Latin Language III [LCLAB306]

Learning outcomes

• Following on from Latin Language II, development of translation and analysis skills • Review of vocabulary, morphology and syntax • Expansion of syntactic and stylistic knowledge • Introduction to metrics • Introduction to research in Latin linguistics

Objectives

• Broaden the scope of grammatical knowledge • Mobilise this new knowledge to apply it to analysis and translation exercises on unseen texts • Apply a heuristic and critical approach to Latin linguistics • Approach the reading of a pre-classical author (Sallustus)

Content

• Lexical, morphological and syntactic revision • Elements of Latin stylistics • Use of determiners and pronouns • Introduction to the prosody and scansion of the dactylic hexameter and the elegiac distich • Cursive readings: Q1, Sallustus; Q2, to be defined