Unit information: Latin Language Level C1 in 2013/14

Unit name	Latin Language Level C1
Unit code	CLAS22407
Credit points	20
Level of study	I/5
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director	Dr. Sandwell
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	CLAS22308 or equivalent
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Department of Classics & Ancient History
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid are well-known for their erotic portraits of their ‘mistresses’, Delia, Cynthia and Corinna, in tones ranging from the passionate to the broadly comic, and in ways that play with the boundaries of reality and fiction. But equally as important to their poetic projects – and to their identification as Augustan poets – is the concern with social and political engagement that continually manifests itself throughout poetry. This unit will consider how these poets each negotiate their position in Roman society, paying particular attention to the conflict between writing epic and elegy, and to the convergence of the language of love and warfare or militia amoris.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students should have:

• developed their skills in reading, translating and interpreting a Latin text;

• become familiar with current debates about the texts studied, and their historical and cultural significance;

• developed and refined their skills in constructing coherent and relevant critical arguments, in relation to the understanding and appreciation of the texts studied;

• developed and enhanced their skills in oral and written communication by contributing to discussion in seminars, presenting short papers, and producing an essay and various written examinations.

Teaching Information

3 x 1 hour seminars.

Assessment Information

1 essay of 2,500 words and 1 examination of one and a half hours, consisting of a passage of 10-12 lines for unseen translation (30% of exam mark) with passage summary, a passage of 10-12 lines for prepared text translation (30% of exam mark), and a passage of 20 lines with specific questions for comment (40% of exam mark). No choice of questions will be offered and no reference texts or dictionaries will be allowed in this exam.

Reading and References

Set texts: • Tibullus 1.1, 1.2, 1.5 • Propertius 1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 2.1, 2.7, 2.15, 2.16, 3.4, 3.5, 4.7, 4.8 • Ovid, Amores 1.1-5. • Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.61-228. (1200 lines in total) All of these poems are to be found in Latin Erotic Elegy: An Anthology and Reader, ed. Paul Allen Miller (Routledge: London 2002) which is a required text. Reading list:

• Gold, B.K. A Companion to Roman Love Elegy (Malden, Ma-Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 2012)
• Kennedy, D.F. The Art of Love: Five Studies in the Discourse of Roman Love Elegy (Cambridge 1993)
• Myerowitz, M. Ovid’s Games of Love (Detroit 1985)
• Veyne, P. Roman Erotic Elegy (Chicago, 1988)
• Weiden Boyd, B. Ovid’s Literary Loves: Influence and Innovation in the Amores (Ann Arbor 1997)
• Wyke, M. The Roman Mistress (Oxford 2002)

In addition, there are none representative critical essays provided in the Routledge anthology.