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LNW 3320 (section 4279): Ovid’s Metamorphoses
MWF 5th period (11:45-12:35) 2318 Turlington

instructor:    Jim Marks
                        jmarks@ufl.edu
                        125 Dauer Hall
                         office hours MWF 10:30-11:30

Our goal is to improve Latin reading skills and to appreciate Ovid’s playful, complex and influential epic poem. We will at the same time become acquainted with the historical and cultural context of Ovid’s text. NOTE: THE READINGS FOR THIS CLASS ARE IN LATIN.

required texts

The Student’s Ovid: Selections from the Metamorphoses, edited by Margaret Musgrove (University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 0806132205) available at Orange & Blue Textbooks (309 NW 13th St, 375-2707)
a Latin Grammar, such as Bennett’s New Latin Grammar (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, ISBN 0865162611)
a Latin-English dictionary, such as Cassell’s

evaluation
grades will be based on class participation, quizzes, exams and a final:

class participation = 10% of total grade: full credit will be given to students who come to class prepared to translate and discuss the assigned passages

weekly quizzes (non-cumulative): 6% each = 60% of total grade

Wednesday January 18
Friday January 27
Monday February 6
Wednesday February 15
Friday February 24 Wednesday March 8
Friday March 24
Friday March 31
Monday April 10
Wednesday April 19

exams (non-cumulative): 15% each = 30% of total grade

Friday March 3
Wednesday April 26

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