FYS 251

Spectacles of Blood

Homework Assignments

Homework Assignments: Assignments are listed on the night you should do them. The material listed will be covered in the next class. E.g. The readings listed under Week 1, Class 1 will be read in class on Week 1, Class 2.

 

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

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Week 1 (9/4):

  • No Classes

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Week 2 (9/11):

  • Class 1
    • In class:
      • Library Session
    • Tonight's Homework
  • Class 2
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework
      • We'll continue our discussion of Martial on Friday. Reread the poems in light of today's discussion and see how your understanding and opinion of them has changed.
      • Prepare Discussion Questions for Week 2 Class 3
  • Class 3
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework
      • First draft of paper 1 is due on Monday [Week 3, Class 1]. Remember to give copies to your editing team (and bring 1 copy for me).
        • Note, you will read, Style, p. 1-43 for your editing assignment, due next Friday. You may find it profitable to read this assignment before you write your paper.
      • Read, Primary sources on gladiators
      • Prepare Discussion Questions for Week 3 Class 1
      • Team presentation on: Wiedemann, 1-54. [Beebe, Tardif]

 

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Week 3 (9/18):

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Week 4 (9/25):

  • Class 1
    • In class:
      • Team presentation on: Wiedemann, 128-183 Dodd, Schneider]
      • Discussion Questions for Week 4, Class 1
      • Library Assignment 1 is due today.
    • Tonight's Homework
      • Handout on Roman Emperors and prepare Discussion Questions for Week 4, Class 1
      • Prepare Discussion Questions for Week 4, Class 2
      • Team Presentation on Hopkins, "Murderous Games," in Death and Renewal: Sociological Studies in Roman History, v. 2, p. 1-30 (Cambridge: 1983). [Duddy, Renyi]
  • Class 2
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework
      • Prepare Discussion Questions for Week 4, Class 3
      • Team Presentation on Kyle, Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome (Routledge: 1998): 1-75 [Hinkley, O'Donnell]
  • Class 3
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework
      • First draft of Paper 2 due on Monday
      • Read Tertullian, de Spectaculis
      • Prepare Discussion Questions for Week 5, Class 1

 

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Week 5:

  • Class 1
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework
      • Prepare Discussion Questions for Week 5, Class 2
      • Team Presentation on Kyle, Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome (Routledge: 1998): 76-154 [Marion, Ellison]
  • Class 2
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework
      • Read, Style, p. 45-79. Think about what Williams has to say about cohesion and emphasis when you do your editing assignment.
  • Class 3
    • In class:
      • editing session on paper 2
    • Tonight's Homework
      • Read,
      • Prepare Discussion Questions for Week 6, Class 1
      • Team Presentation on Kyle, Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome (Routledge: 1998): 155-212 [Megrian, McConarty]

 

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Week 6:

  • Class 1
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework
      • Read: C. Barton, "Savage Miracles: Redemption of Lost Honor in Roman Society and the Sacrament of the Gladiator and the Martyr,' Representations 45 (1994) 41-71 (on Reserve)
      • Prepare: Discussion Questions for Week 6, Class 2
      •  Team Presentation on Kyle, Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome (Routledge: 1998): 213-271 [Caraganis, Tardif]
  • Class 2
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework
      • Read: G.E.M. de st. Croix, "Why Were the Early Christians Persecuted?" Past and Present 26 (1963): 6-38. (on Reserve)
      • Prepare: Discussion Questions for Week 6, Class 3
      • Team Presentation on Plass, The Game of Death in Ancient Rome: Arena Sport and Political Suicide (Wisconsin: 1995), 1-62 [Dodd, Shulman]
  • Class 3
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework (do it over break)
      •  Have Fun.

 

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Week 7:

OCTOBER BREAK !

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Week 8:

 

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Week 9:

  • Class 1
  • Class 2
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework
      •  Read, Style, p. 81-134. Think about what Williams has to say about coherence and concision when you do your editing assignment.
  • Class 3
    • In class:
      •  Editing Session on Paper 3
    • Tonight's Homework
      • Prepare: Discussion Questions for Week 10, Class 1
      • Read: Perpetua's Passion
      • Team Presentation on Futrell, Blood in the Arena: The Spectacle of Roman Power (Texas: 1997), 169-214 [McConarty, Ellison]

 

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Week 10:

  • Class 1
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework
      •  Prepare: Discussion Questions for Week 10, Class 2
      • Team Presentation [McGill, Megrian] on:
        • Ramsey McMullen, Paganism in the Roman Empire (Yale: 1981), 94-112.
        • Arnaldo Momigliano, "Some Preliminary Remarks on the "Religious Opposition" to the Roman Empire," in Pagans, Christians and Jews (Wesleyan: 1987), 120-141.
  • Class 2
    • In class:
      •  Discussion Questions for Week 10, Class 2
      • Team Presentation on McMullen, Momigliano, [McGill, Megrian]
    • Tonight's Homework
      •  Prepare: Discussion Questions for Week 10, Class 3
      • Team Presentation [Beebe, Caraganis, Dodd] on:
        • Zeph Stewart, "Greek Crowns and Christian Martyrs," in Mémorial André-Jean Festugière: Antiquité Païenne et Chrétienne (Geneva: 1984) 119-124
        • Everett Ferguson, "Spiritual Sacrifice in Early Christianity and its Environment," in Aufstieg und Niedergang: Der Römischen Welt, II.23.2 (de Gruyter: 1980), 1151-1189
  • Class 3
    • In class:
      • Team Presentation on Stewart, Ferguson, [Beebe, Caraganis, Dodd]
      • Discussion Questions for Week 10, Class 3
    • Tonight's Homework
      •  Read (for Week 11, Class 2):
        • Brent D. Shaw, "The Passion of Perpetua." Past and Present 139 (1993) 3-45.
        • J. B. Perkins, "The Passion of Perpetua: A Narrative of Empowerment," Latomus 53.4 (1994) 837-847.
        • E. R. Dodds, Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety (Cambridge: 1965) 46-53.
        • Francine Cardmine, "Acts of the Women Martyrs," in Women in Early Christianity, David M. Scholer, ed. (Garland: 1993) 98-104.
        • Robert Rousselle, "The Dreams of Vibia Perpetua: Analysis of a Female Christian Martyr," 14.3 Journal of Psychohistory (Winter 1987) 193-206.

 

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Week 11:

  • Class 1
    • In class:
      • Library Session
    • Tonight's Homework
      •  Prepare: Discussion Questions for Week 11, Class 2
      • Team Presentation [Duddy, Hinckley, Marion] on:
        • C. A. Conteras, "Christian Views of Paganism" in Aufstieg und Niedergang: Der Römischen Welt, II.23.2 (de Gruyter: 1980), 974-1022
        • S. Benko, "Pagan Criticism of Christianity During the First Two Centuries A. D., " in Aufstieg und Niedergang: Der Römischen Welt, II.23.2 (de Gruyter: 1980), 1055-1118
  • Class 2
    • In class:
      • Team Presentation on Conteras, Benko, [Duddy, Hinckley, Marion]
      • Discussion Questions for Week 11, Class 2
    • Tonight's Homework
  • Class 3
    • In class:
    • Tonight's Homework (do over Thanksgiving break)
      •  Have fun (but think about paper 4)

 

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Week 12:

Thanksgiving Break !

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Week 13:

  • Class 1
    • In class:
      • 1st draft of paper 4 due
      • Film: Colosseum
    • Tonight's Homework
      • G. W. Bowersock, Martyrdom & Rome, (Cambridge: 1995) 1-58.
      • Prepare Discussion Questions for Week 13, Class 2
      •  Team Presentation [McConarty, McGill, Megrian] on:
        • D.L. Jones, "Christianity and the Roman Imperial Cult," in Aufstieg und Niedergang: Der Römischen Welt, II.23.2 (de Gruyter: 1980), 1023-54
        • John S. Hanson, "Dreams and Visions in the Graeco-Roman World and Early Christianity," in Aufstieg und Niedergang: Der Römischen Welt, II.23.2 (de Gruyter: 1980), 1395-1427
  • Class 2
    • In class:
      •  Prepare Discussion Questions for Week 13, Class 2
      • Team Presentation on Jones, Hanson, [McConarty, McGill, Megrian]
    • Tonight's Homework
      • Read, Style, p. 81-134. Think about what Williams has to say about length, elegance and usage when you do your editing assignment.
  • Class 3
    • In class:
      • editing session on paper 4
    • Tonight's Homework
      • G. W. Bowersock, Martyrdom & Rome, (Cambridge: 1995) 59-98.
      • Prepare Discussion Questions for Week 14, Class 1
      • Team Presentation on D. Boyarin, Dying for God: Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and Judiasm, (Stanford: 1999), 1-66. [Ellison, O'Donnell, Renyi]

 

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Week 14:

  • Class 1
    • In class:
      • Discussion Questions for Week 14, Class 1
      • Team Presentation on D. Boyarin, [Ellison, O'Donnell, Renyi]
    • Tonight's Homework
      •  Team Presentation on D. Boyarin, Dying for God: Martyrdom and the Making of Christianity and Judiasm, (Stanford: 1999), 67-132. [Schneider, Schulman, Tardif]
  • Class 2
    • In class:
      • Team Presentation on D. Boyarin, [Schneider, Schulman, Tardif]
      • Web Project Presentations
    • Tonight's Homework
      •  Team Presentation [Beebe, McGill]on
        • Kathleen M. Coleman, 'Informers on Parade,' in B. Bergmann and C. Kondoleon, The Art of Ancient Spectacle (Yale: 1999) [Studies in the History of Art 56: Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts: Symposium Papers XXXIV], 231-246.
        • R. Lim, "'In the Temple of Laughter': Visual and Literary Represtations of Spectators at Roman Games," in B. Bergmann and C. Kondoleon, The Art of Ancient Spectacle (Yale: 1999) [Studies in the History of Art 56: Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts: Symposium Papers XXXIV], 343-365
  • Class 3
    • In class:
      • Team Presentation on Coleman, Lim, [Beebe, McGill]
      • Web Project Presenations 
      • 2nd draft of paper 4 due
    • Tonight's Homework
      • that's all folks!

 

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