- Department: Language and Linguistic Science
- Credit value: Information currently unavailable
- Credit level: LFA
- Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
- See module specification for other years: 2023-24
This module allows students to gain a thorough grounding in all major complex sentence constructions used in Latin literature. By the end of the course, they will be able to translate a range of primary source material in both prose and poetic form. Students will also be introduced to elements of Roman culture in order to develop an understanding of the society in which such literature was produced.
LfA Classical Latin Lower Intermediate / Classical Latin: Lower Intermediate or equivalent.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 1 2024-25 to Semester 2 2024-25 |
This module will steadily build the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to examine and interpret a range of Classical Latin documents over the course of the year and develop a comprehensive knowledge of Latin translation skills at intermediate level.
Students will engage, individually and in groups, in comprehension activities and tasks emphasising three core research skills:
The mediums of instruction are English and Latin.
Translation Passages
This module aims to build translation confidence through exposure to a range of Latin texts, which will include:
Grammar topics at Intermediate Level:
Seminars will include a range of different exercises including both translation (Latin to English) and prose composition (English to Latin) to help explain and build grammatical knowledge, with plenty of opportunities for revision as the semester progresses.
Latin Culture: The Darker Side of Rome (Malice, Magic, Treachery and Deceit)
Whilst many leaders of Rome proclaimed that her empire brought peace, prosperity, and civilisation to its inhabitants, surviving sources also reveal a much darker and sinister side to the city concealed beneath her glimmering façade of marble and gold. Through integrating archaeological, historical, and literary evidence, this module will explore the deadlier side of Roman society from the mechanisms of the slave trade that underpinned her empire, to murder trials, imperial coups, and the witches with their evil spells, who haunted Rome’s graveyards.
Task | % of module mark |
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Departmental - attendance requirement | 100 |
Pass/fail & Non-reassessable
The course is non-assessed but students will receive an LfA Certificate of Completion if they participate in at least 13 sessions out of 18.
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Regular homework tasks will provide opportunities for ongoing feedback on progress.
In addition, students will have the opportunity to complete coursework. Its purpose is not to provide a summative assessment of students’ performance but to provide the basis for relevant tutor’s feedback and feedforward.
Course materials and guided readings will be provided by the module convenors via the VLE at the start of the year.