Late Latin

3 credits · Graduate credit

The purpose of the course is to read a reach selection of post-classical texts (200 AD and later) and to prepare students to appreciate the language, style and the rhetorical technique of Late Latin authors. While solidifying student's control over the essentials of Classical Latin grammar, the course will highlight the differences between Classical and Late Latin. Along with early Christian texts (Augustine, Jerome, Ambrose), the course includes a sampling of mediaeval authors such a Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, Abelart, Heloise and Hildegard of Bingen.