Latin 330 - ADV READINGS LATIN LIT I & II

Authors vary from year to year, but they are generally chosen from a list that includes epic and lyric poets, historians, orators, comedians and novelists, depending on the interests and needs of the students. May be repeated for credit, provided the topic is not the same. Prerequisite: two courses at the 200-level or permission of the instructor. A study of selected speeches of Cicero, Republican Rome's premier orator and the main model of eloquence for subsequent eras. Focus on style and rhetorical technique, with application to students' own writing and public speaking, as well as on the historical backdrop of Cicero's life and work, the tumultuous late Republic.

Topic: Cicero and the Power of Rhetoric at Rome.