News at Eleven: Fortunatus, a sixth-century poet who lived

in Italy and Gaul, is, according to [Joseph] Pucci, "not a canonical author. He's not on the radar screen" of many people who study Latin authors.

But Allison Kemmerle '11, a student in Pucci's course, described it as a very important class to take "if you want to experience Latin as literature."

Kemmerle, who is also co-president of the Classics Departmental Undergraduate Group, said that she had studied Fortunatus before as part of a survey of Latin literature. "As a Latin student, you get the history," she said.

from The Brown Daily Herald: Classics professor finds niche with obscure poet Fortunatus

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