CLASSICAL STUDIES: LATIN

CRN

92328

Distribution

D

Course No.

LAT 101

Title

Elementary Latin I

Professor

Alan Zeitlin

Schedule

Mon Tu Wed Th 9:00 am - 9:55 am OLIN 307

An introduction to the fundamentals of the Latin language. This course forms an indivisible sequence with Latin 102. Using the Oxford Latin Course, the instructor will guide the students through a connected sequence of readings, which traces the life of the poet Horace. In the process, the student is exposed to the basics of Latin grammar, and builds a functional vocabulary. This inductive method of learning enables the student to read impressive quantities of Latin prose within a surprisingly short time.

CRN

92320

Distribution

D

Course No.

LAT 201

Title

Intermediate Latin: Vergil's Aeneid

Professor

Christopher Callanan

Schedule

Tu Th 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm LC 206

The focus of the course will be the first half of Vergil's Aeneid, often considered the greatest poem by the greatest Roman poet. In addition to admiring its greatness, we will look at issues of style and meter. Especially at the beginning of the semester, we will use the text to review grammar and build vocabulary, as well as to practice independent reading skills. The course is open to all who have completed one year or more of college Latin or the equivalent (see instructor about placement).

CRN

92327

Distribution

D

Course No.

LAT 301

Title

Silver Age Latin

Professor

Alan Zeitlin

Schedule

Tu Th 11:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 107


This course builds on the work done in second year Latin, aiming to increase the student's fluency in reading and understanding of Roman culture. We turn from Golden Age writers such as Cicero and Vergil, the main foci of second year Latin, to writers of the Silver Age. We shall cover a variety of writers and genres, including the novel (Petronius' Satyricon), the literary epistle (selections from Seneca's Epistulae Morales), tragedy (passages from Seneca's Medea or Phaedra), and satire (selections from Juvenal). Several tests and a short paper (on a literary or cultural topic) will be required.