CLAS344-11S1 (C) Semester One 2011
Advanced Latin Authors 1

Description

The main aim of this course is to build on what students have learnt in CLAS 245 and to introduce students to more key texts of Latin literature. The course also aims to increase students' fluency in reading Latin and to encourage a critically informed approach to Latin literary sources. Two hours of class time per week will be dedicated to the translation and discussion of passages prepare at home with the help of commentaries and other resources. The other hour will be focused on improving students' skills in the practice of translating unseen texts.

Our text will be Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 13, which deals with a number of themes connected to the Trojan saga including the debate over Achilles’ arms, the sorrows of Hecuba, and, in part the wanderings of Aeneas.  Focus on Ovid’s sophisticated handling of these narratives as well as his engagement with earlier Greek and Latin treatments (from Homer and Greek tragedy to Vergil) will be a feature of the course.

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For further information see School of Humanities.