The course concludes with an examination of the Gettysburg Address and consideration of its debt to classical rhetorical theory. All readings are in English. This course is the same as Rhetoric 160. Introduction to Latin Literature. This introductory survey of classical Latin literature in translation extends from the earliest writings in Latin to the authors of early imperial Rome.
Students read and analyze selections from Roman comedy, tragedy, epic, lyric, letters, and satire.
They also read modern scholarship on the works, and learn about the world in which they were written. This course is the same as Classics 170. Ovid's Metamorphoses Transformed. Very soon after its publication, Ovid's Metamorphoses became the standard source for the stories of Greco-Roman mythology. Reading the Ovidian original in Latin is available to students with one or more years of Latin, who register for this course under the rubric, Latin 205.