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Latin 226 is an intermediate-level
Latin literature course that will introduce you to selections
of Latin lyric poetry from the 2nd century BCE to the 20th century
CE. The focus of the class will be on developing your ability
to read and appreciate Latin lyric poetry. Special attention
will be paid to the formal analysis of poetry and in gaining
a familiarity with lyric meters.
What is Lyric poetry? Originally
a term used to describe songs sung to the accompaniment of a
lyre, lyric poetry has come to designate all non-dramatic poetry
not composed in dactylic hexameter (e.g. epic, satire) or elegaic
couplets (e.g elegy, epigrams). “Lyric” therefore
encompasses a vast range of poetry, including hymns to gods,
erotic poetry, brutal ad hominem attacks, and philosophical
meditations.
Our focus this semester will
be on Catullus, Horace, and Religious Hymns.
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