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2025-2026 / 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 the Latin poet Catullus 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, 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, hybrid learning)

Learning methods : lectures and practice.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège


Further information:

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

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam


Further information:

Oral exam at the end of the year covering both a text seen in class and a text prepared personally. For these two poems, the questions focus exclusively on the translation of the text and the grammatical analysis of the words.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

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

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