History of Latin Literature I

Catalog Number: 7099 
R. J. Tarrant and assistant 
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
The literature of the Republic and early Augustan period. Reading of extensive selections from the major authors, with lectures and discussion on the evolution and development of Latin prose and poetry. The course focuses on a variety of issues: Latin individuality through manipulation of inherited Greek forms, metrical and stylistic developments, evolving poetics, intertextuality and genre renewal, dynamic effects of social and political contexts.