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CURE 2154 - Medieval Latin (2014-2015)
中世紀拉丁語

Venue: 鄭棟材樓UCC110 (聯合書院)
Jan 7 - Apr 8, 2015 (Wednesdays)
Time: 16:30-19:15
Teacher: Louis Ha 夏其龍
Medium of teaching: Cantonese


This course aims at introducing Latin as a tightly constructed language which has influenced the Western civilization for millennia.
Students are expected to broaden their cultural horizon to include some basic knowledge about the Western Medieval era and obtain a deeper understanding of the mechanism of human expression through speech.



2015/04/08


Session 1 (07 Jan, 2015): Introduction
- Lecture recording

Session 2 (14 Jan, 2015): Recapitulation
Reading Jerome (347-420): Biblia Vulgata
- TEXT 1
- TEXT 1b - preposition with noun in accusative and ablative case
- TUTORIAL

Session 3 (21 Jan, 2015): Recapitulation
Reading Augustine of Hipo (354-430): Confessiones
- TEXT 2
- present and future tenses
- English translate of "Confessions"
- TUTORIAL

Session 4 (28 Jan, 2015): Reading Augustine: Recapitulation
1. CONTENT - 2. TEXT - 3. WORD - 4. SENTENCE - 5. LEAERNING EXPERIENCE
- 1: TEXT 2b - English translation
- 2: TEXT 2b - Laitn
- 3: nodictionaries reading method
- 3: Latin Word Study Tool
- 3: Verbs - conjugation
* Homework 1

Session 5 (01 Feb, 2015): Latin Mass : Field trip

Session 6 (04 Feb, 2015): Reading Boethius (480-524): Consolatio Philosophiae
- TEXT 3 (.doc) (.pdf) (homework 1)
imperfect tense (indicative and subjunctive) in dependent and independent clauses
- TEXT 3b (.doc) (.pdf)
* List of grammatical terms - Perseus Project reading method

Session 7 (11 Feb, 2015): Reading Boethius -
- TEXT 3c (.doc) (.pdf)
- Presentation notes (.doc) (.pdf)
- Presentation text (.doc) (.pdf)

18 Feb, 2015 - Holiday

Session 8 (25 Feb, 2015): (Presentation 1 and test 1)

Session 9 (04 Mar, 2015): Reading Bede (672-735): Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum
- TEXT 4 (.doc) (.pdf)
- Caesar in Britain - (.doc) (.pdf)

Session 10 (11 Mar, 2015): Reading Bede - participle verb
- Caesar in Britain B - (.doc) (.pdf)
* Homework 2

Session 11 (18 Mar, 2015):
Latin Sentences (Prezi presentation)

Caesar in Britain C (.pdf)
The Romans and the Saxons in Britain
Benedictio Cerei - exsultet - TEXT 5 (homework 2) - subjunctive mood

Session 12 (25 Mar, 2015): Reading Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): Summa Theologiae - TEXT 6

Session 13 (01 Apr, 2015): Reading Aquinas - impersonal verb + infinitive verb with accusative noun (Course Evaluation 18:00)

Session 14 (08 Apr, 2015): (Presentation 2 and test 2)

Assessment
20% - Homework 1
20% - Homework 2
10% - presentation 1
10% - presentation 2
20% - Test 1
20% - Test 2

--> Internal website for Medeival Latin


GRAMMAR

  • Declensions of Nouns, pronouns and Adjectives

  • Conjugations of Verbs

  • Prepositions, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Particles, Numerals

  • Syntax

  • subjunctives in independent sentences


  • LATIN APPRECIATION

  • Music - Gregorian, polyphonic, modern

  • News - broadcast by the Finnish Radio

  • Magister ait - the Master says

  • Seneca - quotes from "De Ira"

  • Reference material

    * Biblia Vulgata

    * Augustine, Confessions (English)

    * The Consolation of Philosophy: text with an introduction by Sanderson Beck

    * Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England, Translation by A. M. Sellar

    * Exsultet

    * Summa Theologiae (Latin) Thomas de Aquino

    * The Summa Theologica (English) - St. Thomas Aquinas

    * Apple Apps


    SPQR / Latin Abbreviations / Latin Word of the Day
    Latin +

    * Android Apps


    VERBA / Librarium I / Librarium II / Latin Trainer


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