Academic Year/course:
2018/19
426 - Degree in Classics
Información del Plan Docente
Academic Year:
2018/19
Subject:
27908 - Introduction to latin language
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
426 - Degree in Classics
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
1
Semester:
First semester
Subject Type:
Basic Education
Module:
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4.1. Methodological overview
The methodology followed in this course is oriented towards the achievement of the learning objectives. A wide range of teaching and learning tasks are implemented, such as lectures, practice sessions, autonomous work, study and assessment tasks.
Students are expected to participate actively in class throughout the semester.
Further information regarding the course will be provided on the first day of class.
4.2. Learning tasks
The course includes the following learning tasks:
- Exercises of etymology: from Latin into Spanish.
- Reading and commentary of elementary Latin texts.
- Reading and commentary of easy Latin authors (Eutropius, Nepos, Caesar, etc.)
- Books to read and comment: A selection of Ovidian works: Ars amatoria, Remedia Amoris, Metamorphoses (excerpts).
4.3. Syllabus
The course will address the following topics:
- Topic 1. Introduction to the study of the Latin Language: diachronic, diatopic and diastratic variation.
- Topic 2. Elementary description of the system of Classical Latin:
- 2.1. The phonological system of Classical Latin: alphabet and pronunciation; accent and prosody.
- 2.2. Morphosyntax of nouns and pronouns.
- 2.3. Morphosyntax of verbs.
- 2.4. The complex sentence: relative clauses, clauses of ut, cum, quod.
- Topic 3. Main tendencies in the evolution of Latin into Spanish.