2009 Fall LATIN 63-02
Bulletin Course Description Politics and thought in the late Republic: Caesar and Cicero. Instructor: Boatwright or staff
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Title INTERMEDIATE LATIN Department LATIN Course Number 2009 Fall 63 Section Number 02 Primary Instructor Ward,Laura Aline Prerequisites
Synopsis of course content
The course is to teach students how to read Latin with enjoyment and comprehension. After a week and a half of grammar review we turn to Latin texts. Our major text is furnished by parts of Books I & III of Caesar's autobiographical Bellum Civile, in which he describes the war he fought against Pompey. Once students feel very comfortable with Caesar's Latin, we read some other authors' descriptions and evaluations of the same events (Suetonius, Cicero, and Pliny the Elder). Class work consists of student translations of assigned passages, regular quizzes on translations, and class discussion of syntax and meaning. Grammar lectures are regularly given. Vocabulary lists and other help for translation will be found in the coursepack.
Textbooks
Caesar, Bellum Civile (Finn and Groten textbook)
Coursepack, including selections from Suetonius, Cicero, and Pliny the Elder.
Recommended: a Latin-English dictionary, a Latin grammar, and a translation of Caesar's Commentaries on the Civil War.
Assignments
We'll begin with about 1/3 page of Latin per assignment, and then build up to at least 1 1/2 pp. All the students will have to read Caesar's *Bellum Civile* in English translation.
Exams
At the beginning of the course we will have grammar quizzes; these will transition to regular vocabulary and translation quizzes as the term progresses.
Midterm exam and final with grammar terms, translation of seen passages, and sight translation.
Term Papers
None.
Grade to be based on
Vocabulary quizzes, together = 10%
Grammar quizzes, together = 10%
Translation quizzes = 20%
Class Participation = 20%
Midterm = 20%
Final = 20%
