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Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
LATIN LITERATURE: SILVER AGE (PROSE) LAT406 8. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 3.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Lecture
Course Coordinator
Instructors
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Goals the purpose of this course is to teach the sentences the students the kinds of prose, authors, their works and characteristics in Silver Age of the Latin Literature
Course Content The kinds of prose, authors and their works in the Silver Age of the Latin Literature
Learning Outcomes 1) Contribution of students to learning Latin through comparison with Turkish and a language derived from Latin
2) Contribution to students' improving their knowledge of Latin and increasing their translation skills from Latin to Turkish and from Turkish to Latin.
3) Its contribution to students' ability to increase their vocabulary and knowledge of the etymology of Latin words and to obtain basic information to learn a western language derived from Latin.
4) Contribution of students to their knowledge of Greek and Latin Literature and their ability to see and evaluate its continuation in the written literary tradition of Europe.
5) Contribution to students' knowledge of Roman civilization and their ability to see it as an important source of European civilization.
6) Its contribution to students' ability to see and evaluate the humanistic thought structure of the Classical period and its importance as a source of common European culture.
7) Contribution of students to the knowledge of Roman political and social history and the ability to compare the renewed conditions, events and personalities of history
8) Contribution to students' ability to conduct research independently, impartially and critically.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Historygraphy in the Silver Age Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week Velleius Paterculus; his work, his models and his sources; literary technique;language and style Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week Valerius Maximus; his work, his models and his sources; literary technique;language and style Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week Curtius Rufus; his work, literary technique;language and style Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week Tacitus and his works; its dates Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week Tacitus’ models and sources Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week In the Silver Age epistolography: Plinius the younger and epistulae Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week Novel in the Silver Age: Greek and Roman novel; Petronius and his work Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week In the early Empire writers of medicine: Celsus, Scribonius; writers of agriculture: Columella Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
10. Week Pomponius Mela as a writer of geography; Asconius Pedianus as a writer of philology; other writers of different subjects Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week In the Silver Age declamatio, suasoria and controversia which take the place of rhetoric Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week Seneca the elder, his works, sources, language and literary technic Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week Quintilianus and and his work Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week Plinius the Elder and his work Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning
Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
A History of Latin Literature, Michael Von Albrecth
Latin Literature, Gian Bagio Conte
Oxford, Classical Dictionary

Assessment
Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques
midterm and final exams
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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*DK = Course's Contrubution.
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
. 2 2
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 2 28
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 2 4
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 2 6
1 1
Dönem Sonu Sınavı (DSS) 1 1
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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