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Classics General Introductory Courses

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CLASSGEN 6N. Antigone: From Ancient Democracy to Contemporary Dissent

CLASSGEN 45N. Conversations: Catullus, Virgil, and their Influence on the Prose and Poetry of Robert Frost

CLASSGEN 48N. Ethical Wisdom in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy

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Stanford Introductory Seminars (IDS, ISF, ISS) Courses

CLASSGEN 6N. Antigone: From Ancient Democracy to Contemporary Dissent

(F,Sem) (Same as DRAMA 12N.) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. Tensions inherent in the democracy of ancient Athens; how the character of Antigone emerges in later drama, film, and political thought as a figure of resistance against illegitimate authority; and her relevance to contemporary struggles for women's and workers' rights and national liberation. Readings and screenings include versions of Antigone by Sophocles, Anouilh, Brecht, Fugard/Kani/Ntshona, Paulin, Glowacki, Gurney, and von Trotta. GER:DB-Hum, EC-Gender

4 units, Win (Rehm, R)

CLASSGEN 45N. Conversations: Catullus, Virgil, and their Influence on the Prose and Poetry of Robert Frost

(F,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. Poems by Catullus and Virgil (in Latin or in translation) and by Robert Frost. Why Frost kept the poetry of Catullus close at hand throughout his life; the relationship between a writer's reading and writing; and how emotional experience can be transmuted into verbal at. Sound, rhythm, meter, the order of words, artful construction of short poems, and the dramatic function of conversation. Poetry recitation and creative writing.

3-5 units, Spr (Lain, N)

CLASSGEN 48N. Ethical Wisdom in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy

(F,Sem) Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. What sorts of ethical values are found in Greek tragedies? Modes of ethical wisdom promoted and enacted in Greek tragedy and philosophy in the classical period emphasizing modes of wisdom that reflected traditional Greek religion and traditional social and political values in democratic Athens. GER:DB-Hum

3-5 units, Spr (Nightingale, A)

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