This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
The aim of the module is to give students a firm foundation in Classical Latin, both vocabulary and grammar (accidence and syntax), using a modern course devised precisely with that objective in mind. This thorough grounding in the Classical language will enable the student to study Medieval texts.
The schedule will follow the structured approach of Wheelock's Latin, covering: verbs: all four conjugations, indicative (both active and passive), present infinitive and imperative active; nouns, all five declensions, singular and plural, pronouns, demonstratives, relatives; adjectives, prepositions, the uses of the cases, simple sentence construction.
2 hours per week
40% coursework and 60% examination
Indicative Reading List
Wheelock, F.M. (rev. R.A.Lafleur), Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed, Harper Collins, 2011
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
Students who successfully complete this module will be able to:
a) Show a knowledge of basic Latin accidence and syntax
b) Show a grasp of grammatical terms and inflection systems, and the underlying principles of the Latin language, which are common in both the Classical and Medieval periods
c) Show a command of Latin vocabulary (including nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions)
d) Show a capacity for translating simple sentences (Latin-English and English-Latin) and be able to read short passages of Latin text which can be applied to Medieval documents
e) Translate short passages from Classical authors and from Medieval authors, both prose and verse
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