Latin Literature/Lyric Poetry - Advanced Placement
Recommended Prerequisite: Latin I, II, and III
Credit: ½ - 1
State Code: 3036
MNPS Course Code: FLA1768
Course Description:
This course is designed by the College Board to be equivalent to a second year college class. Readings currently must be drawn from the works of Catullus, paired with readings from Horace or from Ovid or from Cicero. Students translate and analyze the poems of Catullus and Horace, as required by the advanced placement syllabus. The emphasis on the lyric genre includes collateral readings, close analysis, and comparative analysis of works read, and sight translation. Knowledge of late Republican and Augustan Rome, history of the lyric genre, advanced metrical patterns and scansion, allusions and themes, rhetorical devices and figures of speech, vocabulary, grammar (including archaic forms and Graecisms), and syntax are developed.
Course of Study:
Students are expected to be able to translate accurately from Latin into English the poetry or prose they are reading and to demonstrate a grasp of grammatical structures and vocabulary. Since the appreciation of Latin literature requires an understanding of the literary techniques of Latin writers and of poetic meters when appropriate, stylistic analysis is an integral part of the advanced work. In addition, AL Latin courses include the study of the cultural, social, and political context of the literature on the syllabus.
Standards
Standards are based on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) standards, the Tennessee standards for classical languages, and the College Board standards for a Latin literature Advanced Placement course.
ACTFL: http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3392#standards
College Board: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com
Tennessee Standards: http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/ciforeignlang/ciflclassic.htm .
Textbook
No MNPS purchased textbook is available.
The poems of Catullus and Horace and other required works on the AP syllabus are required.
Recommended Resources
Information about resources, materials, conferences, study opportunities and scholarships for teachers, competitive opportunities and scholarships for students, and grants for promotion of Latin are available from The American Classical League, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and from The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (See www.camws.org and www.promotelatin.org). A number of useful web sites for students and teachers can be accessed through the American Classical League and the Junior Classical League. (Try the links on http://www.tjcl.org, as well as sites operated by the Medusa Mythology Exam, the National Latin Exam, V-Roma, and Forum Romanum.)