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LATN 101 - Elementary Latin I
Fall and Spring (4) Staff Prerequisite(s): For LATN 102 : LATN 101 or departmental placement. (ALV)
This course is designed to equip the student with a mastery of the structure of the Latin language and with knowledge of basic vocabulary. There are translations from appropriate Latin texts and parallel study of pertinent aspects of Roman life and history.
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LATN 102 - Elementary Latin II
Fall and Spring (4) Staff Prerequisite(s): For LATN 102: LATN 101 or departmental placement. (ALV)
A continuation of Latin 101. Translations from appropriate Latin texts and parallel study of pertinent aspects of Roman life and history.
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LATN 103 - Combined Beginning Latin
Fall (5)
This intensive course combines LATN 101 and 102 in a single semester. It is recommended for students who had Latin previously and wish to review the basics rapidly before going on in the language, or for those who are particularly good at foreign languages in general and desire a more challenging learning experience. Students who pass this course may enroll directly in LATN 201 or 203 in a subsequent semester.
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LATN 201 - Introduction to Latin Prose
Fall (3) Irby Prerequisite(s): LATN 102 or LATN 103 or departmental placement. (ALV)
There will be a review of forms and syntax, after which some major prose author will be read at length.
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LATN 202 - Introduction to Latin Poetry
Spring (3) Irby Prerequisite(s): LATN 201 or departmental placement. (ALV, GER 5)
A major poet will be read at length and other selections from Classical Latin poetry will be covered.
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LATN 203 - Combined Intermediate Latin
Spring (5) Prerequisite(s): LATN 102 or LATN 103
This course combines LATN 201 and 202 in a single semester for students who desire more accelerated advancement in the language. Students who pass this course may enroll directly in any class for which LATN 202 is a prerequisite.
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LATN 321 - Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry
Fall or Spring (3) Panoussi Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Catullus, Horace, Propertius, Ovid, and others.
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LATN 322 - Cicero
Fall or Spring (3) Donahue Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or departmental placement. (ALV)
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the orations, letters and/or essays of Cicero.
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LATN 323 - Roman Drama
Fall or Spring (3) Panoussi Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Plautus, Terence, and Seneca.
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LATN 324 - Roman Satire
Fall or Spring (3) Donahue Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Horace, Juvenal, Persius, and others.
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LATN 325 - Roman Historians
Fall or Spring (3) Swetnam-Burland, Donahue Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Livy, Tacitus, and others.
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LATN 326 - Vergil
Fall or Spring (3) Panoussi Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the Aeneid and other Vergilian works.
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LATN 327 - The Roman Novel
Fall or Spring (3) Spaeth Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Petronius, Apuleius, and others.
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LATN 328 - Roman Philosophy
Fall or Spring (3) Spaeth Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Cicero, Lucretius, Seneca, and others.
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LATN 329 - Medieval Latin
Fall or Spring (3) Irby Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of medieval authors in prose and poetry.
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LATN 330 - Imperial Latin Literature: The Rhetoric of Cruelty
Spring (3) Panoussi Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 (ALV)
In no other period did the tensions and ambiguities inherent in Roman society manifest themselves more acutely than in the first and early second century C.E., Rome’s ‘Silver Age.’ It was frequently a violent and cruel period in which absolute power could be exercised with a malignancy rarely plied since. Yet this age also produced a literature often marked by profound humanity and by an inventiveness comparable to that of the ‘Golden Age’ a century before. The goal of this course is to gain some insight into the paradoxes of this period. Reading selections in Latin and sometimes English from authors like, Seneca, Petronius, Lucan, Statius, Pliny the Younger and Tacitus, we will
examine the social and political conditions of writing in this period, and we will consider the degree to which these authors were aware of, and indeed played with, the hierarchies created by literary canons and reflected in epithets like ‘golden’ and ‘silver.’
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LATN 331 - Ovid
Fall (3) Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or equivalent. (ALV)
Readings in Latin from the influential and versatile poet of the Augustan Age, Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid). Works may include the Metamorphoses, the Fasti, the Ars Amatoria, the Amores, and others.
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LATN 332 - Latin Epistolography
Fall (3) Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or equivalent. (ALV)
Readings in the original Latin of letters written in antiquity, some of them actual correspondance between individuals, others literary exercises. The authors studied may include Cicero, Seneca, Pliny, Augustine, and others. In addition to matters of style, genre, and language, the historical, cultural, and political contexts of the letters will be examined.
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LATN 421 - Writing Latin - Latin Prose Composition
Fall or Spring (3) Panoussi Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Reading of such Latin prose authors as Caesar, Cicero and Nepos followed by the writing of connected Latin passages in imitation of their style. This course can be offered on a tutorial basis whenever it is requested by one or several students, if staff is available.
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LATN 490 - Topics in Latin
Fall and Spring (1-3) Staff Prerequisite(s): LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Treatment of a selected topic in Latin language or literature (in the original Latin) that is not covered in regular course offerings. Course may be repeated if topics vary.
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LATN 491 - Independent Study
Fall or Spring (1-3) Staff Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
A program of reading, writing, and discussion on a particular author or topic in Latin literature In the original language. Students accepted for this course will arrange their program of study with an appropriate faculty advisor. This course may be repeated for credit with a different topic.
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LATN 495 - Honors
Fall, Spring (3) Staff
The Department of Classical Studies offers Honors study in Greek or Latin as staff is available. Students admitted to this study will be enrolled in the course during both semesters of their senior year. The course comprises: (a) reading and discussion of selected authors in the language of the student’s emphasis, Greek or Latin; (b) supervised reading of a special bibliography in the field of the student’s major interest; (c) satisfactory completion by April 15 of a scholarly essay; and (d) satisfactory completion of an oral examination of the subject and subject field of the essay. Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see catalog section titled Honors and Special Programs.
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LATN 496 - Honors
Fall, Spring (3) Staff
The Department of Classical Studies offers Honors study in Greek or Latin as staff is available. Students admitted to this study will be enrolled in the course during both semesters of their senior year. The course comprises: (a) reading and discussion of selected authors in the language of the student’s emphasis, Greek or Latin; (b) supervised reading of a special bibliography in the field of the student’s major interest; (c) satisfactory completion by April 15 of a scholarly essay; and (d) satisfactory completion of an oral examination of the subject and subject field of the essay. Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see catalog section titled Honors and Special Programs.
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