| CODE | CLA2014 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Latin Prose Composition | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Classics and Archaeology | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This comprises weekly tutorial sessions for translation of more advanced passages from English into Latin. Students are here helped to translate orally in class, adopting the Latin idioms and styles met in various Latin authors which they currently read. This exercise will not only enable them to revise all the rules of Latin grammar and syntax, but also express themselves in Latin. Study-unit Aims This study-unit is intended to teach students the writing of Latin passages in classical style. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to identify all grammatical, syntactical and stylistic issues within English passages to be translated into Latin. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to translate into Latin advanced passages from English involving all grammatical, syntactical and stylistic issues. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Mountford, J.F. (2007). Bradley’s Arnold Latin prose composition. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. North and Hillard (2009). Latin Prose composition. Duckworth. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE CLA1018 AND TAKE CLA2021 | ||||||||
| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: Knowledge of Latin Grammar and Syntax | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Horatio C. R. Vella |
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