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COURSES - FALL 2004

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 Kaster
Class 1: 9:00-9:50am MTWTh                   Fires 36J
Class 2: 12:30-1:20pm MTWTh                 Fires 36J
LAT104 - Intensive Intermediate Latin
An alternative to LAT105 for students with two years or more of secondary school Latin who wish to review basic Latin forms, syntax, and vocabulary. Approximately six weeks of intensive review followed by readings from a selection of Latin poetry and prose.
John Fisher
Class: 10:00-10:50am MTWTh                   Fires 36J
Drill: 10:00-10:50am F                             Fires 36J
LAT105 - Intermediate Latin: Catullus and His Age
We will read a selection of letters in Latin prose and verse by Cicero, Horace, Ovid, Seneca, and Pliny between 60 BCE and 100 CE, in order to understand the place that this important form of communication had in Roman culture. Starting at 1-2 pages of prose (or equivalent) per meeting, we will aim to double facility, accuracy, and speed by the end of the course.
Professors Brent Shaw and Edward Champlin
Class 1: 11:00-11:50am MTWTh               EPyne 233
Class 2: 12:30-1:20pm MTWTh -              EPyne 233
LAT204 - Caesar
An introduction to the life and times of Gaius Julius Caesar, as seen in his own words and in the writings of others. Increased competence in Latin will be achieved while learning about Caesar, the fall of the Republic, and the Ides of March 44 B.C.
Professor Harriet Flower
Class: 3:00-4:20pm TTh                         EPyne 233
LAT232 - Introduction to Medieval Latin
Selections from outstanding works of medieval Latin literature, with emphasis on prose and poetry of the Twelfth-Century Renaissance.
Professor Janet Martin
Class: 1:30-2:50pm TTh                          EPyne 233
LAT334 - Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics
Critical reading and literary analysis of Vergil's cycle of 10 pastoral poems ( Eclogues ) and of his poem on Nature and Farming ( Georgics ).
Professor Andrew Feldherr
Class: 3:00-4:20pm MW                           Frist 207

 

 
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