Classes
TERM 1
Wk 1 Thurs 8 Oct
Introduction
Defining and recognising fiction (Lecture, with discussion)
Wk 2 Thurs 15 Oct
An experiment in early fiction: Gyges’ ring (Lecture)
Ancient theories of fiction (Discussion)
Wk 3 Thurs 22 Oct 10:00
Virgil as fiction (Lecture)
Wk 3 Thurs 22 Oct 16:00
Epic, fiction, and the novel (Seminar)
Wk 4 Thurs 29 Oct
The role of Book 9 in Virgil’s Aeneid (Discussion)
The origins and idea of the ‘ancient novel’ (Lecture)
Wk 5 Thurs 5 Nov
Introduction/Background to Daphnis and Chloe (Lecture)
Ancient Greek ‘romances’ (Lecture)
Wk 6 READING WEEK
Wk 7 Thurs 19 Nov
Daphnis and Chloe Prologue (Lecture)
Daphnis and Chloe Books 2-4 (Discussion)
Wk 8 Thurs 26 Nov 10:00
Connecting themes in Daphnis and Chloe (Lecture I)
Introduction to History of Apollonius King of Tyre (Lecture II)
Wk 8 Thurs 26 Nov 16:00
Essay Strategies (Seminar)
Wk 9 Thurs 3 Dec
Rhetoric and style in the ancient novel (Lecture)
The ancient novel: context and considerations (Discussion)
Wk 10 Thurs 10 Dec
Ancient & Modern Theories of Narrative (Lecture, with discussion)
TERM 2
Wk 1 Thurs 14 Jan
Introduction to Seneca’s Apocolocyntosis (Lecture)
Satire, parody and the generation of fiction (Discussion)
Wk 2 Thurs 21 Jan
Introduction to Petronius’ Satyricon (Lecture)
Parody in the Widow of Ephesus (Discussion)
Wk 3 Thurs 28 Jan 10:00
Introduction to Apuleius and The Golden Ass (Lecture)
Prologue to The Golden Ass (Discussion)
Wk 3 Thurs 28 Jan 16:00
Cena Trimalchionis / Trimalchio's Dinner (Seminar)
Wk 4 Thurs 4 Feb
Fiction and fantasy in Apuleius (Lecture)
Wk 5 Thurs 11 Feb
Religion and philosophy in The Golden Ass (Lecture)
The meaning and impact of Book 11 (Discussion)
Wk 6 READING WEEK
Wk 7 Thurs 25 Feb
Fiction, philosophy and logical closure (Lecture, with discussion)
Wk 8 Thurs 3 Mar 10:00
Philosophy in Lucian’s True Histories (Lecture)
Book 2 of Lucian's True Histories (Discussion)
Wk 8 Thurs 3 Mar 16:00
First and third person narration (Seminar)
Wk 9 Thurs 10 Mar
Ancient and modern novels (i): The Renaissance (Lecture)
Lucian, Thomas More and Utopia
Wk 10 Thurs 17 March
Ancient and modern novels (ii): The Modern Novel (Lecture)
Specific comparisons between ancient and modern novels (Discussion)
TERM 3
Wk 1 Thurs 28 April: The novel and genre (Presentations and discussion)
Wk 2 Thurs 5 May: Greek fiction/Roman fiction (Presentations and discussion)
Wk 3 Thurs 12 May: Practice examination essays