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LAT 202

Ovid: Metamorphoses LAT 202 SP

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times	POI	Prereq
1	30	4	Times: .T.T... 1:10PM-2:30PM;	No	No

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999 )

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 emperpor 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 (3-4 years high school Latin).

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Language Instruction Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA CLAS

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: O'Hara, J; Times: .T.T... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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