CLAS 3340 Latin Pastoral Poetry
A century of becoming a global empire and a generation lost in civil warfare drove Roman poets of the late first century BCE into the arms of pastoral, a fantasy genre sparsely inhabited by shepherd who spent their days singing of love and roaming idyllic landscapes. We will read in Latin two contemporaneous pastoral texts--the Eclogues of Vergil and Elegies of Tibullus--as we try to understand what this fictional countryside offered Rome's most urbane writers.
Course overview
- Department
- Classical Studies
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Both
- Offered
- Every Spring
Requirements fulfilled
- Latin: I. Four courses (12 credits) in Latin above the elementary level (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
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Sections
- Section 01