Course Description: Basics of grammar, and then, readings in original texts of moderate difficulty such as short poems of Catullus and passages of Cicero's prose. Oral and written exercises, also consideration of the culture and archaeology of the areas in which Latin was spoken. Consideration of the debt of our language to Latin. Useful for students in any field.
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Course Description: An advanced level reading course in Latin prose and/or poetry, designed for students who have completed Latin 225 or the equivalent. Generous selections from masterpieces of Latin literature will be read in the original language, with careful attention to matters of literary criticism and historical context and review of the fundamentals of Latin grammar and syntax as needed. Particular attention will be paid to the changing styles of Latin prose and poetry. Authors and topics may include, for example, Lucretius, Virgil and Roman epic, Catullus, Horace, and Roman lyric, Propertius and the tradition of elegiac verse, Petronius and the novel, Plautus, Terence, and the nature of Roman comedy, Caesar, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, and other historians, Juvenal and satire, Ovid, and Cicero's oratory, letters, and essays. Variable content; may be repeated as needed for credit and major/minor requirements. F, S.
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