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According to most literary-historical accounts, the nineteenth-century reception of the classics is principally characterized by a shift away from an interest in Rome toward an interest in Greek antiquity, embedded within a general decline of engagement with classical cultures. This seminar focuses on the question whether such a view can be substantiated when taking into account the dissemination of the classics within the public sphere, which appears to be a history of a delayed reception of Roman antiquity. In the course of the semester, we will trace the place of Roman and Greek authors in school curricular, in the publication and dissemination of translations of classical authors as well as examine the presence of the classics in metropolitan and provincial (lending) libraries, in public oratory, in newspapers. A detailed syllabus and a bibliography will be available at the end of September. Interested students should contact me by email at <wolfram.keller@staff.hu-berlin.de> by 30 September 2015. |
