Overall analysis of the Latin literature, with an examination of a
specific literary field, through the reading and the translation as well as the
philological, historical, and linguistic description of selected prose texts and
poems, with prosodic and metric analysis of the poetic language. In particular,
the course will focus on the
rhetorical coding of the concept of ekphrasis, with
an in-depth study of its poetic forms in various literary genres.
A) Basics (5 ECTS)
Basic
knowledge of the
History of Latin Literature is required, with special regard to the literary movements,
literary genres, and main authors. Students can be use one of the following texts,
already adopted in the course of Latin language and literature for Bachelor's
Degree in Letters:
- 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:
- Catullus poem 64, 50-266. Suggested ed.: D. F. S.
Thomson, Toronto 19982 ;
- Virgil Aeneid
1, 453-493. Suggested ed.: M.
Geymonat, Roma 2008;
- Horace ars 347-418. Suggested ed.: D.R. Shackleton
Bailey, Stutgardiae 1991;
- Quintilian Institutio
oratoria 6, 2, 29-33. Suggested ed.: L. Radermacher, II, Lipsiae 1965.
B) Detailed
Studies (4 ECTS)
The evolution of the concept of ekphrasis: the multiplicity of rhetorical forms and functions.
- Ovid Metamorphoses 3, 339-510. Suggested ed.: R.J.
Tarrant, Oxonii 2004;
- Seneca Agamemnon 460-525.
Suggested
ed.: R.J. Tarrant, Cambridge 1976;
- Statius Thebaid 6, 531-549. Suggested ed.: A. Klotz-Th. C. Klinnert, Leipzig 1973;
- Apuleius Metamorphoses 4, 28-35; 5, 1. Suggested ed.: R.Helm,
Leipzig 1992.
·
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; 109-114; 122-124.
-
L. Ceccarelli, Prosodia e metrica latina classica con cenni
di metrica greca, Roma 2008, pp. 1-36;
40-41.
• For an overall study of the history of the Latin language, the following book
is highly recommended:
- F. Berardi, Le
vie del latino. Storia della lingua latina con elementi di grammatica storica,
seconda edizione riveduta e aggiornata, Galatina 2022, pp. 11-189.
Critical Essays
Knowledge
of one of the following studies is required:
-
Manieri, L’immagine poetica
nella teoria degli antichi: phantasia ed enargeia, Pisa 1998, pp.
1-154;
-
Ch. Segal, Ovidio e la
poesia del mito. Saggi sulle
Metamorfosi, Venezia 1991, pp. 5-100;
- A. Solbach, Evidentia und Erzähltheorie: die Rhetorik
anschaulichen Erzählens in der Frühmoderne und ihre antiken Quellen,
München 1994, pp. 1-167.
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.
