According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the
end of the course, will demonstrate:
1) Knowledge and understanding:
The course aims to make students acquire knowledge of
the basic lines of the history of Late Latin literature and the acquisition of
the fundamental structures (phonetic, morphological, syntactic, lexical) of the
Late Latin language.
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
The knowledge acquired in the course will be applied
by the students to the understanding of elementary and more complex texts,
through the reading of some passages in the original, with the aid of a
translation in modern language and the commentary aimed at examining the
literary, exegetical, linguistic, stylistic aspects and sometimes even textual
criticism. In addition, in order to have a better understanding of late ancient
texts and their literary models, students will also be able to deepen the
knowledge of the computer resources to be applied to the analysis of these
sources.
3) Autonomy of judgment:
Students will have to develop independent judgment and
possess analytical and critical skills in the interpretation of the texts and
authors in the program.
4) Communication skills:
Communication skills will be developed with the aim of
a clear and precise exposition of exegetical issues or some simple
critical-textual problems.
5)
Learning skills:
Students will be able to develop the skills of
learning the fundamentals of the late Latin literature and language, which are
necessary for them to undertake subsequent also interdisciplinary studies with
a high degree of autonomy.
A) Principles of late Latin literature (3
ECTS)
- F. Gasti, Profilo storico della
letteratura tardolatina, Pavia, Pavia University Press, 2013, pp.
1-322 or alternatively F. Gasti, La letteratura tardolatina. Un profilo storico
(secoli III-VII d. C.), Roma, Carocci editore, 2020,
pp. 1-288.
B)
Fundamentals of late Latin
language (2 ETCS)
- E. Löfstedt, Il latino tardo.
Aspetti e problemi. Con una nota
e appendice bibliografica di Giovanni Orlandi, Brescia, Paideia
Editrice, 1980, 9-59; 99-254.
C)
Insights with critical readings
(1 ETCS)
During the lessons, texts by authors in prose and
verse belonging to late antiquity will be read, translated and commented. The
texts will be provided by the teacher during the lessons.
Critical readings (at least 3
critical readings should be chosen by the student among the following ones):
1) M. R. Petringa, Le attestazioni del verbo clepto nel latino
tardo e medievale, in «Latin Vulgaire Latin Tardif X», Actes du Xe
colloque international sur le latin vulgaire et tardif (Bergamo, 5-9 septembre
2012), Édités par P. Molinelli, P. Cuzzolin et C. Fedriani, II (Sémantique,
Lexique, Textes et Contextes), Bergamo, University Press, 2014, pp. 615-626.
2) M. R. Petringa, Particolarità lessicali nel poema dell’Heptateuchos, «Commentaria Classica.
Studi di filologia greca e latina» 5, 2018, pp. 57-60.
3) M. R. Petringa, Alcune particolarità linguistiche nell’anonimo poema
dell’Heptateuchos, in A. M. Martín Rodríguez (ed.), Linguisticae
Dissertationes. Current Perspectives on Latin
Grammar, Lexicon and Pragmatics. Selected Papers from
the 20th International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, (Universidad de Las
Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, June 17-21, 2019), Madrid , Ediciones Clásicas, 2021,
pp. 227-234.
4) M. R. Petringa, L’aggettivo
innumerosus nel poema dell’Heptateuchos
(exod. 7), «Commentaria Classica. Studi di filologia greca e
latina» 8, 2021, pp. 215-222.
5) M. R. Petringa, Il vocabolario della medicina in Agostino,
in M. T. Santamaría Hernández (ed.), Estudios
sobre Galeno Latino y sus fuentes, (Colección Escuela de Traductores
de Toledo, 18), Cuenca, Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha,
2021, pp. 41-58.
6) M. R. Petringa, Christi
memor, immemor aevi, La memoria di Cristo
nel carme 15 di Paolino di Nola, in La
memoria. Forme e finalità del ricordare nel cristianesimo antico, XLVIII
Incontro di Studiosi dell’Antichità Cristiana (Institutum Patristicum
Augustinianum, Roma, 5-7 maggio 2022), Firenze, Nerbini International, 2023,
pp. 77-84.
Non-attending students are asked to contact the teacher at least two months before taking the exam to agree on an alternative program.
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.