| Unit name | Latin Language Level C2 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | CLASM0037 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Classics & Ancient History |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Latin lyric poetry is balanced between performing social functions of fulfilling the needs of patronage and the public on the one hand, and articulating an individual point of view on the other. Gift exchange is central to this paradox. With the focus on gift-exchange, this unit will consider the tension between the tradition of neoterics -- urbanity, polish, exclusivity - and the social and moral traditions of Rome (Stoicism, Epicureanism etc.) as they are expressed in the poems. Horace and Catullus worked in different circumstances. We shall read poems in the light of four major themes: the patronage problem, prayer and the gods, repaying debts, and poetry and conviviality.
