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Essentials of the Latin Language
An intensive two-semester approach to Latin with special emphasis on developing facility in the rapid reading of Latin literature. No previous knowledge of Latin is required.
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Introduction to Latin Literature
Introduction to Latin literature through intensive reading of major authors in prose and poetry with careful attention to grammar and style. Prerequisite: LATN 0100, 0200 or 0110 (or equivalent).
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Grammar Review and Composition
Half-credit course with attention to student's individual needs.
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Horace Satires, Epistles and 'Ars Poetica'
We will read selections from each of these collections of Horace's hexameter poetry, in which we learn much about the poet's life and education, his friendships with Vergil and others, his relationship with his patron Maecenas and eventually with Augustus, and his theories about the "Art of Poetry" as it should best be practiced and appreciated. We will also consider the place of Horace's poems in the development of the satirical and epistolary genres at Rome as well as the influence of these works on the later poetic (and literary-critical) tradition.
- Primary Instructor
- Debrohun
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Comedy
No description available.
- Primary Instructor
- Scafuro
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Writing Lives in Late Antiquity: Jerome and Augustine
This course will explore the development of new forms of biographical and autobiographical writing in Latin in the fourth and fifth centuries CE. We will focus on two monumental late ancient authors, Jerome and Augustine, and examine the way that these Christian intellectuals conceive of and express ideal lives in a newly Christian Empire. Texts will include selections of Jerome's Lives of Paul the Monk and Hilarion, his letters, and Augustine's Confessions.
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Latin Prose Composition
Review of the basic tenets of Latin syntax, composition, and style. English to Latin translation exercises will shore up composition skills, as we study the stylistic traits of seven Roman authors: Cato, Caesar, Cicero, Sallust, Livy, Seneca, and Tacitus. The course will proceed chronologically according to author. Class time will be spent on translation exercises and review, as well as the identification of the stylistic and syntactic characteristics of the seven authors under study.
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Special Topics
Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
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- Bodel
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- Debrohun
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- Reed
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- Mignone
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- Pucci
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- Scafuro
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Conference: Especially for Honors Students
Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course.
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- Bodel
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- Debrohun
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- Reed
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- Primary Instructor
- Pucci
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- Mignone
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- Primary Instructor
- Hanink
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Seminar: Fortunatus and Alcuin
We will read closely in the poetry of Fortunatus and Alcuin, paying attention to the ways in which both receive and exploit their classical inheritance, especially (the supposedly lost) Catullus. In addition to attending to the normal accouterments of literary reading, we will focus on the role of ambiguity in both poet's projects, the conception and function of allusivity, and shifts in literary culture and their implications for how we historicize Latin poetry. A reading knowledge of French is required.
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Preliminary Exam Preparation
For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the registration fee to continue active enrollment while preparing for a preliminary examination.
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- E: Grad Enrollment Fee/Dist Prep
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Reading and Research
Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. Instructor permission required.
- Primary Instructor
- Bodel
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- I: Independent Study/Research
- Primary Instructor
- Debrohun
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- Primary Instructor
- Reed
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- I: Independent Study/Research
- Primary Instructor
- Mignone
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- Primary Instructor
- Pucci
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- Scafuro
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Thesis Preparation
For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the registration fee to continue active enrollment while preparing a thesis.
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- E: Grad Enrollment Fee/Dist Prep
