Latin Language and Literature
Summer 2011
Beginner's Latin @ night
Cancelled due to insufficient numbers!
This course offers the chance of starting out in Latin, or perhaps reacquainting yourself with the language after some time away. During the course we will take a look at basic Latin grammar and learn to translate easy sentences, combining the cartoons from the MINIMUS series and more traditional grammar based exercises. No prior knowledge is required, just the will to engage with a new language.
Day: Thursday Time: 7.30-9.30 pm
7 meetings, beginning May 12th, 2011.
Tea and Coffee will be served, dinner before the lecture is available at the venue (Dinner not included in the course price).
VEnue:
TheBoardroom
4-6 Bank Square
off Church Street
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 1AN
directions: http://www.theboardroomwilmslow.com/contactus.php
Price |
Concessions |
Minimum No. |
Maximum No. |
£72 |
n/a |
9 |
16 |
Send bookings to:
Birgitta Hoffmann
55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL
Reading Latin:
Ovid: Ars Amatoria and Amores
Having read excerpts of the Metamorphoses and the Tristia in the last few months, it is time for the Ars Amatoria and the Amores – Ovid’s lighthearted guide to everything from selecting your partner, to flirting, to being unhappy and happy in love and his accounts of famous couples.
Much of the language skills that we saw in the other works are already present, but the pace is faster (aka the sentences shorter) and the mood is much lighter.
Required Language skills:
Newcomers to the group are always welcome, but should have Latin skills of a level that they can attempt reading original texts. (ie. roughly Latin GCSE or AS level, alternatively having finished the Cambridge Latin Course).
Recommended Reading:
Ovid, Ars Amatoria and Amores
Required materials:
Latin dictionary and grammar.
Oxford Latin Reader
Day: Monday Time: 2-4 pm
6 sessions, starting May 9th, 2011 – June 20th, 2011.
no class on May 30th.
Venue:
St. James Parish Hall,
Birch Road,
Gatley Green,
Gatley,
Cheshire, SK8 4NF.
Price |
Concessions |
Minimum No. |
Maximum No. |
£54 |
n/a |
10 |
16 |
Send bookings to:
Birgitta Hoffmann
55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL