LATIN CHURCH FATHERS

Catalog description

This course is designed to be the first extended encounter students have with Latin patristic literature. The theme and readings may vary from year to year, but in general this course provides an overview of the major genres of patristic literature—epistles, homilies, treatises, martyrial literature, poetry, exegesis, apologetics —with particular attention to how patristic authors were influenced by classical literature. Prerequisite: LATN 203.