Module CLAS2121: ADVANCED LATIN 2B

Department: CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORY

CLAS2121: ADVANCED LATIN 2B

Prerequisites

• Intermediate Latin 1A, Monuments and Memory in the Age of Augustus (CLAS1301).

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To study in depth a selection of prose texts suitable for students with a good command of Latin morphology and syntax, some experience of reading texts in the original and a good understanding of Roman culture.

Content

• This module introduces students to a selection of Latin texts appropriate to readers with a good command of grammar and some experience of reading texts in the original language.
• Authors may include Cicero, Livy, Seneca, Pliny, Servius, Macrobius, Gellius.
• The emphasis will be on prose.
• All texts will be linked by a theme which will provide the focus for the module as a whole.
• Examples of themes are: oratory, early Roman historiography, ancient letters, ancient literary criticism.
• Themes will be chosen with a view to ensuring progression from Monuments and Memory in the Age of Augustus.

Learning Outcomes

• A knowledge of Latin morphology and syntax sufficient to form the basis of an independent appreciation and understanding of a selection of Latin prose authors; a knowledge and understanding of a selection of works from a selection of Latin prose authors; a knowledge of vocabulary appropriate to a student with a year's post-Intermediate study and experience of the Latin language.

• An ability to construe some Latin prose texts with relatively limited use of dictionaries; an ability to read and interpret these texts in relation to a knowledge of Roman culture as acquired from the Level 1 module Monuments and Memory in the Age of Augustus.

• A grasp of the differences between two Indo-European languages, one ancient and one modern, and of the issues relating to moving between them.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Interactive classes will be offered as the most appropriate and effective way of teaching the module.
• Students will learn through regular preparation for the classes, and interaction with the teacher and each other in the process of learning.
• The course will be assessed through an exam paper, which will be designed to test the topics and questions addressed in the classes.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Homework in the form of translations and/or commentaries to be prepared in advance of every class. Formative tests in class. No collections.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University