This module is not currently running in 2023 to 2024.
Students will participate in the close reading and interpretation of Latin verse texts. Translation of the text(s) from the original will enhance understanding of its construction by the author(s) and invite reflection on the use of stylistic and linguistic features (and their effect). This understanding may be further developed through the study of the literary and cultural context within which the text was produced.
Three hours per week for 10 weeks
Also available at Level 6 under code CL730
50% coursework 50% exam
Indicative Reading List
Watson, L. and P. Watson (ed.)(2003) Martial Select Epigrams. Cambridge: CUP.
Fitzgerald, W. (2007), Martial: the world of the epigram. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module Level 5 students will be able to demonstrate:
11.1 knowledge and understanding of the poem(s) within its/their cultural context and in relation to the earlier examples of the genre.
11.2 analytical and critical skills for the study of stylistic features specific to poetry, thematic points of interest in the poem(s) studied, and the treatment of poetic conventions established in earlier examples of the genre.
11.3 their skills in close reading and translation of Latin verse texts of this later period.
11.4 an ability to recognise the principles of the Latin language being applied by this/these later poet(s) in his/their poem(s) from this period.
11.5 an awareness of the potential semantic range of individual Latin words within poetry from this later period (and awareness of previous usage of key words in earlier examples of the genre).
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