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91917 |
LAT 101
Beginning
Latin I |
Robert Cioffi
James Romm |
M
T W
Th 9:00 am-10:00 am |
OLINLC
118 |
FL |
FLLC |
This
two-semester sequence is designed to equip students who have no prior knowledge
of Latin with the proficiency to read Latin poetry and prose in the original.
An emphasis on grammatical exercises and drills will be gradually combined with
reading short selections from a wide range of Latin literature. Class size: 16
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91918 |
LAT 201
intermediate
latin: Livy |
Robert Cioffi
|
M T Th 4:40
pm – 5:40 pm |
OLINLC
210 |
FL |
FLLC |
Cross-listed: Classical Studies
This course is the
continuation of Latin 106, and also serves as a transition course for students
with some background in high-school Latin who wish to continue their studies at
Bard. Emphasis will be on building and consolidating knowledge of Latin grammar,
syntax, and morphology, and on developing reading fluency and an appreciation
for Latin style. After reviewing and completing the material in the textbook,
we will undertake a sustained close reading of selections from Book 1 of Livy’s
History of Rome, focusing on Romulus
and Remus, Rome’s early expansion, and on Lucretia and the populist expulsion
of the tyrant Tarquinius Superbus. We will consider this text both as an
example of Livy’s famously rich Latin prose, and through the lens of its Roman
context as an ideologically charged foundation myth. Class size: 15
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91919 |
LAT 301
Advanced
Latin: Vergil |
Rana Liebert |
T Th 11:50
am-1:10 pm |
OLINLC
118 |
FL |
FLLC |
In this course we will read the works that launched Vergil’s
poetic career: the Eclogues and the Georgics. The Eclogues, a collection of ten short poems that inspired the
European tradition of pastoral poetry, conjure an intriguing fictional world in
the Italian countryside that the author uses to interrogate his own volatile
political situation. The Georgics, a
didactic poem on agriculture that mixes myth and manual, also uses a rustic
backdrop to explore political and philosophical themes. We will study Vergil’s innovative reworking
of Greek poetic traditions in these poems as well as their political and social
commentary.
Class size: 14