"Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity."
Focuses on the principles, styles, and values of ancient Greek and Roman literature.
Literary Classicism: An Introduction - This topic introduces students to the history, key themes, and literary forms of classicism.
Historical Context of Literary Classicism: This topic explores the historical and social background of classicism including the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Neo-classical eras.
The Influence of Ancient Greek and Roman Literature: This topic examines the influence of ancient Greek and Roman literature on classicism.
The Importance of Reason and Rationality: This topic explores the importance of reason and rationality in classicism, including the emphasis on logic and rational thinking.
Structural and Aesthetic Features of Classicism: This topic describes the structural and aesthetic features of classicism, including symmetry, balance, and harmony.
Classicism in Poetry: This topic examines classicism in poetry, including the use of formal verse structures, classical allusions, and elevated language.
Classicism in Drama: This topic explores classicism in drama, including the use of strict dramatic forms, the emphasis on character, and the portrayal of human nature.
Classicism in Prose: This topic describes classicism in prose, including the use of elegant language, the idealization of nature, and the portrayal of morality.
Classicism in Art and Architecture: This topic examines classicism in art and architecture, including the use of classical forms, symmetry, and proportion.
Notable Classicist Writers and Their Works: This topic introduces the most important classicist writers and their works, including Alexander Pope, John Dryden, and Molière.
The Critique of Classicism: This topic explores the critique of classicism, including the Romantic movement's rejection of classicism's emphasis on reason and rationality.
Modern Applications of Classicism: This topic discusses modern applications of classicism in literature, art, and architecture.
Classicism and Other Influential Literary Movements: This topic examines the relationship and influence of classicism on other literary movements, such as the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Modernism.
Classicism and Gender: This topic explores the role of gender in classicism, including the portrayal of gender roles and the treatment of women in classicist literature.
Classicism and Race: This topic considers the representations of race in classicist literature, including the depiction of non-European cultures and the influence of colonialism.
Classicism and Philosophy: This topic examines classicism in relation to philosophy, including the emphasis on reason, rationality, and the pursuit of knowledge.
Classicism and Religion: This topic explores classicism's relationship with religion, including the influence of Christianity and the portrayal of religious themes in classicist literature.
Classicism and Politics: This topic examines classicism's relationship with politics, including the influence of political and social movements on classicist literature.
Classicism and Humanism: This topic explores classicism's relationship with humanism, including the emphasis on the individual, secular humanism, and the idealization of human nature.
Classicism and Morality: This topic discusses classicism's relationship with morality, including a focus on virtue, duty, and the pursuit of excellence.
Epic Poetry: This subfield deals with the analysis and interpretation of long narrative poems like Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Aeneid.
Tragedy: It explores tragic plays, like those by Athenian playwrights such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
Comedy: This subfield studies the genre of drama which aims to amuse and entertain people, like comedic plays by Aristophanes.
Lyric Poetry: This subfield studies shorter poems, often with a musical or rhythmic quality, such as sonnets or odes.
Prose Fiction: The analysis and interpretation of prose narratives, like short stories and novels, from classic authors such as Miguel de Cervantes, Jane Austen, and Homer.
Literary Criticism: This subfield explores how classic works are interpreted, analyzed, and evaluated by contemporary scholars, critics, and readers.
Renaissance Literature: In this subfield, the study of classic works from the Renaissance period, such as Shakespeare's plays, Milton's Paradise Lost, Thomas More's Utopia, and Petrarch's sonnets.
Neoclassicism: This subfield studies a literary movement that emerged in the 18th century, which sought to revive classical standards of form and style, such as the works of Alexander Pope and John Dryden.
Classical Mythology: This subfield analyses the myths and legends of classical Mediterranean cultures, like those featuring the gods and heroes of Greek and Roman literature.
Classical Rhetoric: This subfield deals with the techniques of persuasive writing and speaking, as exemplified by ancient Greek and Roman orators like Cicero and Demosthenes.