Latin 3 – Latin Literature

Admission

The course is the third year of the School of Higher Studies in Latin.
A sound and excellent knowledge of Latin Language is required. The course may be attended by:
– those who have attended at least the 75% of the course Latin 2;
– those who, having sound knowledge of Latin, might be able to pass the exam Latin 2 even without having attended classes.

Objectives

• In-depth knowledge of the Latin works, covered in class
• Understanding of any Latin text, prose and poems, even of high difficulty, without using the dictionary
• In-depth knowledge of all the most complex structures of Latin syntax and rhetoric
• Knowledge of the 4000 most frequent words in Latin classical literature
• Ability to write and speak in Latin
• Understanding of the basic techniques for teaching a lesson of Latin language through the inductive-contextual methodology.

Program

The course offers students the opportunity to immerse themselves in one of the most emblematic episodes of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BCE: the conspiracy of Catiline, set against the backdrop of the ongoing political and social upheavals that marked the Republic’s final days. Throughout the lessons, students will engage with key passages from Sallust’s renowned work De coniuratione Catilinae and a selection from Cicero’s famous Catilinarians. Our guide will be the booklet Catilina, carefully edited and illustrated by H. H. Ørberg according to the principles of the inductive-contextual method, a hallmark of the IISC’s educational approach. The instructor will also provide or recommend any additional resources useful for a thorough understanding of the assigned texts.

The course will be held in classroom. However, participants who had requested it in the online subscription to the course, may join a virtual classroom and follow the lessons remotely, through a link given by the IISC.  Lessons in streaming will be recorded and will stay available for the students to see for a week.