Introduction
Here are some facts, history and information of what Roman Literature was :
Roman modled their literature after the Greek examples. They studied in Greece or under Greek tutors, many romans fell under the influnece of the Greek literature and style.But the didnt steal the greeks ways,ther added there own literacy ideas and spirit to what the borrowed from the Greeks. So from that they created a distinct literature of their own. Roman Literature expressed the life and history of the Roman people through literature.
Task
You will have to complete the task below
1ST TASK : You would need to make a bibliography on a Roman poet from the list that i will give you. Make sure to include in the bibliography their contributions to the Roman Empire. Also try to include some of the the poets works.
Process
Here are the list of people who you can write about and links to websites that may help you with the essay.......
- Cicero(106-43 BC) http://www.iep.utm.edu/cicero/
- Vigril(70-19 BC) http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/629832/Virgil
- Horace(65-8 BC) http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/horace
- Ovid(40 BC-AD 17) http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/436057/Ovid
- Livy(59 BC-AD 17) http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/344974/Livy
- Juvenal http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/308974/Juvenal
- Tacitus http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/historianstacitus/a/Tacitus.htm
Evaluation
Evalutation:
20points- Must be MLA format
20points-includes alot of information
20points-grammer and puncuations
20points-information is read able and not going into different topic.
20points-creativity
Conclusion
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!..... you have completed this task. You know now a little more about Roman Literature. You know understand how roam poets wrote. And how they expresseed their feelings.
Credits
- http://www.iep.utm.edu/cicero/
- http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/629832/Virgil
- http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/horace
- http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/436057/Ovid
- http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/344974/Livy
- http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/308974/Juvenal
- http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/historianstacitus/a/Tacitus.htm