Office Hours: TTh 10-11, 1:45-3:15, and by appointment on WebEx
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
stevensj@ecu.edu (preferred contact)
Ragsdale 133 · (252) 328-6056
Coordinator of Classical Studies
UNC Language Exchange campus coordinator, ECU
Chair, UNC Language Assembly
BA, MA Classics, University of Iowa
PhD Classical Studies, Duke University
Classical Literary Imitations of Plato's Republic, Stoicism and Senecan Tragedy, Augustan Poetry
Professor Stevens is author of a Bryn Mawr Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis and an article on its imagery, as well as articles on the intersection of classical philosophy and literature. They include pieces on the Stoic Posidonius, the Stoic theory of preliminary passions, Vergil's debt to Platonism and Stoicism, a chapter on Xenophon's Socratic dialogue Oeconomicus in The Socratic Movement (Cornell 1995), and articles on Senecan tragedy, including his use of the chorus, etymological wordplay, and Stoicism. He is currently at work on classical literary imitations of Plato's Republic (CLIPR), including a monograph series, and Republic's intersections with the comedies of Aristophanes.
He has been Director / Coordinator of Classical Studies (2003-2008, 2015-), Director of Great Books (2003-2014, now TEXT), Interim Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (2004-05, 2011-2014), President of the North Carolina Classical Association (2017-19), and Chair of the UNC Language Assembly (2022-). In Spring 2004, he received the University Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
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East Carolina University
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