LAT 241

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LAT 241

Horace and Latin Lyric LAT 241 SP

Not Currently Offered

Using readings from THE ODES, employing a variety of critical approaches to Horatian Lyric, this course will include discussion of lyric poetry as a genre and examination of comparable classical and postclassical texts. Special attention will be paid to critical methodologies in close reading of selected poems and of secondary literature.

MAJOR READINGS

Horace, THE ODES
Selected secondary readings.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

A sequence of three short papers, as exercises in practical criticism and a longer final paper; occasional in-class reports; reading assignments (in Latin) each week.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Students should normally have taken at least one Latin course at the 200- level or the equivalent. In doubtful cases, consult instructor.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Language Instruction Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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