8 courses with the subject LATN H, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
LATN H001ELEMENTARY LATIN1.0
Introduction to the Latin language. Our main focus will be on learning to read classical Latin texts, studying the vocabulary and grammar necessary to read the great works of ancient Latin poetry and prose, as well as familiarizing ourselves with the mythology, history, and culture of the Romans. We’ll also spend some time learning to converse and write in Latin, joining a history of conversation that stretches from the early Latin speakers of southern Europe and northern Africa, to the learned humanists of the Renaissance, and down to the present day. This is the first semester of a year-long course.
Our focus in this intermediate language course will be on reading and analyzing selections from two Latin texts, Catullus’ Carmina (Poems) and The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity. Through this exercise, we will review various aspects of Latin grammar and develop sound reading strategies as we continue our study of Latin together. Doing so will help us appreciate the cultural, literary, and historical issues that these two texts speak to, particularly those concerning identity (cultural, gender, or religious) and Roman social mores. Prerequisite(s): LATN 002 or placement into LATN 102.
LATN H104INTRODUCTION TO LATIN LITERATURE: FRIENDS AND ENEMIES OF ROME1.0
This is both an intermediate Latin course and an introduction to the study of Latin literature and culture. Readings will span a range of works in prose and poetry, including inscriptions and other material evidence for Roman culture. The focus of inquiry will be on understanding Roman identity—their hopes, fears, achievements, and follies—by studying how they described friendship and their friends, and those enemies who resisted the Roman order, from the founding of the city, through its near destruction by Hannibal, and its cannibalization during the Civil Wars. The course will conclude with a brief historical simulation in which you will debate the fate of Rome as a Roman senator. Prerequisite(s): LATN 102 or equivalent, or instructor consent
LATN H206ADVANCED LATIN LITERATURE: POSTCLASSICAL LATIN1.0
An investigation of one or more historical, cultural, or literary questions drawn from the 95% of Latin literature that was produced after Classical antiquity. We will read a variety of texts, in different genres and from various times. Recent topics have included: centonic literature, the epistolary exchange between Abelard and Heloise, the Latin of New Spain, and Philadelphia Latin. Prerequisite(s): Two semesters of 100-level Latin, or instructor consent
LATN H211ADVANCED LATIN LITERATURE: DEAR PETRARCH1.0
After rediscovering a collection of letters by Marcus Tullius Cicero, Italian humanist Francesco Petrarcha wrote two letter collections in emulation of the ancient scholar: the Epistolae familiares and the Epistolae seniles. In this course, we will read a selection of these early modern Latin letters alongside secondary readings that explore the relevance of the letter form to psychoanalytic thought, the theory of literature, and the intellectual history of the Renaissance. Prerequisite(s): Two semesters of 100-level Latin, or instructor consent
An advanced exploration of a Latin work, genre, or author. Spring 2025: This course has two objectives: (1) to explore the literary works and cosmopolitan, multicultural world of Elizabeth Jane Weston (1581–1612), widely regarded as one of the greatest Neo-Latin poets; and (2) to produce a collaborative work of public scholarship to enable more readers to access her incredible collection of epitaphs, idylls, odes, letters, epigrams, elegies, translations of Aesop, and letters. Prerequisite(s): At least one 200-level Latin course
