Prerequisites: A 3000 level Latin course, advanced placement or equivalent high school study. May be repeated with a change of content up to a maximum of 6 credits. If you are unsure whether you can or should take this course, please consult the instructor.

Description: Students will read in Latin two plays of the most popular and funniest Roman comic writers, Plautus: the Pot of Gold (Aulularia) and Terence: The Eunuch (Eunuchus).  The texts for both plays will have facing vocabulary and notes so that students can concentrate on understanding and enjoying the plays, rather than constantly referring to a rear vocabulary, a dictionary, or notes at the back of the book.

The course will also focus on performance aspects of the plays, as well as delving into such areas as the staging of comedy, character development, the language of comedy, and how comedy reflects Roman society. There will be a midterm and a final, as well as in class oral reports.

Students will also see taped performances and adaptations of Roman comedies as background.

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For further information contact the instructor: sussman@ufl.edu