Valentina Popescu (vpopescu@ucdavis.edu)
Course Description: We will read selections from Metamorphoses/The Golden Ass by Apuleius, including the insert tale of Cupid and Psyche, and will examine the cultural context of the text, i.e. the Greco-Roman literary, philosophical, and religious practices of the Imperial period.
Prerequisite: Latin 100 or consent of instructor.
GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures, and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper. – REMOTE
Textbooks:
* E. Finkelpearl (ed.), An Apuleius Reader (Bolchazi-Carducci, 2012)
* K. Krumpak, E. Hayes, & S. Nimis (eds.), Apuleius. Cupid and Psyche (Faenum, 2015)
* E.J. Kenney(transl.), The Golden Ass by Apuleius (Penguin, 1999) OR P.G. Walsh (transl.), Apuleius. The Golden Ass (Oxford University Press, 1994)