Writing Latin

Education facts

Code: LAT208

The overall aim of the course is to develop your ability to produce your own written text in Latin with grammatical and stylistic awareness. This is done through the following three course activities:<br> 1) Linguistic and stylistic analysis of various forms of original Latin text, both prose and poetry, with regard to syntax, semantics, style, word and sentence order, metrics, etc.<br> 2) In-depth study of aspects of grammar, semantics and stylistics particularly relevant to Latin writing with the help of central standard works, handbooks, etc.<br> 3) Practice in producing your own Latin text (prose and/or poetry) in linguistically correct and stylistically consistent Latin.

Entry requirements

För tillträde till kursen krävs 90 högskolepoäng i latin eller motsvarande utbildning.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Writing Latin

  University of Gothenburg

  Start date: 1 September 2025

  End date: 18 January 2026

  Pace of study: 25 %