The module consolidates linguistic skills to an advanced level, building upon existing knowledge. It develops analytical and critical skills by means of advanced reading classes and of engagement with scholarship focusing in detail on a text or texts to enable students to identify and analyse significant literary, stylistic, grammatical and syntactical features and to locate the texts in their literary, cultural, historical, and intellectual contexts. Texts may vary year by year.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Read a substantial text in the original language independently.
Research cultural and literary aspects of selected texts making use of a wide range of original sources, scholarly/critical literature, and scholarly editions or commentaries.
Analyse and comment upon stylistic / linguistic features of Latin texts.
Present translation and interpretation of selections from set texts concisely and coherently.
Assessment
38854-01 : 4000 Word Essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment:
Coursework exercise (4,000 words) assessing skills in commenting on the linguistic and stylistic features of a text or texts (100%).
