CLAS344-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008

Advanced Latin Authors 1

28 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 25 February 2008
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2008

Description

Advanced study of Latin texts and unseen passages.

The main aim of this course is to build on what students have learnt in CLAS 245 and to introduce students to more key texts of Latin literature. The course also aims to increase students' fluency in reading Latin and to encourage a critically informed approach to Latin literary sources. Two hours of class time per week will be dedicated to the translation and discussion of passages prepare at home with the help of commentaries and other resources. The other hour will be focused on improving students' skills in the practice of translating unseen texts.

Our text will be Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 13, which deals with a number of themes connected to the Trojan saga including the debate over Achilles’ arms, the sorrows of Hecuba, and, in part the wanderings of Aeneas.  Focus on Ovid’s sophisticated handling of these narratives as well as his engagement with earlier Greek and Latin treatments (from Homer and Greek tragedy to Vergil) will be a feature of the course.

Prerequisites

CLAS241 or CLAS245.  Students without this prerequisite but with previous experience in the language may be admitted to the course at the discretion of the Programme Director.

Restrictions

CLAS341

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Robin Bond

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Essay 25%
Final Exam 50%
Test 25%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $948.00

International fee $3,919.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All CLAS344 Occurrences

  • CLAS344-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008