LATN 341: Vergil, Aeneid

Required: Vergil, Aeneid, Books I-VI, ed. R. D. Williams
Required: Vergil, Aeneid, Books VII-XII, ed. R. D. Williams
Recommended: J. H. Allen et al., Allen & Greenough's New Latin Grammar (Dover Books 2006); e-text available through Perseus
Emergency on-line backup Latin text: Vergil from The Latin Library at Ad Fontes Academy

Latin reading assignments will be determined by the class's progress through target zones of the text as follows. We will aim to build strong reading skills that will underpin critical inquiry into the concerns of the text, the author, and his world.
Short quizzes check in on nuts and bolts of the Latin.
Prepared exercises in "literary translation" give scope to develop ideas about what the Latin is saying, how, and why it matters; they are due in hand, at the start of the class period, on the days for which they are assigned.
Article-reports will be assigned to members of the seminar in turn, so that they may critically examine published scholarship relating to Vergil and the Aeneid and lead thoughtful seminar discussion taking the inquiry further.
Members of the seminar will develop research projects investigating selected aspects of the Aeneid in light of their own critical examination of the text and scholarly investigations. Reports on work-in-progress will be presented to the seminar in the second half of the semester.
Dates to watch out for:

Aeneid 1.1-156, 223-296, 441-519, 643-756

Tu 1/13	Introduction.
Th 1/15	Reading assignment within Book I (as targeted)
M 1/19	Martin Luther King Day: No classes (not that we would have been meeting class in any event).
Tu 1/20	Reading assignment within Book I (as targeted)
Th 1/22	Reading assignment within Book I (as targeted)

Aeneid 2.1-56, 199-297, 469-729, 771-804

Tu 1/27	Reading assignment within Book II (as targeted) Short quiz
Th 1/29	Reading assignment within Book II (as targeted) Start considering topics and resources for your Research Project!

Aeneid 3.1-68, 147-355, 548-718

Tu 2/3	Reading assignment within Book III (as targeted)
Th 2/5	Reading assignment within Book III (as targeted)

Aeneid 4.1-128, 160-197, 296-436, 522-705

Tu 2/10	Reading assignment within Book IV (as targeted) Short quiz
Th 2/12	Reading assignment within Book IV (as targeted) Focus your consideration of topics and resources for your Research Project!
Tu 2/17	Reading assignment within Book IV (as targeted) Short but wonderfully creative literary translation due

Aeneid 5.42-103, 362-679, 827-871

Th 2/19	Reading assignment within Book V (as targeted)
Tu 2/24	Reading assignment within Book V (as targeted) Proposals for your Research Project due

Aeneid 6.1-97, 264-383, 417-476, 679-901

Th 2/26	Reading assignment within Book VI (as targeted) Short quiz
M 10/6-Tu 10/7	Mid-semester Break: No classes.
Tu 3/10	Reading assignment within Book VI (as targeted)
Th 3/12	Reading assignment within Book VI (as targeted)

Aeneid 7.1-134, 286-571

Tu 3/17	Reading assignment within Book VII (as targeted)
Th 3/19	Reading assignment within Book VII (as targeted) Short quiz

Aeneid 8.184-453, 608-731

Tu 3/24	Reading assignment within Book VIII (as targeted)
Th 3/26	Reading assignment within Book VIII (as targeted)

Aeneid 9.168-502, 590-671

Tu 3/31	Reading assignment within Book IX (as targeted)
Th 4/2	Reading assignment within Book IX (as targeted) Short but wonderfully creative literary translation due

Aeneid 10.362-542, 689-908

Tu 4/7	Reading assignment within Book X (as targeted) Short quiz
Th 4/9	Reading assignment within Book X (as targeted)
4:15pm Th 4/9 - 4:15pm M 4/13	Easter Holiday: No classes (not that we would have been meeting class in these times).

Aeneid 11.1-99, 532-915

Tu 4/14	Reading assignment within Book XI (as targeted)
Th 4/16	Reading assignment within Book XI (as targeted)

Aeneid 12.1-80, 134-160, 614-952

Tu 4/21	Reading assignment within Book XII (as targeted) Short quiz
Th 4/23	Reading assignment within Book XII (as targeted) Finished paper for your Research Project due.

W 4/29
(till 4:15 pm)

Undergraduate Study Day

Sa 5/2
9:00am-11:00am

Final Latin quiz. Conformed with Loyola's Final Exam Schedule.

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Revised 13 January 2009 by jlong1@luc.edu
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