LATIN 201.01 AUTUMN, 2014 PROFESSOR LINDA GILLISON
Course goals:
This semester we will study some of the masterworks of Latin literature—both verse and prose—with a view to becoming acquainted with the various genres, styles, and periods of literary production in the Roman world. We will be reviewing Latin morphology and syntax as we read the focus works/authors with a view to solidifying the work which students did during Latin 101-102.
Learning outcomes:
The successful student will be able to:
- Read with confidence passages of Latin prose and poetry;
- Analyze accurately the constructions of particular sentences in terms of morphology and syntax;
- Point out stylistic elements in the works of our focus authors;
- Situate the various focus authors and their works within a chronological scheme and genre tradition of Latin literature and (where appropriate) Roman history
- Compose an essay analyzing a particular passage in all of the terms indicated above.
Course calendar:
Day
/Date
/Topic
/Assignment
/M1 / 8/25 / Introduction to the course / None—won’t happen often, eh?
T / 8/26 / Review deponents, conditions, subjunctive / Chapter 34
W / 8/27 / Dative with adjectives, special verbs / Chapter 35 and review
F / 8/29
Dative with compound verbs
M2 / 9/1 / Holiday: no class meeting
T / 9/2
W / 9/3 / Jussive noun clauses / Chapter 36
F / 9/5
M3 / 9/8 / fio
T / 9/9
W / 9/10 / Quiz #1: chapters 34-36
Irregular verb eo, ire / Chapter 37
F / 9/12
M4 / 9/15 / Place constructions (with conjunctions, locative); time constructions
T / 9/16
W / 9/17 / Relative clause of characteristic / Chapter 38
F / 9/19
M5 / 9/22 / Dative of reference or interest
T / 9/23
W / 9/24 / Supine forms
F / 9/26
M6 / 9/29 / Quiz #2: chapters 37-38;
Gerund, gerundives / Chapter 39
T / 9/30
W / 10/1
F / 10/3 / -ne, num, and nonne in direct questions / Chapter 40
M7 / 10/6 / Fear clauses
T / 10/7
W / 10/8 / Quiz #3: chapters 39-40
F / 10/10 / The other person’s faults and our own / Reading XXIX (p. 400)
Phaedrus, Fabulae
M8 / 10/13 / Sour grapes / Reading XXX (p. 400)
(Phaedrus, Fabulae)
T / 10/14 / Delights of the country / Reading xxxvi (p. 403)
Pliny, Epistulae
W / 10/15
F / 10/17 / Composition/grammar review
M9 / 10/20 / Value/nature of friendship / Reading VI (p. 354)
Cicero, de amicitia
T / 10/21
W / 10/22 / How many kisses? / Reading II (p. 364)
Catullus, Carmen 7
F / 10/24 / Composition/grammar review
M10 / 10/27 / Death of a pet sparrow / Reading III (p. 364)
Catullus, Carmen 3
T / 10/28
W / 10/29 / “Carpe diem” / Reading XXII (p. 394)
Horace, Carmen I.11
F / 10/31 / Composition/grammar review
M11 / 11/3 / Exam #1: / Readings XXIX-XXII
T / 11/4 / Holiday: no class meeting
W / 11/5 / Socrates’ either-or belief about death / Reading VII (p. 374-5)
Cicero, Tusculanae disputations 1.40-1
F / 11/7 / Composition/grammar review / Reading VII, continued
M12 / 11/10
T / 11/11 / Holiday: no class meeting
W / 11/12
F / 11/14 / Composition/grammar review
M13 / 11/17 / A more positive posthumous possibility / Reading VIII (p. 375-7)
Cicero, somnium Scipionis (=de re publica 6.10ff.)
T / 11/18
W / 11/19
F / 11/21 / Composition/grammar review
M14 / 11/24 / Frater ave, atque vale! / Reading IV (p. 365-5)
Catullus, Carmen 101)
T / 11/25 / Exam # 2: / Readings VII-IV
W / 11/26 / Student travel day: no class meeting
F / 11/28 / Holiday: no class meeting
M15 / 12/1 / Literature: its value and delight / Reading X (p. 378-80)
Cicero, pro Archia 6-7
T / 12/2
W / 12/3
F / 12/5
Text:
LaFleur (ed.), Wheelock’s Latin7 (available in the bookstore or online)
Final exam: 8:00-10:00, Friday, December 11 (exam will not be given early)
Faculty contact information:
Office: LA 420 Office phone: 243 2719
Office hours:
Mondays 12-1 Tuesdays 12-1 Wednesdays 1-3 Fridays 2-3
and by appointment
Grade Scale:
A / 90%+B / 89-80%
C / 79-70%
D / 69-60%
F / Less than 60%
Attendance:
Regular attendance is expected. You may have 3 “free” absences. Each further unexcused absence will drop your final course grade by 2%. It will be my call whether an absence after the first 3 is excused or unexcused.
Special Accommodation:
If you will need special accommodation in this course due to some learning challenge which has been verified by DSS, please see me early in the semester, and we can come up with some appropriate accommodation.
Technology:
You may, of course, take class notes on a laptop or iPad or the like. Aside from that, I expect that technology will not intrude during class time. Please turn your phones to “vibrate” or some similar setting that will not disturb the entire group. Do not plan to receive phone calls during the class period.
Academic Honesty:
All students must practice academic honesty. Academic misconduct is subject to an academic penalty by the course instructor and/or a disciplinary sanction by the University. All students need to be familiar with the Student Conduct Code, which is available for review online at (http://life.umt.edu/vpsa/student_conduct.php)