CLST 205*
Ancient Humour

Instructor

Dr. R. Drew Griffith
Watson Hall 513
griffitd@queensu.ca
Office hours: Tuesdays, from 10:30 - 12:20 am and by appointment. 

Teaching Assistants: 

Alicia Finan - 3af17@queensu.ca
Office Hours: TBA

Students are required to be familiar with Queen's policy on Academic Integrity .
Please also see: http://www.academicintegrity.org/

Texts:

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Griffith, R. Drew and Marks, Robert B. 2011.

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Agora: Ancient Greek and Roman Humour, 2nd Revised Ed(Agora Harder). Kingston, Ontario.

Aristophanes

Four Plays by Aristophanes. Translated by William Arrowsmith, Richmond Lattimore, and Douglas Parker. New York, 1984.

Sullivan, J. P.,

the Satyricon and the Apocolocyntosis. London: Penguin Books, 1986.

A brief word on translations: While the works you read in this class are available in many translations besides those listed above and those presented in the textbook, you should keep in mind that all passages on the tests will be quoted from the prescribed editions.

 

Assignments

Six multiple-choice tests worth 20% each. I will automatically discount the lowest test mark. There will be no final examination.

Tests will be administered on-line, through Moodle. If you are registered in the course, you are also registered on Moodle. If you don't appear to be registered in the course, please email Erin at gunsinge@queensu.ca .

Results will be available (in Moodle) after the test has expired.

Log in to Moodle

Test-Taking Policy

Readings

G & M = Griffith & Marks

Week of Monday, Sept. 12

• G & M Chapter 1

Week of Monday, Sept. 19

• G & M Chapter 2

TEST #1 - Thu. Sept. 22 - 6:00-12:00 AM

Week of Monday, Sept. 26

• G & M Chapter 3

Week of Monday, Oct. 3

• G & M Chapter 4

TEST #2 - Thu. Oct. 6 - 6:00-12:00 AM

Week of Monday, Oct. 10

• G & M Chapter 5

Week of Monday, Oct. 17

• G & M Chapter 6

TEST #3 - Thu. Oct. 20 - 6:00-12:00 AM

Week of Monday, Oct. 24

• G & M Chapter 7

Week of Monday, Oct. 31

• G & M Chapter 8

TEST #4 - Thu. Nov. 3 - 6:00-12:00 AM

Week of Monday, Nov. 7

• G & M Chapter 9

Week of Monday Nov. 14

• G & M Chapter 10

• Four Plays by Aristophanes

TEST #5 - Thu. Nov. 17 - 6:00-12:00 AM

Week of Monday, Nov. 21

• G & M Chapter 11

• Petronius' Satyricon

Week of Monday Nov. 28

• G & M Chapter 12 & Coda

TEST #6 - Thu. Dec. 1 - 6:00-12:00 AM

 

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Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is constituted by the five core fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility (see  www.academicintegrity.org). These values are central to the building, nurturing and sustaining of an academic community in which all members of the community will thrive. Adherence to the values expressed through academic integrity forms a foundation for the "freedom of inquiry and exchange of ideas" essential to the intellectual life of the University (see the Senate  Report on Principles and Priorities)

Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the regulations concerning academic integrity and for ensuring that their assignments conform to the principles of academic integrity. Information on academic integrity is available in the Arts and Science Calendar (see  Academic Regulations), on the Arts and Science website and from the instructor of this course.

Departures from academic integrity include plagiarism, use of unauthorized materials, facilitation, forgery and falsification, and are antithetical to the development of an academic community at Queen's. Given the seriousness of these matters, actions which contravene the regulation on academic integrity carry sanctions that can range from a warning or the loss of grades on an assignment to the failure of a course to a requirement to withdraw from the university.

Download the  Statement on Academic Integrity for Inclusion in Course Syllabi and Assignments  [PDF]

Copyright

The material on this website is copyrighted and is for the sole use of students registered in CLST 205. The material on this website may be downloaded for a registered student’s personal use, but shall not be distributed or disseminated to anyone other than students registered in CLST 205.  Failure to abide by these conditions is a breach of copyright, and may also constitute a breach of academic integrity under the University Senate’s Academic Integrity Policy Statement.

 

This page was last updated 13 September, 2011.