Desire
23	Translations of Empire
24	Rhetoric and Regret
25	Art and Emotion
26	The Empire Reconsidered	Final paper due