Spring 2012 LATIN 310-0 Readings in Latin Literature- Plautus

"Plautus" - Readings in Latin Literature

Plautus' lively dialogues, tricky monologues and artful plots open a window on the theatre of the Roman Republic. His plays are the earliest literary works in Latin that have survived as whole texts. Through secondary readings and class discussion, we will position Plautus' work in the broader context of ancient comedy (especially his Greek models, for example, Menander), and in the immediate context of Rome in the late 3rd and early 2nd centuries BCE. The focus of the class will be to read Plautus' Menaechmi in Latin, considering questions of style, dramatic form and content.

--to develop facility in reading Latin verse and refine understanding of grammar and poetic structures
--to explore Plautus' dramatic techniques
--to position Plautus's work in the broader context of ancient comedy and of Republican Rome

Midterm, final exam, and brief final paper; in-class translation and participation

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