Latin 330 - ADV READINGS LATIN LIT I & II

Authors read in LAT 330 vary from year to year, but they are generally chosen from a list including epic and lyric poets, historians, orators, comedians and novelists, depending on the interests and needs of students. LAT 330 may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic is not the same. Prerequisite: Two courses at the 200-level or permission of the instructor. Reading and discussion of the poetry of Catullus?perhaps the most accessible, but also the most enigmatic of Roman poets. The poems of Catullus include something for everyone: political mudslinging, sophisticated literary critique, touching expressions of grief, explicit declarations and descriptions of lust and love, retellings of myth, and snapshots, in extreme closeup, of the Roman elite in the first century B.C.E. The course will explore questions philological (meter, style), literary (genre, allusion, theme), social (sexuality, coming-of-age) and biographical (what is the relationship between an author?s work and his life?)

Topic: The Poetry of Catullus.