UCL - Latin Language III

[GLOR2240]

[30h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 1st & 2d semester.

Teacher(s): Lambert Isebaert

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Advanced training, aiming at an active command of the Latin language.

Main themes

The course is divided in two parts : 1) Intensive personal reading of a corpus of literary texts in Latin, together with a thorough study of the linguistic and stylistic features of these texts (the choice of the author or period varying from one year to another : archaic poets, Plautus, Lucretius, Tacitus, etc.).
2) Advanced training in grammatical and lexical competence of Latin, by practicing Latin-French and French-Latin translation.

Content and teaching methods

Intensive personal reading and linguistic/stylistic study of a corpus of literary Latin texts. Further training in Latin-French and French-Latin translation.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisite : full curriculum in Latin language (BA-level).
Evaluation : oral + written examination.