LAT202 - Ovid: Metamorphoses

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Academic Year 2003/2004

Ovid: Metamorphoses
LAT 202 SP

Students will read in Latin from the METAPMORPHOSES, Ovid's great un-epic epic, in which he recounts myths of shape-changes from the creation of the world down to his own time and that of the emperor Augustus. Ovid's stories are fun, funny, dreadful, silly, serious, and frivolous all at the same time and deal with issues like divinity, power, love, rape, and identity, all in classic versions of famous myths influential throughout the centuries. The class will focus on developing a feel for Latin style and the Roman poetic tradition and on both the myths themselves and how Ovid arranges them into an effective narrative. The course will include an introduction to Latin meter, and class discussion will address modern critical approaches to Ovid (perhaps including newly developed online commentaries and databases).

MAJOR READINGS

Book 1 and selections from later books of Ovid's METAMORPHOSES (in Latin)

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three in-class tests in language and three short papers on literary topics. Reading assignments (in Latin) for each class.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Regular class attendance. The course is intended for students who have had three semesters of college Latin or the equivalent (typically 4 years high school Latin).

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA CLAS Grading Mode: Student Option

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Roberts,Michael J.

Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: SCIE409

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: UNL)

Special Attributes:

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004