Our evening in Rome, Italy will begin with a brief history of the design and building of the Colosseum and its use in antiquity, followed by several depictions of romantic images and literary texts that include the Colosseum by moonlight as a protagonist. Select readings will include short poems or readings from ancient authors who wrote about the Colosseum, especially Martial, Pliny, and Augustine; through the romantic poets, especially Lord Byron and Shelley; excerpts from the novels of Edith Wharton and Henry James; and select travel journals and essays of Goethe, Dickens, Mark Twain and others. Readings will be punctuated by snippets of music composed for wandering in Rome, and images and paintings of the Colosseum through the centuries. Pizza at Scordato's with Professor White is included.
Registration deadline: March 10. Fee $49.
Cynthia White is a Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Arizona where she is the Director of the Undergraduate Latin Program and supervises Teacher Training and K-12 Latin Teacher Certification. Professor White is a recipient of the Rome Prize and spent a year as a Fellow the American Academy in Rome. She regularly teaches at the Instituto Internazionale di Studi Classici di Overieto, the Classics Department's Study Abroad Program in Orvieto,Italy.