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Assignment for Wednesday, 04.01.20

Dear Satirists,

For Wednesday, April 1 (NO FOOLING!), please do the following.

(1) Read and translate

  • Juvenal, Satire 1.45–86

(2) Download, print (if possible), and fill in scansion drill 5. Remember, we’ll now be marking

  • long and short syllables
  • foot divisions
  • elisions
  • the principal caesura in each line
  • the bucolic diaeresis, where applicable

Given these trying times, you might have to get creative with your markings if you can’t print out the sheet. I believe in you. We’ll discuss the scansion in class, and then you can turn it in by email before Friday.

DC

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Assignment for Friday, 03.27.20

Dear Satirists,

For Friday, March 27, please read and translate Juvenal, Satire 1.14–44. Make use of our new commentators, Rudd and Courtney, to help you through the more difficult passages. We’ll be reading poem 1 in its entirety over the next few classes.

Based on today’s dry run of the first twelve lines, let me offer some tips:

  • Juvenal likes participles, and uses them to extend the life of his constructions. So be sure to trace the participle back to a key noun, whether expressed or unexpressed.
  • He also likes to drop references, so the commentary will be crucial to decoding them.
  • Because Juvenal goes for tightly-packed sentences, be sure to take a step back and try to appreciate the larger syntactical picture.

DC

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Assignment for Wednesday, 03.25.20

Dear Satirists,

For Wednesday, March 25, please do the following.

(1) Read G. B. Conte on Juvenal, who’ll be our exemplar of imperial satire. (I’ll distribute the chapter in class.) Because Conte lumps Juvenal together with his near-contemporary, Persius, you may wish to read only pages 467–8 (general context) and 474–80 (Juvenal’s life and career). Do note anything that resonates with you, so we can discuss it in class.

I’ll slowly be retooling the class, and hope to have everything updated by next Wednesday.

DC

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Assignment for Friday, 03.06.20

Dear Satirists,

For Friday, March 6, please do the following:

(1) Read and translate

  • Horace, Satires 1.9.45–80 — which will conclude Horace’s encounter with The Boor.

(2) Review J. L. Ferris-Hill’s essay on Satires 1.9 in preparation for today’s discussion. Pay particular attention to the pages relevant to your question.

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Assignment for Thursday, 03.05.20

Dear Satirists,

By 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, please do the following.

(1) Read J. L. Ferris-Hill’s article on Horace, S. 1.9.

(2) Bearing in mind the guidelines on our Opera page, generate a thoughtful discussion question about the essay and email it to Prof. Curley.

Once your question has been approved, the page numbers to which your queston pertains will be posted below, to aid your peers in formulating their questions.

DC

  • Rosenblum, pp. 435–6.
  • Padala, p. 437.
  • Savage, p. 439.
  • Hough, p. 442.
  • Schwartz, pp. 442–3.
  • Smith, p. 453.
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Assignment for Wednesday, 03.04.20

Dear Satirists,

For Wednesday, March 4, please read and translate

  • Horace, Satires 1.9.1–44.

Satire 9, “The Boor” (or “Bore”) is arguably the best known Horatian satire. As we did with 1.5, we’ll this poem in its entirety over the next two class periods.

NOTE: No scansion due for today, because of the recent Quiz 1.

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Assignment for Wednesday, 02.26.20

Dear Satirists,

For Wednesday, February 26, please do the following.

(1) Read and translate the following:

  • Horace, Satires 1.6.45–88.

From Satire 5, we transition to Satire 6, the most personal and autobiographical of Horace’s satires. Since we’re plunging in medias res, you might find it helpful to read the beginning of the poem in English.

(2) Download, print, and fill in scansion drill 4. Since this is the first assignment that asks you to mark principal caesurae, we’ll spend a few minutes discussing any trouble spots before l collect your sheets.

DC

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Assignment for Sunday, 02.23.20

Dear Satirists,

As noted on our Semester Project page, your topic selection is due via email by 11:00 PM.

I won’t rehash the guidelines here, but please

  • Remember to format your PDF properly before sending.
  • Bear in mind that your topic should be solid. That is, it should be well conceived and executable within the terms of the project itself.

DC

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