Teaching Catullus: Pedagogical and Scholarly Perspectives

“Teaching Catullus: Pedagogical and Scholarly Perspectives”, Ronnie Ancona, Hunter College, City University of New York

The Catullus webinar will address major features of the teaching of Catullus at both the secondary school and college levels, including Advanced Placement. Topics to be covered include: how to teach Catullus across all curricular levels from first year Latin through advanced college level Latin and recent scholarly perspectives on Catullus and how to incorporate them into the classroom. Close reading of a few selected poems of Catullus will be used to demonstrate issues of Catullan vocabulary, style, and theme. (2:00 EDT, June 18)