Module CLAS3391: ADVANCED LATIN 3B

Department: Classics and Ancient History

CLAS3391: ADVANCED LATIN 3B

Prerequisites

• For students taking Classics (Q801), Classical Civilisation (Q820) and Ancient History (V110) Intermediate Latin 2A.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• The principle of progression means that if you have studied Advanced Latin 2A in a previous academic year, you cannot then study Advanced Latin 2B/3B, but must progress to one or both of the Higher Latin modules.

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 broad and in-depth understanding of Roman culture.

Content

• Introduces students to a selection of Latin texts appropriate to readers with a good command of grammar and an experience of reading texts in the original language.
• Authors may include Circero, Livy, Seneca, Pliny, Servius, Tacitus, Gellius.
• The emphasis will be on prose.
• All texts will be linked by a theme which will provide the focus for the module.
• Examples of themes are: oratory, early Roman historiography, ancient letters, ancient literacy criticism.
• Themes will be chosen with a view to ensuring that students can engage in the interpretation and close reading of texts at degree level.

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 dictionaries; an ability to read and interpret these texts in relation to a knowledge of Roman culture as acquired in a student's previous two years of study in Higher Education.

• A critical understanding 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 and a summative essay, each of which will be designed to test knowledge and interpretation of the set texts at a level appropriate to students at Advanced level.

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