I. COURSE SYLLABUS LATIN 4490 SEMINAR in Latin Historiography FALL 2011 II. INSTRUCTOR Dr. Gregory Ewing, Assistant Professor of Latin (part-time) Office Hours: by appointment Office: Pilcher Building Phone: 770.426.3410 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] III. Latin 4490. Prerequisite: LATN 2002 or permission of instructor. This course provides a general overview of Latin prose, main periods of Roman history, and an in depth analysis of (1) the historian Livy and his work Ab Urbe Condita, (2) the emperor Augustus and his work Res Gestae Divi Augusti, and (3) the dictator Caesar and his work The Conquest of Gaul. IV. GOALS A. Introduction to Latin Prose B. Introduction to the Golden Age of Latin Literature C. Understanding of the three time periods of Roman History: monarchy, republic, and empire D. Review of advanced grammar & translation techniques for Latin prose E. Use of Suetonius as a primary source for Roman historiography F. Use of Augustus as a primary source for Roman historiography G. Use of Livy as a primary source for Roman historiography H. Use of Caesar as a primary source for Roman historiography I. Use and awareness of secondary sources regarding Roman history V. OBJECTIVES – The learner will: - Complete an analysis of I, Claudius by Robert Graves (outside of class viewing); - Translate and analyze the Res Gestae by Augustus; - Translate selections from De Bello Gallico by Caesar - Translate and analyze selections from Books I-VI of Ab Urbe Condita by Livy; - Study, and analyze Suetonius and his works and comments regarding Roman historiography as found in texts presented in class; - Review advanced translation techniques for Latin prose reading; - Conduct an analysis of Roman historiography; - Compare Roman society to other world societies; - Complete an in-depth reading of primary and secondary sources regarding Roman history. VI. GRADING 30% Final Exam 25% Preparation for daily translations /class discussions/ participation 20% Project relating to Augustus, Caesar, and/or Livy and a critique of his/their works 25% Submission of translations on last day of class Grading Scale: 100-90%=A; 89-80%=B; 79-70%=C; 69-60%=D; 59% and below=F (For any papers, please use APA style for documentation.)VII. MAKE UP WORK Late assignments are not accepted. Make up exams will not be given unless the chair of the foreign language department directs the professor to give the exam based on supporting documentation provided by the student. VIII. ATTENDANCE Attendance is essential in all foreign language classes. Each student will be permitted to miss THREE class sessions; thereafter, five points may be deducted from the final average for each class missed. Students with an emergency situation may present documentation to the professor and/or department chair for special circumstances. IX. TEXTBOOKS (1) Wallace, Rex E. (2000). Res gestae divi augusti. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN 086516455-x. (2) Minkova & Tunberg (2007). Reading Livy’s Rome: Selections from Books I-VI of Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita. Bolchazy Carducci Publishers. ISBN 978-0-86516-550-2 (3) Aronson, Andrew (1994). Caesar’s De Bello Gallico. Longman Pearson Publishing. ISBN 0-8013-0976-X. (4) Edwards, Catharine, translated. (2000). Suetonius - Lives of the Caesars. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192832719. (5) Jones. (1970). Augustus. W. W. Norton Publishers. ISBN 0-393-00584-4 (6) Boardman, Jasper, G., & Oswyn, M..(2001). The Oxford Illustrated History of the Roman World. Oxford University Press. ISBN# 0-19-285436-4 (7) Caesar: The Conquest of Gaul. Trans. by Handford. (1982). Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-140-44433-5. X. READING LIST A reading list of several sources will be provided to the students during class sessions. XI. General Policies 1. Academic Integrity No student shall receive, attempt to receive, knowingly give or attempt to give unauthorized assistance in the preparation of any work required to be submitted for credit as part of a course (including examinations, laboratory reports, essays, themes, term papers, etc.). When direct quotations are used, they should be indicated, and when the ideas, theories, data, figures, graphs, programs, electronic based information or illustrations of someone other than the student are incorporated into a paper or used in a project, they should be duly acknowledged. [KSU Student Code of Conduct, online at http://www.kennesaw.edu/judiciary/code.conduct.shtml] The Department of Foreign Languages at Kennesaw State University considers it a breach of academic integrity for the student to use automatic translators of any kind to complete an assignment. Furthermore, no compositions or other work should be written or edited for the student by a native speaker of the target language, by a tutor or student assistant in the Foreign Language Resource Center, or by any other individual. Academic honesty statement: Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct, as published in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs.Section ii of the Student Code of Conduct addresses the University’s policy on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and cheating, unauthorized access to University materials, misrepresentation/falsification of university records or academic work, malicious removal, retention, or destruction of library materials, malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and misuse of student identification cards. Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through the established procedures of the University Judiciary Program, which includes either an ―informal‖ resolution by a faculty member, resulting in grade adjustment, or a formal hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of Conduct’s minimum one semester suspension requirement. Academic honesty is fundamental to the activities and principles of a university. Authors and source must be given credit for the ideas they publish—be it on the web, in a book, or in a newspaper. Similarly, the work you submit for this course—papers, tests, quizzes, and other assignments—must be the product of your own effort. Plagiarism, which includes minor switching of words but otherwise cut and paste text from another source, is a serious academic