LATIN (LATN)

The basic elements of Latin grammar, practice in reading and writing Latin, introduction to Roman civilization through a study of the language of the Romans.

Continuation of LATN 101. The basic elements of Latin grammar, practice in reading and writing Latin, introduction to Roman civilization through a study of the language of the Romans.

Review of fundamentals. Reading in selected texts such as Catullus, Ovid, Cicero, or others.

Review of fundamentals. Reading in selected texts such as Catullus, Ovid, Cicero, or others.

Reading in selected texts of medieval Latin literature.

Systematic review of Latin grammar. Reading in Vergil's Aeneid, normally two books in Latin, and the remainder in translation.

Careful reading of selected works of Cicero, exercises in Latin composition.

Systematic review of Latin grammar. Reading in Ovid's Metamorphoses, normally two books in Latin, and the remainder in translation.

This class will read and examine substantial portions of the Latin text of Augustine's autobiographical masterpiece, The Confessions, the most important of his writings, and a seminal work of Greco-Roman literature. Students will also read the entire text in English translation. Through background readings and lectures students will gain a broader understanding of the Late Antiquity, the end of the Roman Empire, the conflicts of Christianity and paganism, and the genres of biography and autobiography.

Readings in Caesar, Sallust, and/or Livy.

Readings in Plautus and Terence, or both.

Readings in Catullus and Horace.

Readings in Ovid, Tibullus, Propertius, or other poets.

This course studies Ovid, Propertius, and Tibullus, focusing on themes such as love, male-female relations, politics, war, Roman culture, and poetry itself.

Readings in Lucretius and related works.

Readings in Petronius and related works.

Readings in the satires of Horace and Juvenal.

Readings in Tacitus and Pliny

This course allows a student to design and execute an independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member. Although the specifics will be determined on a case-by-case basis by the student and the faculty supervisor, the project will normally involve the careful study of key primary sources and engagement with relevant scholarship, and culminate in a major research paper (around 25 pages) or a suitable equivalent in another format (e.g., website, video). Permission of the Instructor.

Special Readings in Latin Literature.

An intensive introduction to Latin grammar and syntax, equivalent to LATN 101 and 102. Students may not receive credit for the following course pairs: LATN 101 and 601; LATN 102 and 601.

An intensive review of Latin grammar, along with vocabulary building and the development of reading and translation skills, equivalent to LATN 203 and 204. Students may not receive credit for the following course pairs: LATN 203 and 602; LATN 204 and 602.

Review of Latin grammar and idiom, exercises in composition, introduction to stylistics.

Selections from Roman comedy, Lucretius, Catullus, Cicero, Caesar, and/or Sallust, focusing on works on the M.A. and Ph.D. reading lists.

Selections from Vergil, Horace, the elegiac poets, Ovid, and/or Livy, focusing on works on the M.A. and Ph.D. reading lists.

Selections from writers from the Neronian period through Apuleius, focusing on works on the M.A. and Ph.D. reading lists.

Selections from writers from the early 3rd to the early 5th century, including Tertullian, the Passio Perpetuae, Augustine's Confessions, the Scriptores Historiae Augustae, and Ammianus Marcellinus, focusing on works on the M.A. and Ph.D. reading lists.

Introduction to textual criticism of Latin texts. Addresses transmission, principles of editing, constructing and interpreting an apparatus criticus. Practical editorial experience working from original manuscripts, microfilms, and digital reproductions.

Survey of medieval Latin literature from its beginnings through the high Middle Ages.

Study of Sallust, Caesar, Suetonius, or the minor historians of the empire.

Study of the comedies of Plautus and Terence or the tragedies of Seneca.

Study of the forms of lyric and elegiac poetry with special attention to Catullus, Horace, Tibullus, or Propertius.

Study of the development of satiric forms with special attention to Horace or Juvenal.

Introduction to literary theory through a study of Ovid and scholarly approaches to his poetry.

Reading in selected medieval Latin prose and verse authors.

We will read the AENEID in Latin, with special attention to the War in Italy. We'll concern ourselves with a variety of topics: style and language; allusion, intertextuality, and the poem's relationship to various texts or traditions; the blending or clash or voices and genres, and possible ways of responding to perceived inconsistencies; and critical debates about the poem's attitude toward the strengths & weaknesses of the Roman people.

Selections from Petronius and/or Apuleius and related texts.

With permission of the department, this course may be repeated for credit.

Topics vary from year to year.