Course material (compulsory):
• Aristophanis Fabulae. Ed. N.G. Wilson. vol. 2. Oxford 2007.
• Aristophanes, Frogs. Ed. with Introd. and Comm. by Sir Kenneth Dover. Oxford 1997.
Course requirements:
- regular attendance (please let me know in advance if you cannot make it for once);
- preparation of Greek text passages (translation), c. 140 verses/week;
- occasional critical reading (secondary literature);
- regular oral contribution.
- seminar paper (semesteroppgave): c. 8–10 pages, on a passage to be chosen autonomously from Aristophanes’ Frogs or any other Greek comedy, incl. your own translation (with small commentary), close reading and interpretation.
Deadlines:
- 29 October: outline (c. 1 page);
- 18 December: final paper.
Exams and papers can be written in either English, Norwegian (Bokmål or Nynorsk), Swedish or Danish. However, please note that you have to be consistent in your choice of language (viz. no mixing of languages/idioms).