| Unit name | Latin Language Level B2 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | CLAS12308 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. O'Gorman |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites | |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Classics & Ancient History |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This course introduces students to a range of skills in independent reading and analysis of Latin literature. We will be looking at extracts from the first book of Livy's Ab urbe condita, concentrating on the different resources available to us for interpretation. Emphasis will be on close analysis of specific passages, exploring the different links between our grammatical understanding of the text and our literary appreciation of the narrative. The extracts we will read direct our attention to the representation of ideal rulers and tyrants in Roman history, to the theme of good and bad foreigners at Rome, and to the historical text's interaction with the genre of tragedy.
Aims:
To develop students’ knowledge of the Latin language through the reading of classical Latin prose; to introduce students to techniques of independent reading of Latin, such as use of dictionaries and commentaries; to introduce students to issues of translation and interpretation of Latin literature.
Students will have developed and consolidated their knowledge of the Latin language and will have developed their skills of advanced independent reading of Latin texts. They will have acquired knowledge in the use of dictionaries and commentaries, and will be able to relate this knowledge to their understanding and interpretation of a Latin text. In addition, second year students will be expected to have developed more sophisticated analytical skills, as demonstrated in their formal assessments and in their participation in seminar discussions.
Lectures, seminars and reading classes, grammatical instruction classes
2 x class tests (25% each) and 1 x practical criticism (50%)
C.T. Lewis Elementary Latin Dictionary, Oxford University Press
Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer, Longman
H.E. Gould & J.L. Whiteley Livy book I, Bristol Classical Press
Livy The Rise of Rome, trans. T.J. Luce, Oxford World’s Classics
To be read in Latin:
Livy Book 1 (800 lines: exact selection to be confirmed)
Students should also read all of Livy Book 1 in English.
