Latin Authors : Poetry [ LGLOR1481 ]

 GLOR 1142 and 1143 

The general study of "Latin authors" falls apart into two alternating complementary courses (GLOR 1481, devoted to poetical texts and GLOR 1482, devoted to prose-writing). The initial stage of detailed translation is followed by a multi-faceted text analysis, comprising: philological analysis; language events and grammatical knowledge; placing the work within its biographical, historical and cultural context; analysing the documentary and human value of the message; addressing issues of literary criticism as they relate to a Latin text; studying literary genres; studying the exemplary value of a Latin text in the history of thought and literary aesthetics; techniques of versification and metrics and realia. Throughout, the course makes use of the new information and communication technologies (NTIC).

By the end of this course, students should be able to read, translate and comment the work of a classical Latin poet studied during the course. They should also be able, by themselves, to read, translate and comment a part of a work by the same author not previously studied in class.