Rutgers University, Fall 2007
Latin 203: Intermediate Latin Prose
MTh 10:55-12:15
Thompson Hall 201
Serena Connolly, Dept. of Classics
Class times: MTh 10:55-12:15, Thompson Hall 201 (DC)
Email: [email protected]
Office: Ruth Adams Building (DC) 005
Phone: (732) 932-9784
Office hours: Th. 1:00-3:00
Description: This is an intermediate reading course that introduces students to continuous
readings in Latin prose. We will begin by reading short selections from Aeneas to Augustus and
then move to our major text, Cicero’s Pro Caelio, one of his most famous -- and humorous -speeches. Throughout the course, we will review the grammatical concepts you learned last year
by discussion of our set texts, translation at sight and occasional prose composition.
Texts:
The following required texts will be available at the Rutgers University Bookstore:
M. Hammond and A. Amory, Aeneas to Augustus: A Beginning Latin Reader for College
Students, 2nd edn.
S. Ciraolo, Cicero: Pro Caelio, 3rd edn (2003).
You will also need a grammar and a dictionary. I recommend the following, also available from
the Bookstore:
C. E. Bennett, New Latin Grammar
C. T. Lewis, Elementary Latin Dictionary or D. P. Simpson, Cassell’s Latin Dictionary
A number of scholarly articles have been uploaded in .pdf format to the course Sakai site and to
the Rutgers Library course reserve website. These will be assigned during the semester:
Craig, Christopher P. "Reason, Reasonance and Dilemma in Cicero's Speech for Caelius."
Rhetorica 7 (1989): 313-28.
Dorey, T. A. "Cicero, Clodia and the 'Pro Caelio'." Greece and Rome 2nd Ser., 5, no. 2 (1958):
175-80.
Gotoff, Harold C. "Cicero's Analysis of the Prosecution Speeches in the Pro Caelio: An Exercise
in Practical Criticism." Classical Philology 81, no. 2 (1986): 122-32.
Ramage, Edwin S. "Clodia in Cicero's Pro Caelio." In Classical Texts and Their Traditions :
Studies in Honor of C.R. Trahman, edited by David F. Bright and Edwin S. Ramage, 20111. Chico, Calif.: Scholars Press, 1984.
Rawson, Elizabeth. Cicero: A Portrait. London: Allen Lane, 1975, 106-45.
Salzman, Michele Renee. "Cicero, the Megalenses and the Defense of Caelius." The American
Journal of Philology 103, no. 3 (1982): 299-304.
Skinner, Marilyn B. "Clodia Metelli." Transactions of the American Philological Association
113 (1983): 273-87.
Volpe, Michael. "The Persuasive Force of Humor: Cicero's Defense of Caelius." Quarterly
Journal of Speech 63 (1977): 311-23.
Wiseman, T. P. Catullus and His World: A Reappraisal. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge
University Press, 1985.
Grading:
You will be graded on the basis of attendance and participation and two non-cumulative in-class
tests and a final exam. I shall also administer occasional brief quizzes, which will not be graded,
but which will help you to prepare for the tests and exam and also help both you and me to gauge
your progress in the course.
The tests and final exam will include translation of and questions about our readings from
Aeneas to Augustus and the Pro Caelio, prose composition and translation at sight.
Your grade will be calculated as follows:
Attendance and participation: 20%
Tests I and II: 25% each
These tests will be structured as follows:
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Translation of seen passages:
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Questions about seen passages:
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Prose composition:
•
Unseen translation:
Final exam: 30%
This test will be structured as follows:
•
Translation of seen passages:
•
Questions about seen passages:
•
Prose composition:
•
Unseen translation:
35%
30%
10%
25%
25%
25%
15%
35%
N.B. I do not negotiate grades.
Additional notices:
Under Federal Law, the University is required to provide reasonable academic accommodations
to students with documentable disabilities, in legally defined categories. If you have special
needs in this course, please have your College coordinator contact me by the end of the second
week of classes.
For the tests or final exam, only the original copy of a medical excuse, signed by a doctor of
medicine, will be accepted as an excuse for absence. Any other form of excuse must receive the
clearance of the appropriate dean's office and must be signed by a dean. Ordinary dental
treatment should not be scheduled at the time of a class or on the day of an exam or on the day
before an exam. Only emergency dental treatment will be accepted as an excuse and only on the
basis of the original copy of a dental excuse, which must be signed by a dentist. Do not book
airline tickets for the day of a class or an exam. A non-refundable, unchangeable ticket is not an
excuse for missing a class or a quiz or an exam.
Schedule:
Day
Thursday
Monday
Thursday
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Thursday
Monday
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Thursday
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Thursday
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Thursday
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Date
6 September
10 September
13 September
17 September
20 September
24 September
27 September
1 October
4 October
8 October
11 October
15 October
18 October
22 October
25 October
29 October
1 November
5 November
8 November
12 November
15 November
19 November
26 November
29 November
3 December
6 December
10 December
Tuesday
18 December
Reading
Introduction; AtoA 31
AtoA 31 (cont’d)
AtoA 32
AtoA 36 B and C
AtoA 67
AtoA 35 B and C
AtoA 42 B and 43 B
AtoA 44
TEST 1
Pro Caelio 1-2
3-6
7-10
11-14
15-18
19-22
23-26
27-30
31-34
TEST 2
AtoA 74
34-38
39-43
44-48
49-53
54-58
59-64
65-70 (+ rest in
English)
FINAL EXAM (12:00)
Secondary Reading
Wiseman
Rawson
Pro Caelio in Eng.
Volpe
Dorey
Gotoff
Salzman
Craig
Ramage
Skinner