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Latin Studies (LT)
Professor: T. R. Nevin; Assistant Professor: G. Compton-Engle
The program in Latin is offered by the Department of Classical and Modern
Languages and Cultures. All LT courses are taught in the original language.
Major and Minor Requirements
The major and minor in Latin are described on
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101. ELEMENTARY LATIN GRAMMAR 3 cr. Basic fundamentals
of Latin grammar and syntax. Limited to students with no previous study
of Latin.
102. ELEMENTARY LATIN PROSE (102) 3 cr. Prerequisite:
LT 101 or its equivalent. Continuation of the study of Latin grammar and
syntax based on reading of literary passages illustrative of those rules.
201. INTERMEDIATE LATIN I 3 cr. Prerequisite: a year
of college Latin or its equivalent. Review of grammar and syntax with
readings from selected authors.
202. INTERMEDIATE LATIN II 3 cr. Continuation of Latin
201 with further readings.
232. LATIN AUTHORS 3 cr. Reading from a selected author,
such as Vergil, Cicero, or Caesar. Course may be repeated with a different
author.
301. LATIN WRITING 3 cr. Practice in writing idiomatic
Latin prose.
320. ROMAN EPISTOLARY WRITING (420) 3 cr. Reading from
the letters of a writer such as Cicero, Horace, Pliny, Ovid, or Seneca.
Course may be repeated with a different author.
330. ROMAN HISTORICAL WRITING (430) 3 cr. Reading from
the works of a Roman historian, such as Livy, Tacitus, Sallust, or Caesar.
Course may be repeated with a different author.
340. ROMAN POETRY (440) 3 cr. Reading from the works
of a poet, such as Catullus, Vergil, Horace, Tibullus, Propertius, or
Ovid. Origins of lyric, pastoral, elegiac poetry. Course may be repeated
with a different author.
410. ROMAN SATIRE 3 cr. Reading from a Roman satirist,
such as Horace, Juvenal, or Persius. Study of the characteristics of Roman
satire and its influence on later literature. Course may be repeated with
a different author.
450. ROMAN DRAMA 3 cr. Reading from the works of such
dramatists as Plautus, Terence, and Seneca. Development of Roman drama
and its influence on later drama. Course may be repeated with a different
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490, 491. HISTORY OF ROMAN LITERATURE 3 cr. each Lectures,
discussions, and translations of authors not read previously. 490: Roman
literature from the beginning to the Golden Age. 491: Nature and characteristics
of Silver Age literature.
498. ADVANCED SUPERVISED STUDY 3 cr. Supervised study
on special topics. For advanced students. Course may be repeated with
a different subject matter.
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