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department Classics: Latin (X) |
An intensive introduction to the Latin language and the culture of the ancient Romans. Readings and composition exercises will focus on the acquisition of solid reading skills. At the same time, the study of Latin will enlarge students' English vocabulary and their understanding of the structures of their own language.
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An intensive introduction to the Latin language and the culture of the ancient Romans. Readings and composition exercises will focus on the acquisition of solid reading skills. At the same time, the study of Latin will enlarge students' English vocabulary and their understanding of the structures of their own language.
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Credits: 4
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Credits: 3
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Credits: 3
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A survey of drama at Rome, from its origins to the high empire. We will examine what sorts of theatrical entertainments the Romans staged, where and when they took place, who performed in them, and how they were scriptedâand also how these scripts came to be viewed as âliterature.â Readings in Latin will include one comedy of Plautus (Menaechmi), one tragedy of Seneca (Phaedra), fragments of otherwise lost dramas, as well as other Greek and Latin plays in translation and selected modern studies. There will be special emphasis in the first part of the class on the peculiar features of Plautusâ language, and throughout the semester on mastering the basic dramatic meters.
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In this course, we will read substantial portions of Petroniusâ Satyricon, which recounts the exploits of the lovers Encolpius and Giton. We will explore such issues as the novelâs relationship to other literary forms, the representation of imperial extravagance and excess, the innovative prosimetric language; we will supplement our investigations with reading from contemporary scholarship.
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Students will read selections from the Annales, paying attention to Tacitus' deployment of rhetorical devices and distinctive literary style, as well as to his 'annalistic' or year-by-year organization of his history, and to his peculiar form of moral and political criticism. In addition to readings in Latin, the course also will include discussion of modern scholarly approaches to the Annales.
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Description forthcoming on Department of Classics webpage.
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Credits: 3
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Credits: 3
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This course is for students whose Latin is already very advanced; admission is by permission only. Students will read all of Vergilâs Eclogues and Georgics in Latin, as well as several poems from the so-called Appendix Vergiliana. The focus of the class is not translation but on making sense of the poems as works of literature, and to this end, students will also read extensively from earlier and contemporary Greek (in translation) and Roman (in Latin) literature, including the idylls of Theocritus, neoteric Latin poetry, and other works. Students will be expected to become familiar with a range of secondary scholarship on the words being examined.
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Credits: 03
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Please see Department of Classics webpage for a full description.
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