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Assignment for Wednesday, 04.29.20

Dear Satirists,

For Wednesday, April 29, please do the following.

(1) Read and translate

  • Martial, Epigrams 26, 35, 80, and 18.

(2) Review carefully the compendium (sent via email) of your peers’ annotations on Freudenberg (2018). As before, ask yourselves these questions as you proceed.

  • What did you notice about the piece that your peers did not? And vice versa?
  • Would your peers’ annotations help them with a theoretical semester project on Roman satire? Why or why not?
  • What best practices for annotations might you extrapolate from the compendium?

Thanks again for agreeing to this special class session — one additional day has really made all the difference.

DC

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Assignment for Monday, 04.27.20

Dear Satirists,

On Monday, April 27, our modified semester project concludes. Please do the following.

I’ll compile your annotations into one document, and circulate it before class on Wednesday, April 29, which is when we’ll discuss what you all had to say.

Please let me know if you have questions.

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 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 Wednesday, 02.19.20

Dear Satirists,

For Wednesday, February 19, please do the following:

(1) Read and translate the following:

  • Horace, Satires 1.5.60–104 — the end of Horace’s journey to Brundisium.

(2) Download, print, and fill in scansion drill 3. We’ll spend a few minutes discussing any trouble spots, and then I’ll collect your sheets.

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Assignment for Friday, 02.14.20

Dear Satirists,

For Friday, February 14, please do the following:

(1) Read and translate the following:

  • Horace, Satires 1.5.20–60 — just past the midpoint of the journey to Brundisium.

(2) Review Frances Muecke’s essay on Ennius and Lucilius in preparation for today’s discussion. Pay particular attention to the pages relevant to your question.

DC

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