Course Description
Latin prose through readings from Cicero and from other Latin prose authors.
Athena Title
GOLD AGE LATN PROSE
Prerequisite
LATN 2002 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Students completing Latin prose will have read a substantial amount of Cicero and other prose authors in Latin. Classes will focus on strategies of translation, particularly for prose. 2. Students will engage in critical analysis of semantic, syntactic, grammatical, stylistic, rhetorical, and historical evidence. 3. Through frequent writing exercises, students will learn to produce writing appropriate to the subject matter of Latin prose and the field of classics.
Topical Outline
I. Introduction to Latin prose and to Cicero in literary and historical context II. Translation of selected passages from Cicero and other Latin prose authors
Syllabus