Latin language and literature I : prose [ LFIAL1781A ]

Have successfully completed LFIAL1780 Latin language and texts : poetry  or LFIAL1760 Introduction to Latin

A plan of the course with further details is given to students at the beginning of the academic year. The author for study changes every year. Preceded by rigorous translation work, analysis of the author highlights various aspects: philological criticism, grammatical observations and commentary on striking use of language, biographical, historical and cultural context of the work, documentary and human value of the message, introduction to the problems of literary criticism applied to a Latin text, study of literary genres, value as an example of a Latin text in the history of thought or literary aesthetics, realia.

By the end of this course, students will be able to "read" the text of a Latin prose writer from the Imperial or Republican period. This will involve various kinds of work: translation and grammatical, linguistic, historical, literary and, more globally, cultural commentary. For the translation and comprehension of Latin authors, this course will highlight the linguistic and cultural reference points for today's readers in the literary production of Latin antiquity.

Oral examination on the lectures and on an individual reading assignment.

Lectures

Designed for non-specialist students in the second and/or third year, this course is part of LFIAL1781 Latin language and texts : prose, restricted to the lecture part of the course (30 hours). The author for study changes every year.

Available at the beginning of the year.

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