Greek 430: Prose CompositionPenn, Winter 2000

M,W 3 - 4.30

Peter Struck
Logan 265
hours: Tuesdays 2 - 4, and by appt.
898-6939
struck@sas.upenn.edu
 

Grades:
25% Homework: fully prepared, day in and day out=25; on occasion underprepared=20; often underprepared=15
25% Midterm 1
25% Midterm 2
25% handouts
 
 
 
TOPICS ASSIGNMENTS
Week 1  
Jan. 17 introduction  
Jan. 19 article, tenses North and Hillard, ex. 1A, 3A, 8A, 10A
   
Week 2  
Jan. 24 middle, agency, place, time/space, comparison NH 12A, 16A, 18A, 20A, 22A
Jan. 26 gen. abs., pronouns, connection NH 30, 33A, 35A, 37A
   
Week 3  
Jan. 31 indirect discourse NH 41, 42, 43A, 45A
Feb. 2 direct question, indirect question  NH 50A, 52A, 56A
   
Week 4  
Feb. 7 cases NH 60, 61, 62A, 64A, 66
Feb. 9 commands, wishes, negs, sub. clauses in ind. disc. NH 67A, 69A, 71A, 73A
Week 5  
Feb. 14 causal, tenses, purpose NH 79A, 81A, 83A 
Feb. 16 fear, result NH 87A, 89A, 93A
   
Week 6  
Feb. 21 Midterm 1, conditionals intro.  
Feb. 23 conditionals NH 101, 102A, 106A, 108A
   
Week 7  
Feb. 28 participles NH 110A, 112A, 114A
March 1 impersonals, verbal adjectives, promouns NH 116A, 118A, 120
   
Week 8   
March 6 pronouns-cont'd, prepositions NH 121A, 123, 124A
March 8 indefinites, temporal NH 134A, 136A, 138A
TOPICS ASSIGNMENTS
March 10 - 19 ** SPRING BREAK, NO CLASSES **  
   
Week 9   
March 20 temporal-cont'd, preventing/hindering, negatives NH 141A, 144A, 146A
March 22 subjunctive and optative NH 152A, 154A, 156A
   
Week 10   
March 27 wishes, conditionals in ind. disc., infinitive NH 158A, 160A, 162A, 166A
March 29 m°n, d°, dÆ, g°, ka€  Denniston, The Greek Particles, relevant articles

NH, revision #170A

   
Week 11   
April 3 gãr, êra, îra, oÔn, mÆn Denniston, The Greek Particles, relevant articles

NH, revision #172A

April 5 Midterm 2  
   
Week 12 Demetrius "On Style"  
April 10 per€odoi and k´la Demetrius, On Style 1 - 189 (in English)

handout #1

April 12 levels of style Demetrius On Style, 190 - 301 (in English)

handout #2

   
Week 13 Dionysius Halicarnassus "On Literary Composition"  
April 17 units of discourse Dionysius Halicarnassus

On Literary Composition 1-19; handout #3

April 19 levels of style (cont'd) Dionysius Halicarnassus

On Literary Composition 20-26; handout # 4

   
Week 14 Longinus "On the Sublime"  
April 24 figures Longinus On the Sublime, 1 - 29

handout #5

April 26 levels of style (concluded) Longinus On the Sublime, 30 - 44

Handouts 1 - 5 due