Neo-Latin: module 1
- Course Code: RL255
- Dates: 10/10/24 - 28/11/24
- Time: 15:00 - 16:30
- Taught: Thu, Daytime
- Duration: 8 sessions (over 8 weeks)
- Location: Keeley Street
- Tutor: Mary Ruskin
Course Code: RL255
Duration: 8 sessions (over 8 weeks)
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What is the course about?
The wealth of literature in Latin from the early modern period.
What will we cover?
We will look at a range of passages from the fourteenth century through to the eighteenth. This will be a reading group, translating around the class, considering both the grammar and the broader literary and historical contexts. We shall also make a detailed study of a set-text, eg the Letters of Erasmus. This will be chosen by the class during the first few weeks.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Feel confident navigating your way around the idioms of early modern texts
- feel more confident with classical Latin for the Latin of this period is very classical (rather than medieval) in texture.
- be able to identify intertextual references
- have a good sense of classical reception.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
You should have studied Latin for about three years.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Homework will be set (between 2-3 hours per week).
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
The Neo-Latin Reader: Selections from Petrarch to Rimbaud by Mark Riley, Sophron 2016 (ISBN 978-0989783682).
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Neo-Latin module 2.