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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2019 |
Registration ID | CSTSB612001 |
Course Title | The Literature of Exile |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Classical Studies |
Instructor | Klause,Amanda Ruth |
Times and Days | M 04:10pm-06:00pm
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Room Location | OL102 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2638 This graduate seminar will introduce students to a range of writings produced by exiles, both Roman and “Greek,” in the twilight of the Roman Republic and the first centuries of the Roman Empire. The purpose of the course is to allow students to examine various facets of exilic experience, including: grief, nostalgia, alienation, patriotism, and identity. Students will also consider how Roman imperial expansion conditioned the circumstances of exile and how exiles positioned themselves in relation to imperial power. Throughout the course, students will pay attention the manner in which both the genre of the exilic works under examination and the philosophical commitments of their authors affect the depiction of exile. One session of the course will be devoted to the reception of these texts in later periods. Primary sources are intended to be read in the original languages, but students with an interest in the topic who do not possess knowledge of Greek and/or Latin may make special arrangements with the instructor. . |
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