Welcome to the website for CL903-3B: The Classical Roots of Western Literature

While many aspects of modern culture trace their origins to the world of ancient Greece and Rome, the influence of classical antiquity is nowhere more significant than in literature. To this day, the works and stories of antiquity remain a source of conscious inspiration and a pervasive, latent presence that guides the form and content of literature.

This course aims to familiarize students with ancient authors, works, and subjects that had the greatest impact on the development of Western literature.

Through this website, you can find assignments, review expectations for assignments, explore web resources for the authors, texts, and topics under investigation, and find copies of handouts and other course information.

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Final Project Assignment

Checklist for Papers
Standards for Evaluating Papers
Resources for Writing Papers
Peer Review Form

List of Presentations [posted 07/17/04]

Check out web resources for more information, amusing sites, and more. [posted 07/12/04]

Summer Studies @ Brown [posted 07/04/04]