LAT721: Latin Prose Composition

In this course, students complete an intense review of Latin grammar while also reading selections of several Latin authors with an eye toward identifying the stylistic elements that make each author unique. Students then put their Latin knowledge to the ultimate test by creating their own original compositions in the style of different authors; for example, Ciceronian oratory, Sallustian or Tacitean history, biographical works in the style of Suetonius, or letters about natural disasters inspired by Pliny.