2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

MEDV5020M Advanced Medieval Latin

30 creditsClass Size: 10

Module manager: Charles Roe
Email: C.H.Roe@Leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module is designed for students who have already done a substantial amount of Latin, whether Classical or Medieval. You will be expected to have a large working vocabulary and a grasp of all of Latin’s grammatical features, with the exception of scansion. This module will train students to a high level of research proficiency in Medieval Latin through close work on the language and context of a diverse range of Latin texts, with particular attention to difficult or unusual examples. This will allow you to work with Medieval Latin material at a professional standard.

Objectives

This module is designed to:
(1) give students the opportunity to practice their grasp of sophisticated Latin grammar through encounters with challenging material
(2) develop students’ awareness of the linguistic differences which emerge in Medieval Latin from particular times and places
(3) support students as they deeply integrate their ability to understand Medieval Latin texts with other areas of Medieval Studies, across disciplinary boundaries.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject
1. Critical knowledge of Latin syntax and grammar.
2. Analyse accurately unseen Classical or Medieval Latin, identifying the grammatical function of words and understand syntax.
3. Identify and effectively evaluate medieval developments in vocabulary and syntax.
4. Critically integrate Latin study into a wider perspective on interdisciplinary Medieval Studies.

Skills Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
5. A high level of proficiency in a complex inflected language.
6. Use and apply Latin’s complex system to incorporate unusual localised variations.
7. Reflect on their own methodology as highly skilled researchers, to consider how complex problems might be solved.

Syllabus

Students will read complex texts in Medieval Latin. These selections may include texts from chronicles and diplomatic sources, law and politics, philosophy and theology, hagiography and liturgy, and Latin literature and poetry. The selection will deliberate cover a diverse range of genres, periods, and regions, but it will particularly concentrate on material which can be challenging to comprehend and which invites students to adapt their usual practices of reading and translation to come to reliable conclusions. Students will be asked to reflect on their encounter with this difficulty and the solutions they found.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	11	1.00	11.00
Private study hours			289.00
Total Contact hours			11.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

One formative in-course examination will help prepare students for the final examination. Tutor assesses students' translations through class participation in which their work is read and discussed. Tutor gives supplemental drills and exercises and individualised guidance.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Online Assessment	Seen Translations	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The assessment will present two previously seen texts from seminars and ask students to provide a translation. The passages will have been selected to include some difficulty, based on the localised practice of the authors in questions. Students are expected to consider the methodology which they developed for dealing with these difficulties in the seminar, and to apply it, as well as use all specialist aids available. They will also be asked to write a short reflection (500 words) on the difficulty of the passages in question and how the perceived difficulty of this material relates to wider questions in interdisciplinary Medieval Studies.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

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