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Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Students advance their knowledge in Latin morphology and syntax. They have a command of the rules of Latin grammar and are able independently decline and conjugate and translate individual sentences from German into Latin. The know basic metalinguistic terms for describing grammatical phenomena and can apply them correctly for text analysis. Moreover, they reinforce and expand their vocabulary.

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Students improve their translation skills. They widen their repertoire of interpreting strategies and can apply them adequately. They are able to interpret longer text sections and to translate them into German. They revise and reinforce their knowledge of Latin and Greek grammar and develop suitable translation possibilities for complex grammatical structures. By translating they improve their skills to express themselves in German and improve their Latin and Greek vocabulary.

Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of compulsory module 4

Learning Outcome: Students are able to analyse antique metres, recite them und related them to specific literary genres. They understand a wide spectrum of figures of speech and are able to recognise them and understand their function in a text. They are able to use their metrical and stylistic competences for interpreting antique texts. They gain an in-depth insight into a selected piece of literary work, in a specific topic or a specific genre and expand their translation and interpretation skills. In addition, students advance their competences in the field of scientific working gained in compulsory module 1 and are able to use them for text interpretation. They are able to interpret selected text passages by using specified secondary literature and to present their results in a lecture and a written paper in a clear and precise fashion.

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Students have a systematic overview of Greek literature and have a basic knowledge of Greek culture and history. They are familiar with the most important authors and their works and are able to place them in relation to their historic and cultural context. They have fundamental knowledge of the individual epochs in literary history, their qualities and aesthetic concepts. They are familiar with the most important characteristics of the literary genres and are able to place texts in their resp. genre. They develop an awareness for reception processes and their importance for the emergence of literary works.

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Students have a systematic overview of Roman literature and have a basic knowledge of Roman culture and history. They are familiar with the most important authors and their works and are able to place them in relation to their historic and cultural context. In particular students deal in-depth with how Greek writings are reacted to Roman literature. They have fundamental knowledge of the individual epochs in literary history, their qualities and aesthetic concepts. They are familiar with the most important characteristics of the literary genres and are able to place texts in their resp. genre. They develop an awareness for reception processes and their importance for the emergence of literary works.

Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of elective module 8

Learning Outcome: Students consolidate the competences acquired in elective module 8 and improve their style awareness in the field of classic Latin: They consolidate and expand their repertoire in grammar and are able to translate longer sentences from Latin into German. They are able to translate simple sentences from German into Latin and reconstruct grammatical phenomena. They als consolidate and expand their vocabulary.

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Based on their translation skills, students also develop the competence to read Latin texts. They study in-depth strategies useful for interpreting texts to reach a global understanding. They are able to read long passages of Latin works and to translate their contents. In doing so they get an insight into several important Latin texts and can relate them to their knowledge in literary history. At the same time, they consolidate their skills for metrically analysing antique poetry and advanced their vocabulary.