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LATN4102: Research Skills in Latin Prose
2023 unit information
Deepen your expertise in Latin prose through in-depth study of one or more important text. Close engagement with relevant scholarship will give you advanced understanding of the latest research techniques and methodologies for the study of Latin prose. You will develop your skills as an independent literary critic, engage in intensive in-class discussion, and explore authors such as Cicero, Tacitus, Suetonius or Livy. Advanced language skills will be developed by close reading of original material and tested by periodic exercises in unseen translation.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Classics and Ancient History
| Code | LATN4102 |
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| Academic unit | Classics and Ancient History |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Increased knowledge of the Latin language, its structure, vocabulary, and modes of expression.
- LO2. Increased knowledge of the history and influence of the literature of Rome, including an understanding of genre and of interpretative work ranging from traditional criticism to contemporary approaches
- LO3. Increased knowledge of the culture, religion, ideas and history of the Romans leading to a critical understanding of one of the bases of Western culture.
- LO4. Sharpened analytical skills in investigating the ways texts use language to construct meaning and assert imaginative power, communication skills fostered by the writing of critical analyses and by discussion in class where one must clearly express and account for one’s own view and objectively judge the views of others
- LO5. Practice at skills in working as part of a team, sharing information and exchanging approaches in ways which promote realistic selfevaluation, critical judgement, tolerance and skills in creative listening
- LO6. Practice at skills in ordering and inter-relating a large body of facts and differing opinions within a limited space
- LO7. An increased understanding of cultural difference
- LO8. Practice at skills in time-management, in prioritising and in working to definite goals and dead-lines
- LO9. Practice at skills in the use of IT for the accessing of information and generating one’s own material
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