84S Syllabus Fall 06 - Pennsylvania State University



Syllabus for CAS 084S.001

TTh 11:15-12:30 p.m., 114 Keller Bldg.

Fall, 2006

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Dr. Tony Lentz --- EMAIL: t2l @ psu.edu (T2L, tee-two-ell, NOT tee-two-one)

CAS Office: 222 Sparks, 865-1985---Office Hours: MWF 2:30-3:30 p.m.

LEAP Office: 307 Grange, 863-4174---Office Hours: TTh 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Prof's personal page:

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1) To develop an understanding of the role of rhetoric and public address in the development of democracy in Ancient Greece through study of major examples of rhetorical thought and public oral communication.

2) To develop an awareness of the role of geography and physical contexts for communication in Ancient Greece through ancient descriptions, contemporary pictures, videos, reconstructions, and maps.

3) To become familiar with the Archaeology of Greece via visual materials developed in the creation of the Penn State Education Abroad Program in Athens, Greece.

4) To cultivate skills in team-building and collaborative learning through in-class exercises and research projects.

TEXTS – Patricia P. Matsen, Philip Rollinson, & Marion Sousa, Readings from Classical Rhetoric, Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1990.

– Frank J. Frost, Greek Society, 5th ed., Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1997.

OTHER RESOURCES –

On Reserve:

Gerald Cadogan, Palaces of Minoan Crete, Barrie & Jenkins, 1976. DF 221.C8.C3.

John A. Camp, The Athenian Agora, London: Thames and Hudson, 1986. DF 287.A233 C35.

Rodney Castleden, Mycenaeans, London and New York: Routledge, 2005 DF 220 .5.C38 2005.

Cheryl Glenn, Rhetoric Retold: Regendering the Tradition from Antiquity Through the Renaissance, Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1977. PN 183.G54 1997.

Tony M. Lentz, Orality and Literacy in Hellenic Greece, Carbondale: Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1989. PA227.L46 1989.

Nanno Marinatos, Art and Religion in Thera, D. & I. Mathioulakis: Athens, 1984 DF 221.T38M 367 1984.

Stephen G. Miller, Ancient Greek Athletics, New Haven & London: Yale, 2004. GV21.M55 2004.

Ioannes Traulos, Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Athens, New York:Praeger, 1971 NA 280.T68 Q.

Christopher L. Johnstone. Communicating in Classical Contexts: The Centrality of Delivery. Quarterly Journal of Speech; May 2001, Vol. 87 Issue 2, p121, 13 diagrams (Available in PDF in CMMI) PN4071.Q3 v. 87 2001.

Isocrates, Panathenaicus

Plato, Euthyphro, Gorgias, Ion, Phaedrus.

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I & Book III. PA3612.T5 v.2

On the Web Under “Electronic Resources” at libraries.psu.edu :

“L’Annee Philologique.” (Classics Index)

“Communications and Mass Media Index (CMMI).” (Communications Index for articles in CAS, many in .pdf versions)

“JSTOR” Advanced Search in Archaeology and Classics. (Full text articles available)

Resources On the Web:

perseus.tufts.edu . Online access to texts of classical literature, including word search ability. Use this source for

culture.gr . Hellenic Ministry of Culture site with pictures of sites and museum displays from Greece.

. Copies of Lentz’s slide collection will be made available to the class through this site.

(Lecture/discussion will not necessarily be a review of the texts; you are responsible for both lecture/discussion, handouts, and READing assignments. Follow study guides to be provided.)

STANDING ASSIGNMENT: Read text assignments for each day as noted below and be ready for discussions & exercises.

Daily Schedule

WEEK ONE: September 5-7

T Introduction to Class & Syllabus

Th Introduction to Geography of Greece – The Greek City-State. READ Frost Ch. 3

WEEK TWO: September 12-14

T Library Resources. Meet at Pattee Library, Mall entry with Nittany Lion on display. Daniel Mack, Librarian.

Th Minoan Civilization - Minoan Palaces & Art. Cf. Cadogan Chs. 5 & 6, Marinatos.

Communication Technology – Linear A & B to Alphabet & Papyrus, READ Lentz, Ch. 6, “From Recitation to Reading” pp. 90-108

WEEK THREE: September 19-21

T Study Skills and Time Management.

Th Mycenaean Heritage of Classical Greece – Mycenae, Tiryns, Schliemann & Gold. READ Frost, Ch. 1.

Persian Wars – Dark Age Greece to the Persian Wars. Marathon – (Pheidippides’ two marathons), Thermopylae, Salamis. READ Frost Ch. 2.

WEEK FOUR: September 26-28

T Communication by Monument – Athenian Acropolis v. Spartan Eurotas Valley, Parthenon v. Temple of Artemis Orthia – READ Thucydides, Bk. I, Sect. 10, on Sparta vs. Athens. Attica Geography.

Th Economic Factors in Athenian Progress – Silver from Laurion (Thorikos), Triremes, Armor Makers. READ Frost, Ch. 4. Camp, pp. 122-135.

WEEK FIVE: October 3-5

T Quiz I (20 questions & 2 short answers on first four weeks Readings & Study Guide – c. 40 mins)

Communication in the Outdoors – Shrine of the Nymphs. Traulos, pp. 204-209, 289-297, esp. figs. 380, 381, 386, 387.

Th READ Plato, “Phaedrus” selection in Matsen, pp. 75-95. Mentor Team A

F October 6th, Study Day

WEEK SIX: October 10-12

T Communication in Homes – Homes near Agora, Courtyards, Dining Rooms. Camp, pp. 140 (fig. 117), 145-150, 202-211.

Th READ Plato, “Gorgias” (Matsen 33-36, 58-74). Cf. Plato “Symposium,” Isocrates’ “Panathenaicus.” Mentor Team B

WEEK SEVEN: October 17-19

T Communication in the Marketplace – Agora. Camp, pp. 100-105. “Royal Stoa”

W Dark in Park Storytelling, Sunset Park, 7 p.m.

Th READ Plato’s “Euthyphro” (Read at Perseus, or on reserve). Mentor Team C

WEEK EIGHT: October 24-26

T Communication in Religion – Parthenon (& other Temples), Eleusis, Sacred Way Procession.

Traulos pp. 444-457, Camp. Fig 4, 5, 7, & 21.

Th Status of Women – Brauron, Temple of Aphrodite. READ Glenn, pp. 35-56.

WEEK NINE: October 31-November 2

T Communication in Government – Boulé (Bouleuterian), Prytanic Council (Tholos), Assembly (Pynx), READ Johnstone article, pp. 131-338. Camp, pp. 37 (fig. 21), 46-47, 76-77, 89 (fig.66), 90-97.

Th From Rage to Reason – Speeches by Cleon & Diodotus. READ Thucydides, Bk. I, sect. 22-23 re recording of speeches; Bk. III, Sections 35-52. (Locate in Perseus, or on reserve) Mentor Team D

WEEK TEN: November 7-9

T Communication in Theatre – Epidaurus, Athens. Camp p. 46, Traulos, pp. 537-552.

Th Aristophanes – READ “The Knights” lines 600-1408. (Read at Perseus, or reserve) Mentor Team A

WEEK ELEVEN: November 14-16 (NCA Convention, Nov. 16-19, San Antonio)

T Quiz II (20 questions, two short answers, on readings since Quiz I & Study Guide)

Communication in Law Courts – Royal Stoa, Law Court, selection of Jurors, Areopagus, Archons

READ Johnstone article, 133-38; Cf. Camp, pp. 46-47, p. 89 (fig. 66), 100-122.

Th READ Lysias – “Against Eratosthenes.” Perseus, and on Reserve. Mentor Team B

WEEK TWELVE: November 21-23

T Tuesday, Nov. 21, Follows a Friday Schedule NO CAS 84S CLASS

Th THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY – NO CLASS

WEEK THIRTEEN: November 28-30

T Communication & Sports – Olympia, Delphi, Nemea, Isthmia. Cf. Miller, Chs. 4 & 5.

Th READ Plato, “Ion” (Read at Perseus, or on reserve). Discussion of The Rhapsodes and Oral Performance (Odeions at Patras, Athens, Epidaurus) . Cf. Traulos, 387-391. Lentz, Ch. 3. p. 35-45 Mentor Team C

WEEK FOURTEEN: December 5-7

T Communication in Gymnasiums – Sicyon, Lykeion (Lyceum), Kynosaurges, Academy. Cf. Traulos, pp. 340-341, 579, figs. 219 & 379; pp. 345-347, figs. 219&379; pp. 42-51, figs. 213 & 417.

Th READ Isocrates “Panathenaicus” sections 35-67, 175-181, 208-220, 229-271. Cf. Lentz, 122-28. Mentor Team D

WEEK FIFTEEN: December 12-14

T Communication in Writing – No “Place” Required. READ Isocrates & Alcidamus (Matson, pp. 37-57), Cf. Lentz Ch. 8, “The Retiring Rhetorician,” and Ch. 9, “The Unlettered Author.”

Th Quiz III (20 questions & some short answers. Readings since Quiz II, Study Guide

FINAL REPORT: Due at Exam Time listed for our class by registrar.

Assignments:

Group Mentorships – Four teams of six students will be established by random draw. These teams will review the supporting material (Cf.) and be prepared to mentor the discussion of a text for two of the “literature” days in the class. This means they will all review the archaeological resources for the site(s) associated with their text. These will be available in the library and are listed in the syllabus. The team will meet and discuss their strategy for guiding the discussion. The team will decide on a general theme to summarize what they found in their research

Individual Reports for Group Mentorships – Each team member will do some research to support their group’s mentorship work. Each member of the team will review one additional article or book about EITHER the archaeological site OR the literature/author being discussed for that day, and will prepare a brief report to share with the class. These resources will be beyond those listed in the syllabus. Each team member will prepare a one or two-page summary of their research resource. This should state the most important idea from the work that relates to the text being discussed in that unit, and three important “main” points relating to that idea. In each case you will state the point, and then quote a section from the article or book. Each point should be foot-or-endnoted by page nos. WEB resources should be listed down to the .html page for reference purposes.

Quizzes – Three quizzes will be given on the material covered in class and class discussions. Study guides will be provided. The quizzes will include 20 multiple choice or short questions, plus one or two questions requiring brief paragraph responses, labeling of diagrams, etc.

Final Report – The class will follow several themes (listed below) that reappear across time, civilizations, and city-state boundaries in Ancient Greece. Each member of the class will chose an aspect of one of these themes for a research project based on either the site of a type of ancient communication or the text of an extant work of literature exemplifying that type of communication. Religious shrines at caves or “chthonic” connections to the earth, for example, are one theme reappearing at many sites and times. A student might choose to research one cave shrine in particular, or to review general discussions of Greek religion regarding cave sites in general. Or the “Symposium” of Plato could be a study of ancient communication recorded in writing. Each project should be based on locating five sources on the topic. If you cannot locate five sources relating to the topic, it is not an appropriate topic for the assignment. The reports should run roughly one page for each source, or five pages in general. Essentially the reports could be seen as a larger version of the reports for team mentorships.

Study Assistance:

Assistance with papers and research, etc., is available at the University Learning Resource Center, 217 Boucke. See for information and for their hours.

Grading:

Ten-point scale, with a curve based on the average grade in the class. You will never be graded below your average, but you may be graded higher.

Team Mentorships .......…......……........… 20%

Individual Mentorship Briefs.....……....... 20%

Quizzes..........…….......…………………… 30% ( 10% each)

Class Participation.......……...................... 10%

Final Research Report.………………….. 20%

Attendance:

Two unexcused absences are the equivalent of missing a week of class on our TTh schedule. More absences will affect your grade by as much as a letter. Exceptions may be granted for serious illness, family problems, etc., if written confirmation of same can be presented to the instructor. Students who develop credibility with the instructor through regular attendance and timely completion of assignments will be given the benefit of the doubt.

STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:

Penn State defines academic integrity as the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest, and responsible manner. All students should act with personal integrity, respect other student’s dignity, rights and property, and help create and maintain an enviroment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts (Faculty Senate Policy 49-20).

Dishonesty of any kind will not be tolerated in this course. Dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating information or citations, facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with the academic work of other students. Students who are found to be dishonest will receive academic sanctions and will be reported to the University’s Judicial Affairs office for possible further disciplinary sanction.

Please be careful regarding plagiarism, or the quotation in your oral and written assignments of work by other authors or students, without giving credit to the other individual by oral citation or written footnote.  Do not, in other words, repeat the words or ideas of another individual without giving them credit for those words or ideas.  This concern is the basis of the instructor’s insistence on footnotes in papers and oral citations in presentations.   In the real world you may be challenged on the sources of your presentations, and it is always a good idea to preserve your credibility by naming sources and by keeping track of the places where you found numbers, quotations, or examples. FYI: The University now has a site license for software to check papers and other written assignments against those available on the web.

FINAL GRADES:

Grades are available to you via the WEB soon after they are submitted.

ACCESSIBILITY:

The Pennsylvania State University encourages qualified persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accomodation in this course or have questions about physical access, please tell the instructor as soon as possible.

Some Interesting Recurring Themes in Ancient Archaeology & Communication

Theatral Areas, Theatres (Knossos, Phaistos, Gournia, Athens, Epidauros, Sicyon, Thorikos, etc.)

Processions, Panathenaic et al. (tragodos [tragedy], komodias [comedy])

Open Courtyards – Palaces, Personal homes, city markets (Agora) , Law Courts

Defense against attack – development of fortifications --- walls, gates, cisterns, machines for war

Machinery of War – Bronze, Iron, Cavalry, Triremes, Rams

Megaron Plan ( Temple Design ( Byzantine Church Plan. Change in Altar locations.

Ritual Sacrifice – Altars, Pillar worship, outdoor sacrifice, Christian altars

Oral Performance - Homer, aoidoi (singers of tales), rhapsodes (reciters of Homer), Odeions for recitations

City – Farm Geography (Fortifications, nature of farming)

Economic Resources – Ironwork, Silver mining, Control of Trade thru triremes (Dev. Of Power in working class)

Home design: security, courtyards, and dining rooms (Symposia, “Passing the Wand” entertainments)

Water - (defensive supply of, control in public works)

Caves and Subterranean Spaces – mythic and religious links to the underworld, including pouring of libations

Tholos Structures – round buildings

Art – Communication through artistic depictions of people and events

Art – Jewelry as beauty and power, sometimes practicality (seal rings) and art together

Working Notes

Sources

From Lentz text: Law courts, schools, sophists,

From Frost text:

(Minoan) Mycenaean Prologue

Dark Age and Archaic Greece

World of Greek Polis

Economies

Greek Society (Cleisthenic Reform?)

Greek People

From Perseus?:

Pericles – Funeral Oration from Thucydides

Lysias – Against Eratosthenes

Plato on Aspasia – Menexenus

From Matsen text:

Cleon – Diodotus (triumph of [Athenian?] reason)

Odyssey Tapes – (power of graphic description & storytelling)

Gorgias – On Helen (rhetorical display ala 427 BCE) declamation (Demades, competitions)

Alcidamus – Against the Sophists (oral style, attacks on logographers & schools (home of the sophist)

Isocrates – Panathenaicus, Against the Sophists, Antidosis (triremes, dosis, trials)

Plato – Gorgias, (home, kline) Phaedrus (Shrine of Nymphs)

Rhetoric to Alexander – rhetorical handbooks & shoe store rhetoric

Aristotle - Prior Analytics - Induction, Example, Probability, Enthymeme (Academy, Lyceum, Kynosarges)

- Topics: Kinds of reasoning

- Rhetoric – Definition and kinds of rhetoric: deliberative, forensic, epideictic

o Difference from Dialectic

o Definition: Ethos, Pathos, Logos

o Rhetorical Example & Enthymeme vs. Dialectical Induction and Syllogism

o Function of rhetoric – that about which we disagree – forensic, deliberative, epideictic

o Ethical and Pathetic Proof

o Deliberatve rhetoric topoi

o Epideictic and Forensic Topoi

o Inartistic and artistic Proofs (Inartificial and artificial?)

o Style

Themes – Growth of abstract thinking

- Growth of individual’s importance in government

- Chance and human nature?

Topics –

Athens Government: Courts, Boulae, Pyrtanic Council, Assemby

Royal Stoa, Areopagus, Law Court, Jury Selection, Ballots, Bouleuterion, Pynx

Home Life: Symposia, Gorgias, Passing the Wand - Leisure time for pursuit of knowledge.

Economy: Silver Mines, Triremes, Shipping Routes, Victory over Persians – power for working people

Fortifications: (compare Tiryns reconstructions with Aigosthena, Eleutherai, Athens, Messene) cities & farms separate

Religious Spaces: Shrines in Palaces; later separate temples; recurring themes- snakes and chthonic worship, sacrifices in palaces, outside of temples, continuity of sacred locations,

Schools: Grammar Schools, Philosophical Schools, Sophistical Schools – Academy, Cynosaurgos, Lykeion, House of the sophist

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