Unit information: Latin Language Level D1 in 2009/10

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Unit name Latin Language Level D1
Unit code CLAS30073
Credit points 20
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. Kennedy
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

CLAS22407 or equivalent

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of Classics & Ancient History
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This unit aims to develop skills in sophisticated literary analysis of texts in Latin. The texts covered will be chosen to reflect the unit director's research interests, amounting to 2500 lines. These texts will be studied in relation to the debates which they raise in secondary critical and theoretical literature, and in relation to their position in the literary history of Classics and its reception.

Aims:

Aims:

Upon conclusion of this unit students will have developed knowledge of the issues raised in relation to the texts studied and their interpretation, and the relevance of these for wider theoretical issues. They will have developed a detailed appreciation of the literary style of the texts studied and improved their fluency in reading and stylistic translating of Greek/Latin.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students should have:

  • developed their skills in reading, translating and interpreting a Greek/Latin text and in evaluating translations of it;
  • become familiar with current debates about the texts studied, and their historical and cultural significance;
  • developed and refined their skills in constructing coherent, relevant and sophisticated critical arguments, and in relating their readings of the texts to wider theoretical issues;
  • developed and enhanced their skills in oral and written communication by contributing to discussion in seminars, presenting short papers, and producing an essay and a written examination.

Teaching Information

Seminars and reading classes.

Assessment Information

  • 1 essay of approximately 3000 words in length (50%), and
  • 1 90-minute examination containing sight translation, set text translation, and passages of set text for comment (50%).

Reading and References

Texts are specified on an annual basis according to the author being studied. Texts and references are detailed on the course handout.

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