Latin authors 1

Duration

45h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Bruno Rochette

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

A series of texts illustrating a theme, a character or a classical author. Seneca, Lucretius, Titus Livy, the origins of Rome, Horatius, Seneca, Vergil, the emperor Julian as seen by Ammianus Marcellinus, the satires of Juvenal. In general, a prose writer one year and a poet the next.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To show the various audiences concerned how a commentary, whether historical or literary, can only be based on direct contact with text, hence on a precise understanding and rigorous translation.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Good knowledge of basic Latin, i.e. the contents of a common school grammar book (or the Latin method of FAMERIE - BODSON- DUBUISSON, published by Nathan) and a vocabulary book (for instance by G. ETIENNE [approximately 2000 words]). It should be stressed that "six years of Latin in secondary school" does not give automatic access to this course: everything depends on the student's real knowledge and his/her true capacity to mobilise it. It should also be stressed that this course is not compulsory for students in the first year of their bachelor's degree (except in classics) and there is no shame in choosing the Beginner's Latin course.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

For the schedule and general information on the course, see http://www.ulg.ac.be/littlat

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

On Monday from 4 to 5/30, all year. See http://cipl82.Philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Grammatical support with a student instructor

Recommended or required readings

- Reference works: a set of texts is available online (WebCT) every year. Students should also obtain a Latin-French dictionary (recommended: F. GAFFIOT, Le grand Gaffiot. French-Latin dictionary (Hachette) [full version]) and a Latin grammar (recommended : G. FRANÇOIS, Grammaire latine, Liège).
Compulsory reading: G.-A. Pauliat-M. Pauliat, Civilisations grecque et romaine.

Assessment methods and criteria

oral exam in June: reading aloud one of the passages explained in class, retranslation, grammatical justification, commentary; questions on civilisation (on the work of Pauliat or on the other books).
The marks from the 2 midterm exams in January will count each for 20% of the June final mark if > or = 10/20. The marks will have no effect on the final grade if they don't reach 10/20 and the final exam will then be cumulative.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Teacher Bruno ROCHETTE, Professor Département des Sciences de l'Antiquité place du 20-Août, 7 in B-4000 Liège Phone: 04 366 56 63 - Fax 04 366 58 27 E-mail : Bruno.Rochette@ulg.ac.be Secretary Valérie ELIAS Phone 04 366 55 82

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