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FALL (current):
• Greek
• Latin
SPRING (current):
• Classical
• Greek
• Latin
SPRING 2008
LATIN
| LAT102 Beginner's Latin Continued: Basic Prose |
| Continues Latin grammar from LAT 101. The second half of the semester will be devoted to reading continuous Latin poetry and prose. |
| Professor Harriet Flower |
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Class 1: 9:00-9:50 am MTWTh - 111 East Pyne Class 2: 12:30-1:20 pm MTWTh - Firestone B-03-J |
| LAT103 Latin: An Intensive Introduction |
| This is an intestive introduction to Latin grammar. It covers in one semester material usually done in the standard two-semester introductory sequence (LAT 101/102). Students who complete LAT 103 move on to LAT 105 in the fall and then LAT 108, thereby completing in three semesters the usual four-course introductory sequence. This course aims at providing a reading knowledge of Latin, quickly. |
| Professor Robert Kaster |
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Class: 9-9:50am MTWTh-Scheide Caldwell House 103 Drill: 9-9:50am F - Scheide Caldwell House 103 |
| LAT108 The Origins of Rome: Livy and Vergil |
| We will read selections from Livy and Vergil, the masters of prose and poetry respectively in the period of Augustus. Our objectives are: to develop the ability to read Latin with greater ease and enjoyment; to improve sight-reading skills; to experience the artistry of Latin prose and poetry; and to examine some of the questions associated with the Romans' interpretation of their history. |
| Professor Yelena Baraz |
| Class
1: 10:00-10:50 am MTWTh - Firestone B-06-M Class 2: 12:30-1:20 pm MTWTh - Firstone B-06-L Class 2A: 12:30-1:20pm MTWTh - Firestone 3-6-J |
| LAT204 Seminar: Cosmology in Roman Epic |
| We will read selected passages, dealing with the origins of the universe and the development of Roman civilization, from the epic poetry of Lucretius, Virgil, and Ovid. We focus on reading of the original text, and discuss questions of interpretation as we move along (supported by very modest assignments of secondary literature). Students will acquire familiarity with the style and vocabulary of Roman epic, and with ancient ideas about cosmology. |
| Lecturer: Christian Kaesser |
| Seminar: 3:00-4:20pm TTh - Firestone 3-8-J |
| 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, legend, biography, and lyric. Our emphasis will be on the authors' influential representations of ideals of heroism and holiness, with special attention to the transmission and reception of the heroic literature and values of classical Antiquity. |
| Professor Janet Martin |
| Seminar: 1:30-2:50pm MW - McCosh 48 |
| 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 Yelena Baraz |
| Seminar: 1:30-2:50pm MW - Firestone B-06-M |
| LAT339 Roman Historians of the Empire |
| We will read the accounts of the reign of Rome's second emperor, Tiberius, by the historian Tacitus and the biographer Suetonius. |
| Professor Robert Kaster |
| Seminar: 11:00am-12:20pm MW Mondays - 161 East Pyne & Wednesdays 209 Scheide Caldwell |
Updated
January 31, 2008 by Jill