This course is intended for students who have completed Intensive First Year Latin (Latin 001-002) but is also suitable for those with the equivalent 3-4 years of high school Latin. This course will introduce students to authentic Latin literature, in the form of lyric and elegiac poetry by Catullus, Horace, and Ovid, combined with a review of Latin grammar and vocabulary.
The primary focus will be on the poems themselves, and students will gain appreciation for their literary and historical context. Specifically, the poems will serve as a window into the rapidly changing worlds of late Republican and early Imperial Rome, the tumultuous period within which they were written. To this end, the authors and their poems are presented chronologically, first covering Catullus (84-54 BCE), then Horace (65-8 BCE), and lastly Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE).
Through review, discussion, reading, and translation (both prepared and sight), this course aims to help develop students’ grasp of the mechanics of Latin language. Students will spend the first half of the semester engaging with shorter, thematically-paired poems. Here, special emphasis will be placed on intensively reviewing and solidifying grammar and syntax skills, while also building core vocabulary. The second half of the semester will gradually increase the length and rigor of the poetry and focus more on content and reading for comprehension.
The primary focus will be on the poems themselves, and students will gain appreciation for their literary and historical context. Specifically, the poems will serve as a window into the rapidly changing worlds of late Republican and early Imperial Rome, the tumultuous period within which they were written. To this end, the authors and their poems are presented chronologically, first covering Catullus (84-54 BCE), then Horace (65-8 BCE), and lastly Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE).
Through review, discussion, reading, and translation (both prepared and sight), this course aims to help develop students’ grasp of the mechanics of Latin language. Students will spend the first half of the semester engaging with shorter, thematically-paired poems. Here, special emphasis will be placed on intensively reviewing and solidifying grammar and syntax skills, while also building core vocabulary. The second half of the semester will gradually increase the length and rigor of the poetry and focus more on content and reading for comprehension.
- Teacher: Stephen Czujko