AS Modules ~ L2: Latin Literature
This module covers extracts of both prose and verse literature. We study Chapters 1-19 of Cicero's In Catilinam in the first 13 sessions and the first 235 lines of Ovid's Metamorphoses VIII in the following 13 sessions. Students are invited, with appropriate support, to translate and respond to the texts
1. Cicero In Catilinam I & II, edited by H E Gould and J L Whiteley, Bristol Classical Press, 1982, ISBN 978-0-86292-014-2.
2. Cicero: selected political speeches, Michael Grant, Penguin, 1989, ISBN 978-0-14-044214-4.
3. Ovid Metamorphoses VIII, edited by A S Hollis, Oxford University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-913526-4.
4. Advised purchase: Electronic Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary, available on CD from CSCP, ISBN 978-0-954-2794-1-7 or as a download.
Paper L2: Latin Verse and Prose Literature (100 marks) (Entry code F362)
This paper lasts 1 hour 30 minutes and has two sections:
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Section A Prose Literature: (50 marks) Candidates are required to answer one question. Each question contains a Latin passage or passages with sub-questions including a short essay. Candidates answer all the sub-questions set on the prose author they have studied. |
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Section B Verse Literature: (50 marks) Candidates are required to answer one question. Each question contains a Latin passage or passages with sub-questions including a short essay. Candidates answer all the sub-questions set on the verse author they have studied. |
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