2019-2020 / LCLA0012-1

Commentary on Latin authors

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5 crédits 

Lecturer

Gérald Purnelle

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course focuses on the study of a Latin poet through the reading of texts.
The commentary will aim at the internal and comparative textual analysis of extracts or poems seen.
It will also tend to examine the contribution of Latin work to French poetry, or their acquaintances.
The reading of texts also involves the examination of significant facts in the fields of phonetics, morphology, lexicon and syntax.
Each poem is explained grammatically in class and translated, in order to constantly review the grammar of Latin on the basis of practical texts.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

A practice in the translation and in the grammatical, historic, cultural, stylistic and literary commentary of Latin authors, as well as a review of the Latin language structures.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Preparation of the grammatical analysis of poems at home.
   

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

Learning methods : lectures and practice.

Recommended or required readings

Notes supplied by the teacher and critical editions of the texts.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination at the end of the year : reading, translation and commentary of a text red during the course and of a text prepared at home (for this second text, the student will prepare also an introduction to the text). Will be marked the ability of the student : 1. to translate and justify grammatically his translation; 2. to refer to the bibliography; 3. to use personally the methods and the techniques he learned during the course.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

G. Purnelle, CIPL, 04 366 55 07 Gerald.Purnelle@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Documents sent to students, containing grammatical analyzes of the words and sentences of the poems constituting the examination material.

Assessment subjects

  The examination subject is - the grammatical explanation (morphology and syntax) of poems 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 51 by Catullus - the grammatical explanation (morphology and syntax) of another poem by Catullus freely chosen and prepared by the student.  

Assessment methods

Online oral exam via the eCampus Black Board Collaborate platform.
- 1 question relating to one of the poems which are subject of examination (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 51): to give a grammatical explanation of a sentence or part of sentence indicated by the teacher (about 3 lines): morphological analysis and syntax of each word, complete syntax of the sentence
- questions relating to the prepared poem: specific questions of the same type (morphological and syntactic analysis of approximately 10 words);  possibly, the student can first point out to the teacher one or two words causing him difficulty, and discuss it with him

 

Contacts

Gerald.Purnelle@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

The examination subject is - the grammatical explanation (morphology and syntax) of poems 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 51 by Catullus - the grammatical explanation (morphology and syntax) of another poem by Catullus freely chosen and prepared by the student.

Assessment methods

Online oral exam via the eCampus Black Board Collaborate platform.
- 1 question relating to one of the poems which are subject of examination (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 51): to give a grammatical explanation of a sentence or part of sentence indicated by the teacher (about 3 lines): morphological analysis and syntax of each word, complete syntax of the sentence
- questions relating to the prepared poem: specific questions of the same type (morphological and syntactic analysis of approximately 10 words); possibly, the student can first point out to the teacher one or two words causing him difficulty, and discuss it with him

Contacts

Gerald.Purnelle@uliege.be