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Prologue: Course Introduction

Tuesday, January 17

Today we’ll discuss our plans for the semester, get to know one another a little, and do some extremely low-pressure, low-key, lo-fi, cruelty-free sight reading.

Before the start of class today, please read the syllabus and bring in your questions about the semester!

After class, take another look at Ludi Scaenici here if you like.

Act One: Pseudolus

Thursday, January 19: ZOOM

We will meet over Zoom at our usual time this morning. Please check your email or contact mfarmer@haverford.edu for the meeting link.

Work

Before the start of class today, please:

Reading

  • English: Pseudolus 1-666
    • Please use the Loeb Library translation by Wolfgang de Melo (HC / BMC)

Tuesday, January 24

Reading

  • English: Pseudolus 667-1337
    • Please use the Loeb Library translation by Wolfgang de Melo (HC / BMC)

Act Two: Slave Theater

Thursday, January 26

Reading

Tuesday, January 31

Anger in Pseudolus

If you’d like to add any more examples to our catalogue from last week, you can do so here!

Reading

Process Survey

If you’re curious about how process surveys will work in this course, you can preview the first Process Survey here. I’ve asked you to complete it before class next Thursday (2/2).

Content Warning

Today in class we’ll be watching some recordings of performances of Plautus’ Pseudolus. We’ll focus on the scene in which Ballio harangues the sex laborers of his household, and Pseudolus and Calidorus prepare to confront him.

Although these performances are not very naturalistic, they still (as you know from reading the play) depict violence towards enslaved persons and refer to sexual violence in particular. If you’d like to preview the material before class time, here are the videos we’ll be watching:

Act Three: Poenulus

For the next few weeks, we’ll be reading Plautus’ Poenulus in a combination of English and Latin. Here are the texts we’ll rely on:

Thursday, February 2

Process Survey

Before the start of class today, please complete the first Process Survey here.

Performance Sign-Up

Before the start of class today, please also sign up for a scene performance. Please follow the sign-up instructions so that we end up with one group of 5 and 3 groups of 4.

Reading

Presentation

  • SPENCER: Richlin, Slave Theater 2.69-89 (The Body at the Bottom: Names; Addressing the Body of the Audience)

Tuesday, February 7

Reading

Presentation

Thursday, February 9

Reading

Presentation

Tuesday, February 14

ROOM CHANGE! Starting today and for the rest of the semester, we will be meeting in VCAM 102. See you there!

Reading

Presentation

Thursday, February 16

Reading

  • Latin: Poenulus 917-994
    • Note: 930-949 is in “Punic.” Spend some time with Moodie’s note on pg. 165-67 but don’t make any attempt to make sense of the language itself.
    • If you’d like to investigate the Punic passages at greater length, a good place to start is the appendix to De Melo’s Loeb edition of the play, beginning on pg. 173
  • English: Poenulus 817-916 [oops, sorry about this], 995-1028

In class, we’ll make use of this shared workspace

Presentation

  • ALLEN: Richlin, Slave Theater 3.171-198 (Singing for Your Supper: Flagitatio, Occentatio, Quiritatio; Debt and Shame; Actors and Audience in the Wartime Economy)

Tuesday, February 21

Reading

  • Latin: Poenulus 1029-1130

Presentation

Thursday, February 23

Process Survey

Before the start of class today, please complete the next Process Survey here.

Reading

NEW TEXT: For the remainder of the play, please work from this text for the Latin.

Tuesday, February 28

Reading

In class we’ll work from this shared workspace.

Presentation

Thursday, March 2

Reading

  • Latin: Poenulus 1338-1422
  • English: Review the play, and come to class with a question (large or small) that could provoke conversation.

Presentation

Spring Break

Tuesday, March 7: No Class

Thursday, March 9: No Class

Act Four: Captivi

Tuesday, March 14

Reading

  • English: Captivi 1-532
    • Please use the Loeb Library translation by Wolfgang de Melo (HC / BMC)

Presentation

  • Hannah C., Spencer, Marion, & Nico: Poenulus Scene Performance!

Thursday, March 16

Reading

  • English: Captivi 533-1036

Presentation

  • Sonia S., Chaitan W., Alex B., Claudia vV.: Poenulus Scene Performance!

Act Five: Amphitruo

Today we begin reading Plautus’ Amphitruo, which we’ll read entirely in Latin. Here are some helpful links:

Tuesday, March 21

Reading

  • Latin: Amphitruo 1-96

Presentation

Thursday, March 23

Reading

  • Latin: Amphitruo 97-152

Presentations

  • CLAUDIA: Richlin, Slave Theater 5.281-310 (Looking like a Slave-Woman: Slave-Woman Drag; Abusing the Era; “I will still be”; When the Fat Lady Sings)
  • JASPER: Richlin, Slave Theater 4.237-251 (Getting Even: Claiming Good Things; The Dream of a Free Place)

Tuesday, March 28

Reading

  • Latin: Amphitruo 153-248

Presentation

  • OLIVIA: Richlin, Slave Theater 6.311-329 (Telling Without Saying: Double Meaning; Face-Out Lines; Normative Statements and Exploding Cigars; Turning Object Into Subject)

Thursday, March 30

Process Survey

Before the start of class today, please complete the next Process Survey here.

Reading

  • Latin: Amphitruo 249-360

Presentation

  • AVERY: Richlin, Slave Theater 6.330-350 (Telling Without Saying: Grumbling; Editorials; “Good Slave” Speeches; Telling Without Saying)

Tuesday, April 4

Reading

  • Latin: Amphitruo 361-462

Presentation

Thursday, April 6

Reading

  • Latin: Amphitruo 463-564

Presentation

Before the start of class today, please check out and participate in Kat’s asynchronous presentation!

Today’s shared workspace

Tuesday, April 11

Reading

  • Latin: Amphitruo 565-666

Presentation

  • FELIX: Richlin, Slave Theater 7.387-416 (Remembering the Way Back: Family Reunion and the Memory of Freedom; The Way Back and the Way Out)

Thursday, April 13

Reading

  • Latin: Amphitruo 667-770

Presentation

Tuesday, April 18

Grading

Before class today, please read the instructions for the final Letter of Assessment, and come prepared for a conversation about self-assessment, grades, and the work you’ve done in this course.

Reading

  • Latin: Amphitruo 771-881

Presentation

Today’s Shared Workspace

Thursday, April 20

Process Survey

Before the start of class today, please complete the next Process Survey here.

Reading

  • Latin: Amphitruo 882-983

Presentation

  • Jasper N., Claire H., Avery F., Felix T., Vivian S.: Amphitruo Scene Performance!

Tuesday, April 25

Survey

If you haven’t already, please fill out the final Process Survey here

Grading

If you have time and inclination, before class today add any additional annotations, thoughts, or suggestions you’d like to the grading rubric workspace.

Reading

Note: Due to the tragic events on campus last week, you are no longer required to prepare reading for class today. We’ll spend some time looking at this material together, but I will not be assuming that anyone has prepared it in advance.

  • Latin: Amphitruo 984-1034 + Fragments
    • At this point, we have reached the portion of the play where certain sections are missing. Read the sections of the Introduction and Commentary focused on this issue, and see if you can make sense of the fragments included in the text.

Thursday, April 27

Presentation

  • Olivia G., Kat S., Celia L., Allen G.: Amphitruo Scene Performance!

Reading

Course Feedback

If you would like to submit an anonymous course feedback form for this course, you can do so here.

Exodus: Finals

Saturday, May 6

If you are a senior, your Letter of Assessment is due today at 5:00pm eastern.

Friday, May 12

If you are not a senior, your Letter of Assessment is due today at noon (12:00pm eastern).

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