 | University of Virginia March, 1907 |  |
SCHOOL OF LATIN.
| Professor Fitz-Hugh. | Mr. Myers. |
| Mr. Bolling. | Mr. McLemore. |
Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The General
Entrance Examination including the examination in Latin (p. 81).
Preparation.—The Latin work of the University finds its logical place
in the public school system as the continuation of the Latin work of the
High School. It presupposes accordingly four years of competent instruction
in Latin, involving the Roman pronunciation, habitual observance of
quantity and accent, regular drill in grammar and prose composition
through all preparatory years, elementary Reader, Nepos, Cæsar, Cicero's
easier Orations, and Vergil. If the preparation of the student justifies it
he will be admitted to advanced standing, with due credit for all work
done elsewhere by him.
Attention is further called to the importance of beginning Greek for
all who wish to reap the full cultural benefit of the University courses in
Latin. The study of at least one Romanic language also is very desirable.
The Greek illumines incomparably all parts of Latin study, which bears
in turn a like relation to the Romanic.
General Statement.—The first three years of University Latin are
devoted to the broad cultural study of the language, literature, and life
of the Romans. In the course of the instruction the effort is made to
exhibit as far as possible the relation of Roman civilization to the Greek,
on the one hand, and to Romanic and modern, on the other, and thus to
emphasize the unity and continuity of all human culture. The desirability
of a knowledge of Greek, and of at least one Romanic language, is
therefore especially commended to the student of Latin.
The work is organized in all years as follows:
A. In Language: Systematic study of Latin Grammar, with oral and
written exercises in prose composition. One hour a week.
B. In Literature: Reading of authors in culture-historical sequences.
Two hours a week.
C. In Life: Systematic study of Roman culture-history in English,
hand in hand with the study of the Latin authors.
Primarily for Undergraduates.
Course 1: Entrance Examination in Latin prerequisite.
A. In Language: General grammar (Hale-Buck), with oral and
written exercises (Moulton-Collar, Mather-Wheeler, Gildersleeve-Lodge).
B. In Literature: Historical, Sallust's Jugurthine War and Conspiracy
of Catiline—epic, Vergil's Æneid (Bks. VII-XII) and Ovid's Metamorphoses,
with study of the hexameter—philosophic, Cicero On Friend-
Scipionis).
C. In Life: The geography, history, and private life of the Romans
(Tozer's Classical Geography and Kiepert's Atlas Anticus, Botsford's
Story of Rome, Johnston's Private Life of the Romans).
Course 2: Course 1 (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Either Course
2 or Course 3 may be offered as the elective from group I, and the other
may be offered as an elective at large.
A. In Language: General Grammar (Gildersleeve-Lodge), with oral
and written exercises (Gildersleeve-Lodge, Nutting, Bennett).
B. In Literature: Historical, Livy's Early History of Rome (Bks.
I-II) and Tacitus' Germania—lyric and didactic, Catullus' Odes and
Vergil's Georgics, with study of the rhythms of lyric and didactic poetry
—rhetorical and philosophic, Cicero's De Oratore and Seneca's Moral
Essays.
C. In Life: The public life, religion, and mythology of the Romans
(Gow's Companion to School Classics, Fairbanks' Mythology of Greece
and Rome.)
Course 3: Course 1 (or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Either Course
2 or Course 3 may be offered as the elective from group I, and the other
may be offered as an elective at large.
A. In Language: General grammar (Gildersleeve-Lodge), with oral
and written exercises (Gildersleeve-Lodge, Nutting, Bennett).
B. In Literature: Historical, Livy's Hannibalic War (Bks. XXIXXII)
and Tacitus' Agricola—epic and lyric, Vergil's Æneid and Horace's
Odes, with study of the rhythms of epic and lyric verse—didactic and
critical, Quintilian's Training of the Orator and Tacitus' Dialogue on the
Orators.
C. In Life: The art life of the Romans (Tarbell's History of Greek
Art, Goodyear's Roman Art).
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Course 4: Course 2 or Course 3 (or the equivalent of either) prerequisite.
A. In Language: History of the Latin Language and its survival in
the Romanic tongues. Oral and written exercises (Gildersleeve-Lodge,
Peters: Bennett, Moore, Nettleship).
B. In Literature: Historical and epistolary, Tacitus' Annals and
Cicero's Letters—dramatic and satirical, Plautus' Captivi and Terence's
Andria, and Horace's Satires and Epistles, with study of the rhythms of
scenic and satiric verse—philosophic and critical, Lucretius' De Natura
Rerum and Cicero's De Claris Oratoribus.
C. In Life: The history of Roman literature (Mackail's Latin Literature
and Laing's Masterpieces of Latin Literature).
Course 5: Course 2 or Course 3 (or the equivalent of either) prerequisite.
A. In Language: History of Roman Metric Art. Oral and written
exercises (Gildersleeve-Lodge, Peters: Bennett, Moore, Nettleship).
B. In Literature: Historical and epistolary, Tacitus' Histories and
Pliny's Letters—dramatic and satirical, Plautus' Mostellaria and Terence's
Phormio, and Juvenal's Satires, with study of the rhythms of scenic and
satiric verse—philosophic, Lucretius' De Natura Rerum and Cicero's De
Natura Deorum.
C. In Life: The history of Roman philosophy (Mayor's History of
Ancient Philosophy from Thales to Cicero and Pater's Marius the Epicurean).
For Graduates Only.
Course 6: Course 4 or Course 5 prerequisite.—This course is intended
for those who desire to specialize in classical philology, and
especially for those who choose Latin as their major elective for the degree
of Doctor of Philosophy. Roman civilization is the link between the
Hellenic and the Romanic, and hence, Latin philology, which is the science
of Roman civilization, has vital points of contact with Greek philology
on the one hand, and with Romanic on the other. If the candidate's main
subject be Latin, a repectable familiarity with Greek is required, since
the language, literature, and higher culture of the Romans are saturated
with Greek influence. If the candidate's main subject be Romanic, the
Greek requirement is waived as far as practically possible, and he is
guided into the hitory of the Roman folkspeech, the common source of
the Romanic tongues, and into acqnaintance with the authors who illustrate
it in literature.
Plan of Work.—It is the aim of this course, as far as the teaching
force and the resources of the School permit, to prepare the candidate
to investigate independently the sources of our knowledge of the language,
monuments (literary and objective), and life of the Romans. The following
is therefore an outline of the course:
A. In Language: Elements of comparative grammar (Giles, supplemented
by Hirt and Sommer on Sounds and Inflections and by Brugmann
and Schmalz on Syntax)—introduction to Latin historical grammar
(Lindsay, supplemented by Landgraf)—systematic grammar (Kühner)
with stylistic exercises, oral and written, in conjunction with Cicero's
De Oratore—reading of authors illustrating the history of the Latin
language.
B. In the Literary and Objective Monuments of the Romans: Reading
of authors in groups systematically planned to illustrate the literary
life of the Romans—history and interpretation of texts—elements of palæography
(Johnston, supplemented by Thompson), epigraphy (Lindsay,
supplemented by Egbert and Cagnat), numismatics (Gnecchi, supplemented
by Hill), topography and remains (Platner, Mau, Strack, Furtwaengler).
C. In Roman Life: Constructive study of Roman culture-history—
reading of authors illustrating the development of Roman civilization—
study of modern authorities in Roman culture-history (Philippson, Nissen,
Mommsen, Marquardt-Mommsen, Preller-Jordan, Springer-Michaelis and
Winter, Schanz, Windelband).
Aids.—For the sake of first-hand access to important modern authorities
in Latin philology, the candidate is urged to acquire a good reading
knowledge of German, French, and Italian. Such a mastery of German
and French is imperative.
| University of Virginia March, 1907 | |