17009

LAT 106

Basic Intensive Latin

Rana Liebert

James Romm

M W 10:10am-12:30pm

T Th 10:10am-11:40am

OLIN 306

FLLC

8 credits This course is designed for students with no experience with Latin, to read authors such as Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, and Augustine in the original language after one semester's intensive work (the equivalent of two semesters of college Latin). Daily drills and frequent quizzes will be combined from the beginning with an emphasis on reading: students will begin reading short selections from classical authors after only a few weeks and longer passages by midterm. Those wishing to enroll in this course should consult with Prof. Curtis or Prof. Romm, or attend the informational meeting in early December. Class size: 16

17041

LAT 202

Intermediate Latin II: Cicero’s Catilinarian Orations

Robert Cioffi

T Th 11:50am-1:10pm

OLIN 301

FLLC

This course will involve a sustained close reading of the first of Cicero’s Catilinarian Orations. Faced with a conspiracy to overthrow the government in 63 BCE, Cicero responded with a blisteringly brilliant series of speeches that would mark the height of his political and rhetorical fortunes. He unveiled the plots hatched by Lucius Sergius Catilina; he drove him and his co-conspirators into exile; and he demanded their execution. The course will develop students’ fluency in Latin and skills of literary and rhetorical analysis by paying particular attention to Cicero’s style, language, structure, rhetorical devices, and rhythm. Through readings in English translation, we will also locate this moment in Cicero’s career, in the history of Latin literature, and in its political and historical context at the end of the Roman Republic. Class size: 22

17607

LAT 302

ADVANCED LATIN II: CICERO’S CATILINARIAN ORATIONS

Robert Cioffi

TBA

FLLC

This course will involve a sustained close reading of Cicero’s Catilinarian Orations. Faced with a conspiracy to overthrow the government in 63 BCE, Cicero responded with a blisteringly brilliant series of speeches that would mark the height of his political and rhetorical fortunes. He unveiled the plots hatched by Lucius Sergius Catilina; he drove him and his co-conspirators into exile; and he demanded their execution. The course will develop students’ fluency in Latin and skills of literary and rhetorical analysis by paying particular attention to Cicero’s style, language, structure, rhetorical devices, and rhythm. Through readings in English translation, we will also locate this moment in Cicero’s career, in the history of Latin literature, and in its political and historical context at the end of the Roman Republic. Note: The topic for Latin 202 and 302 is the same, but students at the 300-level will read more of Cicero’s Latin and be asked to write a longer final essay.