Latin Prose Composition I (LATN0009)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Teaching department: Greek and Latin
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: Only available to students who have undertaken LATN0005 or LATN0006 or equivalent. Available only to Second or Final-year students.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

Teaching Delivery: This module is taught in 20 weekly classes.

Content: This course, taught in 20 weekly classes, aims to enable students to acquire the principles and techniques of writing Latin prose (translation from English). Some passages will be worked on in class; others will be prepared in advance and discussed. The use of an approved Latin to English dictionary (but not an English to Latin or a combined dictionary) will be permitted in the examination.听

Skills: At the end of the course students should have an ability to translate, under timed examination conditions, a passage of English prose into Latin prose. They should also have an enhanced understanding of what it means to translate from one language and cultural system into another.听

Suggested reading:

R. Ashdowne & J. Morwood 2007 An introduction to writing in the language of Cicero and Caesar (London).
R. Colebourn 1987 Latin Sentence and Idiom. A Composition Course听(Bristol).
M. A. North & A. E. Hillard 2003 Latin prose composition for schools听(London) = latest reprint of: Latin prose composition for the middle forms of schools, 13th ed., London 1938.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Terms 1 and 2 听听听 Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 6)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 100% Exam
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 10
Module leader: Dr Fiachra Mac Gorain
Who to contact for more information: classics.office@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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