A) Basics (5 ECTS)
Knowledge of the basics of the
History of Latin Literature, with special regard to the literary movements,
literary genres, and main authors.
Suggested texts (elective/optional):
- G. B. Conte, E. Pianezzola, Letteratura e cultura latina, Milano 2016, in 3 volumi: I. L’età arcaica e repubblicana (pp. 2-42; 92-108;
115-123; 165-166; 170-208; 267-270; 276-283; 338-346; 402-414; 474-487); II. L’età augustea (pp. 2-14; 15-32; 131-152; 226-239;
281-300; 360-368; 417-418); III. L’età
imperiale (pp. 2-15; 17-19; 26-43; 113-123;
146-159; 189-201; 222-225; 228-231; 238-243; 273-279; 300-310; 319-335;
399-402; 415-426). Total number of pages: 362.
- F. Ursini, A. Schiesaro, O. Portuese
(et alii), Tua vivit imago. Letteratura latina per il triennio,
Firenze 2022, in 3 volumi: 1. Età arcaica e
repubblicana (pp. 52-63; 78-89; 94-95, 98-100; 105-107; 120-139;
220-235; 302-317; 338-349; 352-353; 362-378; 456-471; 536-572; 692-707; 770-785);
2. Età augustea (pp. 34-42; 46-76; 214-245; 366-375; 404-414; 436-463; 580-594); 3. Età imperiale (pp. 38-44; 47-48; 54-84;
180-189; 216-230; 292-299; 303-305; 308-310; 315-317; 332-343; 370-382; 414-424;
450-459; 488-506; 598-606; 614-626). Total number of pages: 467.
Reading
of classical texts
- Virgil Aeneid 4, 1-85. Suggested ed.: M. Geymonat,
Roma 20082, pp. 289-294.
- Horace Odes 1, 13; 19; 23. Suggested ed.: F. Klingner, Lipsiae 19593,
pp. 16-17; 23; 26-27.
- Livy Ab Urbe condita libri 1, 11 e 13. Suggested
ed.: R.M. Ogilvie,
Oxonii 1974, pp. 16-18.
- Ovid
Heroides
7. Suggested ed.: H. Dörrie, Berolini-Novae Eboraci 1971, pp. 104-115.
- Apuleius Metamorphoses 8, 8-10. Suggested ed.: R. Helm,
Stutgardiae-Lipsiae 19313, pp. 182-185.
B) Detailed studies (4 CFU)
The language of eros between lyric poetry and elegy:
stylistic changes and rhetoric norms of the literary genre.
- Catullus Poems 5, 7, 51, 87. Suggested ed.: D.F.S. Thomson,
Toronto-Buffalo-London 1997, pp. 102-104; 130; 183.
- Propertius
Elegies 1,18; 2, 3. Suggested
ed.: P. Fedeli, Stutgardiae 1984, pp. 37-39; 52-56.
Prosodic reading of the poetic texts listed in the programme is required.
The following reference is recommended (elective/optional):
- S. Boldrini, La prosodia
e la metrica dei Romani, Torino 1992 (or Roma 2017), pp. 21-81;
109-116; 165-168; 175-179.
- L. Ceccarelli, Prosodia e
metrica latina classica con cenni di metrica greca, Roma 2008, pp. 1-40; 56-57; 62; 68-69; 71; 75-77.
Critical Essays
Knowledge of one of the following studies (elective/optional)
is required:
- A.
La Penna, L’integrazione difficile. Un
profilo di Properzio, Torino 1977, pp. 16-92.
- M.
Labate, L’arte di farsi amare. Modelli
culturali e progetto didascalico nell’elegia ovidiana, Pisa
1984, pp. 12-232.
-
F.D. Kennedy, The arts of love, Cambridge 1993, pp.
1-107.
- L.
Piazzi, Heroidum epistula VII. Dido
Aeneae, Firenze 2007, pp. 13-93.
Please remember that in compliance with art 171
L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or
journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations
concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee
Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione
Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian
Association on Copyright).
All
the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.