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Latin
LATN 101 (3): Elementary Latin I
Fundamentals of the language in preparation
for reading literary works, with written exercises
and translation. Chiefly for beginners, but
students with one year of secondary school Latin
may take the course.
LATN 102 (3): Introductory Latin II
Prerequisite: LATN 101. Fundamentals of the
language in preparation for reading literary
works, with written exercises and translation.
LATN 201 (3): Intermediate Latin I
Prerequisite: LATN 102 or placement. Review
and continuing study of grammar and syntax.
Readings from Latin prose.
LATN 202 (3): Intermediate Latin II
Prerequisite: LATN 201. Readings from Latin
poetry. V. 3.
LATN 261 (1, 2, or 3): Directed Study
Prerequisites: One LATN course and permission
of the instructor. The study of introductory
level material by an individual student or by a
small group of students under the immediate
supervision of a faculty member.
LATN 312 (3): Roman Historians
Prerequisite: One 200-level course in Latin.
Selections from Livy or Tacitus. Offered
alternate years. V.2, V.3.
LATN 314 (3): Later Latin Literature
Prerequisite: LATN 202. Readings in works of
Latin poetry or prose written after the “classical”
period of Latin literature. Author and genre
will vary; possible topics include Apuleius, St.
Augustine, or Latin writings of the Middle Ages
or later. V.2, V.3.
LATN 321 (3): Elegy and Epigram
Prerequisite: LATN 202. This course explores
themes of love, wit, invective, and urbanity
that figure prominently in these versatile poetic
genres. Beginning with the world of Catullus,
this course moves through the Roman elegies of
Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid, and at the
occasional poems of Martial. V.2, V.3.
LATN 334 (3): Literature of the Late Republic
Prerequisite: LATN 202. In this course we will
draw on a variety of readings from the turbulent
period in the first century B.C.E. that marked the
end of the Roman Republic. Genres will vary and
possible authors include Cicero, Caesar, Sallust,
Lucretius, and Catullus. V.2, V.3.
LATN 342 (3): Literature of the Roman Empire
Prerequisite: LATN 202. In this course we will
draw upon the post-Augustan authors of the
Roman Empire. Genres will vary and possible
authors include Lucan, Seneca, Pliny, Tacitus,
Martial, and Juvenal. V.2, V.3.
LATN 348 (3): Ovid
Prerequisite: LATN 202. Ovid was one of the
most prolific and influential authors of the
Augustan age. In this course we will explore the
various genres of Ovidian poetry, Ovid’s
relationship with his poetic antecedents and
contemporaries, and his engagement with the
political realities of the Augustan regime. V.2, V.3.
LATN 353 (3): Roman Comedy
Prerequisite: LATN 202. This course explores
the comedies of Plautus and Terence. Through
reading their plays both in the original Latin
and in translation, we will consider their generic
antecedents, performative context, and the
colloquial and archaic quality of their Latin.
V.2, V.3.
LATN 358 (3): Topics in Latin Literature
Prerequisite: LATN 202. This course explores
themes in Latin literature and draws on a wide
variety of authors and genres. Topics may
include Latin epistolography, the Roman Novel,
the city and countryside in Latin literature, and
Roman ethics.
LATN 361 (1, 2, or 3): Special Study
Prerequisites: 100-level LATN course and
permission of the instructor. The study of an
intermediate level topic by an individual student
or by a small group of students under the
immediate supervision of a faculty member.
LATN 367 (3): Vergil
Prerequisite: LATN 202. This course will survey
the works of Vergil and include selections from
the “Aeneid,” “Georgics,” and “Eclogues.” The
course will conclude with a look at the vast
tradition of later medieval and renaissance poems
and poets influenced directly by Vergil’s timeless
corpus. V.2, V.3.
LATN 461 (1, 2, or 3): Independent Study
Prerequisites: One 100-level LATN course, one
200-level LATN course, and permission of the
instructor. Pursuit of an upper level research
project determined in advance by the student in
consultation with a faculty member who will act
as the sponsor.
