HL 1007: Classical Literature
This course will introduce students to many of the major figures of classical literature,
including Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Ovid, and Boethius. Because the
course is designed to serve as a foundation for on-going studies here at NTU, many of the
lectures will consider the importance of these figures in their own right, while other lectures
will focus on these figures’ continued contemporary influence, especially by looking at recent
versions of their works by authors such as James Joyce and Margaret Attwood.
1.
Core Texts:
Self-Sourcing
Atwood, Margaret, The Penelopiad, (Edinburgh: Cannongate, 2005). ISBN-13: 9781841957982ISBN-10: 1841957984
Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, trans. V. Watts (Harmondsworth: Penguin
Classics, 2000). ISBN 0140447806.
Plato, Symposium, trans. Robin Waterfield (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009). ISBN
0199540195.
Available on NTU-Learn
Aristophanes, Lysistrata
Aristotle, The Poetics Of Aristotle
Homer, The Odyssey
James Joyce, Excerpts from Ulysses
Ovid, Metamorphoses
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
Sophocles, Antigone
2.
Films:
Method of Instruction
Lectures
: 2 hours per week
Tutorials
: 1 hour per week
Course Assessment
Continuous Assessment :
50 %
Final Examination
:
50 %
_____
100%
A.
Continuing Assessment and Tutorial Presentation (10%) – These 10 minute presentations
will be organized by your tutors.
Final Essay (40%): This 1700 word (lower limit) essay will be written in response to a list
of prompts distributed to the class during week 7.
B. The Final Examination will consist of several short essay questions and one extended
essay question.
**Warning** Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in automatic failure of the
course.
Lecturer
Daniel Jernigan*
Office Room No.
HSS-03-68
DID
E-mail Address
djernigan@ntu.edu.sg
* Course Co-ordinator
Proposed Lecture Schedule
Week No.
Professor
Week 1
Daniel Jernigan
Readings
Course Introduction
Week 2
Richard Barlow
Homer – The Odyssey
Week 3
Richard Barlow
Week 4
Walter Wadiak
Homer – The Odyssey;
James Joyce - Excerpts
from Ulysses
Plato – The Symposium
Week 5
Samara Cahill
Sophocles – Antigone
Week 6
Samara Cahill
Aristophanes – Lysistrata
Week 7
Daniel Jernigan
Aristotle – The Poetics
Of Aristotle
A Translation By S. H.
Butcher
Week No.
Week 8
Professor
Readings
Week 9
Daniel Jernigan
Sophocles – Oedipus Rex
Week 10
Jane Wong
Ovid – Metamorphoses
Week 11
Jane Wong
Eurydice - TBA
Week 12
Walter Wadiak
Boethius – The
Consolation of
Philosophy
Week 13
Samara Cahill
Week 14
Daniel Jernigan
Margaret Atwood – The
Penelopiad
Conclusion
Recess