| Unit name | Latin Language Level D1 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | CLASM0038 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Emeritus Professor. Kennedy |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Classics & Ancient History |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
In Confessions, Augustine denounced his conventional education in Latin literary classics. In City of God he challenged the claim that Roman religion and morality, history and literature, were of special merit or special significance in the history of the world. Yet his writings show that the Latin classics, especially the core texts of the late Roman curriculum (Terence, Sallust, Cicero, Virgil), profoundly influenced his ways of thinking and of reading. This unit will use Augustine&�s critique to consider his, and our own, relation to classical culture. What can be saved, or reworked, or jettisoned? How much does the inheritance of Greece and Rome matter? Themes to be studied include: emotion and morality; the nature of the gods; the purpose of education; imperialism and the just war; theatre as corruption; love and death.
