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COURSES - FALL 2009

LATIN

LAT101 Beginner's Latin
An introduction to the basic grammar and vocabulary of Latin designed to develop students' fluency in reading and understanding simple Latin prose and verse.
Professor Robert A. Kaster
CLS1: 9-9:50am MTWTh-Scheide Caldwell 103
CLS2: 12:30-1:20pm MTWTh-Firestone B06M

LAT105 Intermediate Latin: Catullus and His Age
This course aims at increasing facility in reading Latin prose and poetry. We shall read selections from two outstanding authors of the late Roman Republic, Caesar and Catullus.
Lecturer T. Zanker
CLS1: 9-9:50am MTWTh-Firestone B06M
CLS2: 12:30-1:20pm MTWTh-Firestone B06L

LAT203 Introduction to Augustan Literature
A reading course in Augustan prose and poetry. The chief objectives are (1) to develop an ability to read and to appreciate Latin literature; (2) to become familiar with some of the literary themes of the age; and (3) to learn about the social and cultural world of Augustan Rome.
Professors Harriet I. Flower & Brent Shaw
CLS1:  3:00-4:20pm TTh-East Pyne 239
CLS2:  3:00-4:20pm MW-East Pyne 239

LAT232 Introduction to Medieval Latin
Selections from outstanding works of Latin prose and poetry from Late Antiquity to the Twelfth-Century Renaissance, particularly in the genres of history, epic, romance, and lyric. Our emphasis will be on the relations between medieval authorship and the education of men and women, with special attention to the transmission and reception of the literature and values of classical Antiquity.
Professor Janet Martin
Sem: 1:30-2:50pm MW- McCormick 274

LAT330 Cicero
To acquaint students with Cicero as a statesman and man of letters. Selections from his orations, philosophical works, and letters will be read and his writings will be considered in their historical context.
Professor Robert A. Kaster
Sem: 11am-12:20pm MW-Scheide Caldwell 209

LAT342 Roman Elegy from Catullus to Ovid
Selections from Latin elegy focusing on the writings of Propertius.
Professor Andrew Feldherr
Sem: 11am-12:20pm TTh-East Pyne 215

 

 

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