Sarcophagus fragment
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Fragment of a marble Sarcophagus
ca. 230-240 ACE
Duke Museum of Art
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Micaela W. Janan
 
 
Micaela W. Janan

Title: Associate Professor of Classical Studies
Office Location: 228 Allen Building
Office Phone: (919) 684-2257, (919) 684-5076
Email Address: mjanan@duke.edu
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Teaching (Fall 2009):

  • Latin 1.01, Elementary latin Synopsis
    Allen 229, MWF 04:40 PM-05:30 PM
  • Latin 103sre.01, Latin epic Synopsis
    Allen 229, MW 02:50 PM-04:05 PM
Education:
  • Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Classics, Princeton University, 1988
  • B.A. in Classics, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1979

Research Interests:

  • Latin Literature: Latin poetry; Livy; Cicero
  • Greek Literature: Homer
  • Comparative literature: epic; film
  • Gender: gender and identity in antiquity
  • Theory: new approaches to classics; psychoanalytic theory; feminist theory
Representative Publications   (More Publications)
  1.  The Politics of Desire: Propertius IV.  University of California Press, 2001.
  2.  "When the Lamp Is Shattered": Desire and Narrative in Catullus.  Southern Illinois University Press, 1994. (named an Outstanding Academic Book of 1994 by Choice (January 1995 [32.5] 723))
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