Patrick J. Burns

Associate Research Scholar, Digital Projects @ Institute for the Study of the Ancient World / NYU | Formerly Culture Cognition, and Coevolution Lab (Harvard) & Quantitative Criticism Lab (UT-Austin) | Fordham PhD, Classics | LatinCy developer

Taught at Fordham University (LATN 1501.1), Fall 2019. This course met 2 times a week in 70-minute blocks.

The aims of this course are to:

Review, complete, and expand on the foundation of Latin grammar acquired in the two introductory courses.
Develop a working knowledge of the core Latin vocabulary (~1000-1500 words).
Build the confidence to read extended, continuous passages of Latin.
Gain exposure to resources—and especially online and/or open-access resources—useful for the study of Latin literature.
Learn the basics of commentary writing, including maintaining vocabulary lists and identifying selections for further explanation of grammar and context, with a focus on collaborative work.

Fabulae faciles: A First Latin Reader, F. Ritchie. http://bit.ly/latn1501-f19-ritchies
De mulieribus claris, G. Boccaccio. http://bit.ly/latn1501-f19-boccaccio
Historiae animalium, C. Gesner. http://bit.ly/latn1501-f19-gesner

Wheelock’s Latin (7th edition), F.M. Wheelock, rev. by R.A. LaFleur
Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, eds. J.B. Greenough, G.L. Kitteredge, A.A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D’Ooge. Dickinson College Commentaries. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/allen-greenough/
A Latin Dictionary, eds. C.T. Lewis and C. Short. Perseus Digital Library. http://bit.ly/latn1501-f19-lewis-short