2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

CLAS1045 Advanced Latin

20 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Regine May
Email: r.may@leeds.ac.uk

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

Year running 2024/25

Pre-requisite qualifications

GCSE Latin or equivalent

This module is mutually exclusive with

CLAS3935

Advanced Latin

This module is approved as a discovery module

This module is approved as a skills discovery module

Module summary

In this module you will complete your study of Latin grammar. One of the main motivations for learning Latin is to be able to read and appreciate unadapted ancient literary texts. The Roman literary tradition offers some of the most influential World Literature, appreciated for centuries in both the original and in translations.

Objectives

The module has three objectives: to complete the main grammatical syllabus in Latin, to translate and read unadapted Latin texts in prose and verse and to comment on the literary and stylistic features of the selected authors. It will begin with grammar tuition, following directly on from Intermediate level, to develop the required level of competence for reading Latin texts in unadapted form, just as the authors wrote them. Through supported reading classes in first prose and then verse you will be guided on how to use your grammatical knowledge to create your own translations of selected authors. You will be introduced to using both grammatical and literary commentaries and trained on how to study texts independently by using scholarly editions appropriately at this level. In this way you will learn how to be an independent reader of original Latin and how to develop your appreciation of various genres and styles of classical literature.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Recognise and refer to vocabulary, grammar and syntax as appropriate to advanced level.
2. Translate and comment on the grammatical features of an unadapted Latin prose text.
3. Translate and comment on the grammatical features of an unadapted Latin verse text.
4. Analyse the literary and stylistic features of the selected authors.
5. Situate the selected Latin prose and verse texts in the context of Greco-Roman literary culture.

Skills Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
6. Communicate information effectively, in a form that observes defined parameters.
7. Define and frame a given problem accurately through gathering relevant and reliable information
8. Assess how well certain options will satisfy the demands of a given problem and identify, refine and present realistic solutions.

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lectures	5	1.00	5.00
Practicals	21	1.00	21.00
Private study hours			174.00
Total Contact hours			26.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Continuous formative feedback through homework and exercises done during weekly small-group teaching of language group.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Prose translation and commentary assignment	50.00
Assignment	Verse translation and commentary assignment	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 10/09/2024

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