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Horace and Latin Lyric
LAT241 SP

Using readings from THE ODES, and 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, and to modern reception and translations of Horace.

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: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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