LATIN (LATN)
SM 101. Elementary Latin I. (A) Staff.
Open to students who have had no Latin and to others by arrangement.
SM 102. Elementary Latin II. (B) Staff. Prerequisite(s):
LATN 101 or equivalent.
Latin syntax and introduction to continuous prose.
SM 203. Readings in Latin Prose. (A) Staff. Prerequisite(s):
LATN 102 or equivalent.
Readings from selected prose authors of the classical period.
The course will include a review of the fundamentals of
Latin grammar.
SM 204. Introduction to Latin Poetry. (B) Staff. Prerequisite(s):
LATN 203 or equivalent.
The translation and interpretation of Latin poetry.
SM 309. Topics in Latin Literature. (M) Distribution Course
in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only.
Staff. Prerequisite(s): Reading knowledge of Latin or
permission of instructor.
Close reading and discussion of a Latin author or a particular genre of
Latin literature. Topics will vary each semester,
and the course may be repeated for credit.
399. Supervised Study in Latin Literature. (C) Staff.
Preparation of Honors Thesis in Latin Literature.
401. Latin for Advanced Students. (C) Staff.
For graduate students in other departments needing individualized study
in Latin literature.
SM 409. (RELS432) Readings in Latin Literature. (M) Staff.
An advanced reading and discussion seminar on varying subjects in Latin
literature: authors, genres or topics. Focus will
vary each semester, and the course may be repeated for
credit.
SM 430. Latin Prose Composition. (M) Staff. Prerequisite(s):
A 100- or 200- level Latin course or equivalent.
Composition of Latin prose and study of Latin prose style.
SM 502. Selected Readings: Poetry. (M) Distribution Course
in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only.
Staff.
Readings in Latin poetry for graduate students and advanced undergraduate
students. Authors to be announced. May be
repeated for credit.
SM 503. Historical Grammar of Latin. (M) Ringe/Cardona.
Prerequisite(s): A fluent reading knowledge of Latin.
Investigation of the grammar of Classical Latin from the viewpoint of historical
linguistics. The course will offer historical explanations
for numerous structural peculiarities of the Latin language
and anomalies of Latin grammar, touch on the relationship
of Latin with other languages, and incidentally introduce
the student to some basic concepts of language analysis
likely to be useful in teaching Latin and learning other
languages.
510. (ANCH510) Latin Historical Documents. (M) Staff.
The analysis of non-literary Latin texts from antiquity preserved on various
types of permanent media, mainly stone and metal, is
the primary concern of the discipline of Latin epigraphy. Such
texts, which have been recovered in hundreds of thousands,
constitute one of the most important sources of data
for the modern-day historian of Rome. The student
will be introduced to the conventions of editing and
reading epigraphical texts, and to the major collections
of Latin inscriptions. The seminar will then concentrate
on different types of documents in order to understand
their formatting and style, as well as the kinds of historical
evidence that can be derived from them. Public
and private inscriptions, from the decrees of emperors
and senatorial careers to personal curse tablets and
the simple tombstone epitaphs of the urban poor, will
be considered as examples of the range of epigraphical
texts available to the modern researcher.
SM 601. Graduate Latin Prose. (M) Staff.
Readings and discussion of authors and texts to be announced.
May be repeated for credit.
SM 602. (COML600) Graduate Latin Poetry. (M) Staff.
Reading and discussion of authors and texts to be announced. May be repeated
for credit.
999. Independent Study. (C) Staff.
For doctoral candidates.
