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| Unit name |
Latin Language Level B2 |
| Unit code |
CLAS12308 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
C/4
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Hannah-Marie Chidwick |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
CLAS12307 Latin Language Level B1
|
| Co-requisites |
None
|
| School/department |
Department of Classics & Ancient History |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
This unit aims to introduce students to a range of skills in independent reading and analysis of Latin literature. Students will also be introduced to the different resources available for self-directed interpretation; lexica, translations, commentaries and word search tools. Emphasis will be on close analysis of specific passages, exploring the different links between grammatical understanding of the language and literary appreciation of the work of art. Texts of moderate difficulty will be chosen; authors might include Catullus, Cicero, Livy, Ovid, Virgil, or Cornelius Nepos.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of Latin vocabulary at the standard of level B2
- Identify and discuss Latin morphology and syntax as appropriate to level B2.
- Demonstrate skills of independent reading and prepared translation, with reference works, of Latin texts as appropriate to level B2.
- Undertake at-sight translation of unseen Latin texts, without reference works as appropriate to level B2.
- Demonstrate knowledge in the use of dictionaries, commentaries, or scholarship, and be able to relate this knowledge to their understanding and interpretation of a Latin text.
- Demonstrate skills in working collaboratively
Teaching Information
2 x 2-hour language seminar weekly
Assessment Information
Formative collaborative commentary/group practical criticism exercise [ILOs 1-6]
Summative 2 hour exam (100%) [ILOs 1-5]
Reading and References
- Lewis, C. T. 1891. An Elementary Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon). In lieu of this paper dictionary, students may prefer the dictionary package in the SPQR app.
- Morwood, James. 1999. A Latin Grammar (Oxford: Oxford UP)
- Braund, Susanna Morton. 2002. Latin Literature (London: Routledge)
