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Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
ROMAN LITERATURE: EARLY PERIOD	LAT203	3. Semester	2 + 0	2.0	4.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Çağatay AŞKİT
Assistants
Goals	Introduction to Latin Literature; presentation and studying on the early republic authors and poets in the historical and cultural background of Rome.
Course Content	Earliest fragments in Latin Roman Epic and First Epic Poets: Livius Andronicus, Naevius, Ennius Roman Drama: Pacuvius, Accius, Plautus, Caecilius, Terentius Satura: Lucilius Cato Maior-Scipionic Circle
Learning Outcomes	1) Contribution to students’ learning the Latin Language by way of comparison with Turkish and a language originated from Latin 2) Contribution to improving studens’knowledge of Latin and their ability to translate Latin texts into Turkish 3) Contribution to improving students’ knowledge of vocabulary and ethymology of Latin words and furnishing the students with the basic knowledge to learn an European language originated from Latin or improve their knowledge of such a language if they have already started to learn 4) Contribution to students’ knowledge and discernment of Greco-Latin literature and its continuation in the literary tradition of Europe 5) Contribution to students’ knowledge of Roman civilization and their ability to see its importance as the origin of the European civilization 6) Cotibution to students’ discernment of Greko- Roman humanistic mentality and its importance as a sourse of common European culture 7) Contribution to students’ knowledge and discernment of Roman political and social history and ability to compare reoccurring conditions, events and personalities in history 8) Contribution to students’ gaining the ability to do independent and objecting reserch with a critical eye