Latin language and literature

1) Acquisition of the basic skills to read, interpret and translate Latin prose texts and poems into Italian.

2) Acquisition of the critical method on which the linguistic, philological, and literary analysis of Latin texts is based on, offering a definition of the main literary genres and movements.

3) Acquisition of the skills for critical thinking to proceed autonomously to collect, select, and evaluate the information that will be used during the analysis, reading, and interpretation of Latin texts. 

4) Acquisition of the skills to use appropriately subject-specific words and the technical vocabulary.

5) Acquisition of good skills for reading and critical analysis of any Latin texts.

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.

 

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.