CLAS3391: ADVANCED LATIN 3B

• For students taking Classics (Q801), Classical Civilisation (Q820) and Ancient History (V110) Intermediate Latin 2A.

• None.

• The principle of progression means that if you have studied Advanced Latin 2A in a previous academic year, you cannot then study Advanced Latin 2B/3B, but must progress to one or both of the Higher Latin modules.

• To study in depth a selection of prose texts suitable for students with a good command of Latin morphology and syntax, some experience of reading texts in the original and a broad and in-depth understanding of Roman culture.

• Introduces students to a selection of Latin texts appropriate to readers with a good command of grammar and an experience of reading texts in the original language.
• Authors may include Circero, Livy, Seneca, Pliny, Servius, Tacitus, Gellius.
• The emphasis will be on prose.
• All texts will be linked by a theme which will provide the focus for the module.
• Examples of themes are: oratory, early Roman historiography, ancient letters, ancient literacy criticism.
• Themes will be chosen with a view to ensuring that students can engage in the interpretation and close reading of texts at degree level.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• A knowledge of Latin morphology and syntax sufficient to form the basis of an independent appreciation and understanding of a selection of Latin prose authors; a knowledge and understanding of a selection of works from a selection of Latin prose authors; a knowledge of vocabulary appropriate to a student with a year's post-Intermediate study and experience of the Latin language.

Subject-specific Skills:

• An ability to construe some Latin prose texts with dictionaries; an ability to read and interpret these texts in relation to a knowledge of Roman culture as acquired in a student's previous two years of study in Higher Education.

Key Skills:

• A critical understanding of the differences between two Indo-European languages, one ancient and one modern, and of the issues relating to moving between them.

• Interactive classes will be offered as the most appropriate and effective way of teaching the module.
• Students will learn through regular preparation for the classes, and interaction with the teacher and each other in the process of learning.
• The course will be assessed through an exam paper and a summative essay, each of which will be designed to test knowledge and interpretation of the set texts at a level appropriate to students at Advanced level.

Homework in the form of translations and/or commentaries to be prepared in advance of every class. Formative tests in class. No collections.

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