23 courses with the subject LATN, 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 1101Elementary Latin3
An introduction to Latin language and Roman culture. Students will learn about the structure of language, and will focus on the acquisition of Latin vocabulary and grammar.
Instructor consent Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes Credits: 1 A service-learning course in which W&L students design a curriculum and teach beginning Latin in the local elementary school.
LATN 2101 or LATN 2002 placement FDR: World Language Foundation (FL) Credits: 3 Introduction to the language, meter, and style of Latin verse with readings from Horace, Ovid, Virgil, and Propertius.
LATN 1102 or LATN 2101 placement. Credits: 3 Reading selections from some or all of the following: Cato, Nepos, Cicero, Caesar, Sallust, and Varro. Emphasis on style and syntax, along with the political and social background of the later Republican period.
LATN 2002 or LATN 3000 placement. FDR: Literature (HL) Credits: 3 This course examines different styles and purposes of letter writing in the Roman world, focusing on the historically revealing letters of Cicero and Pliny, but also including samples from the Epistles of Horace and Seneca, as well as a few fictional letters by Ovid.
LATN 2002 or LATN 3000 placement. FDR: Literature Distribution (HL) Credits: 3 This course provides an opportunity for advanced Latin students to understand a very complicated period by examining representative literature of the age. Readings include the Thyestes of Seneca , as well as selections from his Moral Epistles , selections from Lucan’s de Bello Civili , Petronius’ Satyricon and Tacitus’ Histories . Images of art and architecture of the period are shown, and lectures cover such topics necessary for understanding the literature as slavery, public entertainment, and patronage.
LATN 2002 or LATN 3000 placement. FDR: Literature Distribution (HL) Credits: 3 Readings from the masterpieces of Ovid’s poetry, including one or more of the following: The Metamorphoses (a grand mythological epic), The Fasti (festivals and the Roman calendar), The Heroides (fictional letters written by mythological heroines, Ars Amatoria and Amores (love poetry) and Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto (his poetry from exile).
LATN 2002 or LATN 3000 placement. FDR: Literature Distribution (HL) Credits: 3 This course explores the diverse genre of Roman elegy through a close reading of extensive portions of the poetry of Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid, and other writers. Themes to be discussed include different ideas about love, women in elegiac poetry, and the relationship between the poet/lover and his wider social and political environment. The course also addresses the place of elegy in Greek and Roman poetic traditions.
LATN 2002 or LATN 3000 placement FDR: Literature Distribution (HL) Credits: 3 This course explores the literature of early Rome, most importantly Roman comedy.
LATN 2002 or LATN 3000 placement FDR: Literature Distribution (HL) Credits: 3 A consideration of several masters of prose style, including Cicero, Caesar, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus and Pliny, as well as extensive exercises in Latin prose composition.
LATN 2002 or LATN 3000 placement FDR: Literature Distribution (HL) Credits: 3 Study of the monuments of the Roman Empire and the importance of text in Roman culture. From religious offerings to building dedications, from wax tablets to statue bases listing an individual’s career, inscriptions were a central part of Roman culture from the time of the emperor Augustus through the fourth century. Laws, catacombs, dedications to the emperor, and other topics provide a view into Roman culture and civilization.
LATN 3905Topics in Advanced Latin Literature3
Subject
LATN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
