Latin Advanced I

Module Code:

MLAT0520

When taught:

Michaelmas

Credits:

20

Level

M

Method of Assessment:

One 1 hour time test on the main text (25%), one 2,500-word written assignment (25%), one 2 hour examination in December (50%)

Teaching Methods:

Language classes (residential students)

Availability:

Residential and distance students

Lecturers:

Owen Hodkinson (res.), David Noy (dist.)

Pre-requisite(s):

Latin Intermediate I and Latin Intermediate II, or Latin A Level or equivalent. Students for whom Advanced Latin is optional can take module I, module II or both.

Lecturers:

TBA

Contact hours:

20 to include 2 classes per week (residential students)

Syllabus:

Students will study a work or works of Latin literature in the original language.  Each year one of the modules will focus on prose (e.g. a book by Tacitus, a selection of Cicero’s speeches), the other on verse (e.g. a Seneca tragedy, a selection from Vergil’s Aeneid) and different genres are covered by each of the two advanced modules we offer (e.g epic, comedy, historical writing, ancient novel).  Detailed language work will be combined with the development of skills of literary criticism and attention to the historical context of the works studied.  In order to help students translate with greater skill and accuracy both modules contain an unseen translation component to continue linguistic training at an advanced level.

Learning outcomes:

This module seeks to enable students:

• to translate the Latin language at an advanced level
• to develop further knowledge of Latin grammar through unseen translation work.
• to extend knowledge of Latin literature
• to enhance appreciation of the great richness and variety of the literary heritage of the Roman world
• to increase awareness of the author’s skill and art

Transferable and other skills involved:  

The module seeks to enable students:

• to develop analytical, critical and problem-solving skills through the study of an ancient language.
• to develop critical skills through the analysis of the style and content of Latin texts.
• to enhance the use of written English through linguistic studies.
• to be able to manage your own programmes of learning with detailed tutorial guidance, and to seek and make use of feedback.

Main recommended texts:

Texts read vary each year to ensure that students read a range of genres.  Decisions re texts read are made during the summer.  Please note that Latin Advanced I and II can be taken independently from each other (i.e. you don’t have to have done I before you can do II) and that you can take Latin Advanced I or II more than once as the text read will each time be different.

Evaluation (including student evaluation):  

Students will be asked to complete a questionnaire at the end of the module. This will be used by the Department in its annual review of all its teaching to help evaluate the module’s success. The external examiner will also have the opportunity to make comments and results of the questionnaires will be discussed in the SSCC.