Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1
This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !
Teacher(s)
Deproost Paul;
Language
French
Prerequisites
Have successfully completed LFIAL1181 « Latin language and texts I » or LFIAL1180 « Introduction to Latin »
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
A plan of the course with further details is given to students at the beginning of the academic year. Preceded by rigorous translation work, analysis of the prosator 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.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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By the end of this course, students will be able to "read" the text of a Latin prosator 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. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
After the first year focused on the traduction and the grammatical commentary of a Latin author, this course, designed for non-specialist students in the second and/or third year, introduces to a more complete and personal lecture of a Latin prosator from the classical period.
the students in history, the reading assignment concerns texts from the medieval period.
the students in history, the reading assignment concerns texts from the medieval period.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Evaluation methods
Oral examination on the lectures (translation, grammar and commentaries) and on an individual reading assignment.
Bibliography
Précisée en début d'année.
Teaching materials
- Entièrement et gratuitement disponible en ligne à l'adresse: http://pot-pourri.fltr.ucl.ac.be/itinera/enseignement/auteurs_latins/
Faculty or entity
FIAL
