Course Description
Golden Age Latin prose and poetry, with prose readings from the works of Cicero and verse readings from the works of Vergil and/or Horace. Course content will be balanced between prose and poetry.
Athena Title
Golden Age Latin Literature
Prerequisite
LATN 2001
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLICATED LATIN SYNTACTICAL CONSTRUCTIONS. 2. TO LEARN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VARIOUS FORMS OF LATIN POETRY (EPIC, LYRIC, ELEGIAC, SATIRE). 3. TO LEARN TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF SEVERAL LATIN POETS, SUCH AS VERGIL, OVID, HORACE. 4. TO LEARN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS FORMS OF LATIN PROSE (HISTORY, RHETORIC, EPISTOLOGRAPHY). 5. TO LEARN TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF SEVERAL LATIN PROSE AUTHORS, SUCH AS LIVY AND CICERO.
Topical Outline
I. GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX REVIEW II. LATIN POETRY A. LYRIC AND EPIC POETRY: VERGIL, CATULLUS, HORACE B. SATIRE AND ELEGY: HORACE, OVID, AND PROPERTIUS III. LATIN PROSE A. HISTORY: LIVY AND CAESAR B. RHETORIC AND EPISTOLOGRAPHY: CICERO
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus