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Latin courses for Fall 2014

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LATN 101-301 ELEMENTARY LATIN I KHAN, SCHEHERAZADE WILLIAMS HALL 319 MWRF 1000AM-1100AM An introduction to the Latin language for beginners. Students begin learning grammar and vocabulary, with practical exercises in reading in writing. By the end of the course students will be able to read and analyze simple Latin texts, including selected Roman inscriptions in the Penn Museum.
    		LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE
    LATN 101-302 ELEMENTARY LATIN I VOZAR, THOMAS WILLIAMS HALL 633 MWRF 1100AM-1200PM An introduction to the Latin language for beginners. Students begin learning grammar and vocabulary, with practical exercises in reading in writing. By the end of the course students will be able to read and analyze simple Latin texts, including selected Roman inscriptions in the Penn Museum.
      		LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE
      LATN 101-601 ELEMENTARY LATIN I FARRELL JR, JOSEPH WILLIAMS HALL 320 TR 0630PM-0815PM An introduction to the Latin language for beginners. Students begin learning grammar and vocabulary, with practical exercises in reading in writing. By the end of the course students will be able to read and analyze simple Latin texts, including selected Roman inscriptions in the Penn Museum.
        		LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE
        LATN 203-301 INTERMED LATIN: PROSE GLAUTHIER, PATRICK CLAUDIA COHEN HALL 203 MWF 1000AM-1100AM Prerequisite(s): LATN 102 or equivalent (such as placement score of 550). Introduction to continuous reading of unadapted works by Latin authors in prose(e.g., Cornelius Nepos, Cicero, Pliny), in combination with a thorough review of Latin grammar. By the end of the course students will have thorough familiarity with the grammar, vocabulary, and style of the selected authors, will be able to tackle previously unseen passages by them, and will be able to discuss questions of language and interpretation.
          		LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE
          LATN 203-302 INTERMED LATIN: PROSE SIMONS, DALLAS FISHER-BENNETT HALL 323 MWF 1100AM-1200PM Prerequisite(s): LATN 102 or equivalent (such as placement score of 550). Introduction to continuous reading of unadapted works by Latin authors in prose(e.g., Cornelius Nepos, Cicero, Pliny), in combination with a thorough review of Latin grammar. By the end of the course students will have thorough familiarity with the grammar, vocabulary, and style of the selected authors, will be able to tackle previously unseen passages by them, and will be able to discuss questions of language and interpretation.
            		LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE
            LATN 203-601 INTERMED LATIN: PROSE FARRELL JR, JOSEPH WILLIAMS HALL 202 MW 0430PM-0600PM Prerequisite(s): LATN 102 or equivalent (such as placement score of 550). Introduction to continuous reading of unadapted works by Latin authors in prose(e.g., Cornelius Nepos, Cicero, Pliny), in combination with a thorough review of Latin grammar. By the end of the course students will have thorough familiarity with the grammar, vocabulary, and style of the selected authors, will be able to tackle previously unseen passages by them, and will be able to discuss questions of language and interpretation.
              		LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE
              LATN 309-301 TOPICS: LATIN LITERATURE: ROMAN CONVERSION TALES KER, JAMES WILLIAMS HALL 723 TR 1030AM-1200PM This course is for those who have completed Latin 204, Latin 212, or equivalent (such as placement score of 650, or AP score of 4 or 5). Close reading and discussion of a Latin author or a particular genre of latin literature. Topics will vary each semester, and the course may be repeated for credit. Topic for Fall 2014: Selected readings in Latin and English from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Petronius' Satyricon, Apuleius' Metamorphoses, and Augustine's Confessions. These works all focus on the theme of transformation or conversion, whether physical, spiritual, or both. We will consider the roles and representations of conversion in each work as well as the authors' vastly different styles of writing. Assignments will include an oral presentation, analysis, midterm, paper, and final exam
                LATN 541-301 LATIN LITERARY HISTORY FARRELL JR, JOSEPH WILLIAMS HALL 27 T 0130PM-0430PM In this course we survey an extensive range of readings in a variety of authors in both prose and poetry, and consider the problems and opportunities involved in literary history.
                  LATN 600-401 GRADUATE SEMINAR: Suetonius and the Historia Augusta DAMON, CYNTHIA
                  GREY, CAMPBELL                   		COLLEGE HALL 311F M 0200PM-0500PM Topics will vary Fall 2014 topic: This course will explore Suetonius' 'Lives of the Caesars' together with the anonymous late antique text commonly referred to as the 'Scriptores Historiae Augustae'. It will examine both the genre of imperial biography as it is manifested in these two texts and the possibilities they offer for the reconstruction of political, cultural, and social histories of the periods in question.
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