Late Latin (CL0186)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-CL0186

The course is centred on two major influential figures of Late Antiquity: Augustine of Hippo and Boethius. Augustine's 'Confessions' is both more and less than an autobiography; the course concentrates on interpretative approaches and stylistic analysis, with the focus on Augustine's account of his conversion and its context in books 8 and 9. Boethius 'Consolation of Philosophy' is rooted in the author's personal circumstances and transcends them; the prisoner's re-education by philosophy is explored, with especial emphasis on key themes and on the function of the metra. The primary approach of the course to both texts is literary rather than theological or philosophical, though Platonism and Christianity can hardly be ignored.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : PGs Only

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	13:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : Semester 1 OR Semester 2

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should:-
- have read attentively in Latin at least two books of the 'Confessions' and two books of the 'Consolation of Philosophy';
- be able to discuss critically, with due awareness of recent scholarship,
their immediate historical context;
their form, structure and style;
interpretative questions relating to the two texts.