CLLA 201
Intermediate Latin: The Late Republic
Fall 2023
Division I
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Class Details
This course aims to strengthen skills gained in previous study. In order to develop greater fluency and familiarity with classical Latin, we will read, translate, and analyze Cicero’s Pro Caelio and selected short poems of Catullus. Both authors are brilliant stylists, though each writes in a very different mode. Taken together, these texts offer an excellent introduction to the expressive capacity of Latin in prose and verse. They also open up intriguing overlapping perspectives on the social, sexual, and political mores of late Republican Rome. We will consider the cultural context and implications of these texts as time permits.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 12
Expected: 10
Class#: 1541
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 12
Expected: 10
Class#: 1541
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
Engaged participation in class, occasional quizzes and short written assignments, a midterm and final exam
Prerequisites:
CLLA 101-102 or 3-4 years of Latin in secondary school; consult the department
Enrollment Preferences:
Classics majors and prospective majors
Distributions:
Division I
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CLLA 201 - 01 (F) SEM Intermed Latin:Late Republic
CLLA 201 - 01 (F) SEM Intermed Latin:Late RepublicDivision ITF 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
Hollander 1581541