Filologia, Letterature e Storia dell'Antichità | HISTORY OF LATIN

cod. 0322200051

HISTORY OF LATIN

	0322200051
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF7
	ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
	2018/2019

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-FIL-LET/04	9	45	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASICS OF LATIN LINGUISTICS AND THE ROMAN LITERARY SYSTEM, ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE MAIN ELEMENTS AT WORK IN THE LATIN LANGUAGE. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ABILITY TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED IN THE FIELD OF LATIN LINGUISTICS TO THE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF REPUBLICAN ANT IMPERIAL TEXTS AND TO UNDERSTAND, ALSO BY PHILOLOGICAL AND LITERARY ANALYSIS, THE MAIN PROBLEMS POSED BY LATIN LITERATURE.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASICS OF LATIN LINGUISTICS AND THE ROMAN LITERARY SYSTEM, ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE MAIN ELEMENTS AT WORK IN THE LATIN LANGUAGE.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ABILITY TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED IN THE FIELD OF LATIN LINGUISTICS TO THE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF REPUBLICAN ANT IMPERIAL TEXTS AND TO UNDERSTAND, ALSO BY PHILOLOGICAL AND LITERARY ANALYSIS, THE MAIN PROBLEMS POSED BY LATIN LITERATURE.

	Prerequisites
	STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE A GOOD COMMAND OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. ACCORDINGLY, IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE THAT STUDENTS WHO ENROLL IN THE COURSE HAVE PREVIOUSLY PASSED, RESPECTIVELY, ONE EXAMINATION IN LATIN LITERATURE AND ONE EXAMINATION IN THE LATIN LANGUAGE WITHIN THE BA DEGREE PROGRAM. STUDENTS WHO DO NOT MEET SUCH REQUIREMENTS ARE NONETHELESS EXPECTED TO HAVE A GOOD COMMAND OF LATIN LITERATURE IN ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE INTO ITALIAN ANY LATIN TEXT BY A CLASSICAL AUTHOR.

Prerequisites

STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE A GOOD COMMAND OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. ACCORDINGLY, IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE THAT STUDENTS WHO ENROLL IN THE COURSE HAVE PREVIOUSLY PASSED, RESPECTIVELY, ONE EXAMINATION IN LATIN LITERATURE AND ONE EXAMINATION IN THE LATIN LANGUAGE WITHIN THE BA DEGREE PROGRAM. STUDENTS WHO DO NOT MEET SUCH REQUIREMENTS ARE NONETHELESS EXPECTED TO HAVE A GOOD COMMAND OF LATIN LITERATURE IN ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE INTO ITALIAN ANY LATIN TEXT BY A CLASSICAL AUTHOR.

	Contents
	THE LANGUAGE OF PLAUTUS, CATULLUS AND PETRONIUS. TEXTS: PLAUTUS, AMPHITRUO LUCRETIUS (ANTHOLOGY) PETRONIUS, SATYRICON 30-71

	Teaching Methods
	STUDENTS WILL ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE COURSE, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND IN SMALL GROUPS, BY ANALYSING A NUMBER OF TEXTS AS WELL AS BY EXPANDING ON TOPICS TO BE CHOSEN IN CONSULTATION WITH THE INSTRUCTOR. STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS AND, MORE GENERALLY, TO EMBARK ON SMALL RESEARCH PROJECTS ON THE TEXT OF LUCRETIUS OR PETRONIUS THAT WILL POSITIVELY AFFECT THE FINAL GRADE.

	Verification of learning
	THE FINAL EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF AN ORAL INTERVIEW OF EACH STUDENT TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE INSTRUCTOR, WHO WILL ASSESS THE STUDENT’S PROFICIENCY BOTH IN THE TOPICS THAT WERE DEALT WITH IN CLASS AND IN THE INDIVIDUAL PAPERS.

	Texts
	- (6 CFU) A) YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF THREE BOOKS: 1) F. STOLZ, A. DEBRUNNER, W. P. SCHMID, STORIA DELLA LINGUA LATINA, IV ED. RIVEDUTA E AGGIORNATA A CURA DI E. VINEIS, BOLOGNA 1993, PP. 13-128. 2) L. R. PALMER, LA LINGUA LATINA, TORINO 1977 (TRAD. ITALIANA DI THE LATIN LANGUAGE, LONDON 1961), 1-253. 3) P. POCCETTI, D. POLI, C. SANTINI, UNA STORIA DELLA LINGUA LATINA. FORMAZIONE, USI COMUNICAZIONE, ROMA 1999, PP. 9-235. B) POETRY HANDBOOK (ONE AT CHOICE): 1) S. BOLDRINI, LA PROSODIA E LA METRICA DEI ROMANI, ROMA 1992; 2) ID., FONDAMENTI DI PROSODIA E METRICA LATINA, ROMA 2004; 3) L. CECCARELLI, PROSODIA E METRICA LATINA CLASSICA CON CENNI DI METRICA GRECA, (II ED.) ROMA 2004; 4) C. QUESTA, LA METRICA DI PLAUTO E TERENZIO, URBINO 2007 C) PLAUTUS: TEXTS AND COMMENTARIES: 1) PLAUTUS: CRITICAL TEXT: T. MACCI PLAUTI, COMOEDIAE, RECOGNOVIT BREVIQUE ADNOTATIONE CRITICA INSTRUXIT W. M. LINDSAY, OXFORD 1904. 2) 3) PLAUTUS, MENAECHMI, EDITED BY A. S: GRATWICK, CAMBRIDGE1993. . 4 )TRANSLATIONS: - TITO MACCIO PLAUTO, I MENECMI, INTRODUZIONE DI C. QUESTA, TRAD. DI M. SCANDOLA, MILANO 1984. D) (9 CFU): (1) LUCRETIUS, ANTHOLOGY. 2) PETRONIO, SATYRICON, CAPP. 30-71: GARETH SCHMELING, A COMMENTARY ON THE SATYRICA OF PETRONIUS. OXFORD; NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2011. 3) PETRONIO, SATYRICON, INTRODUZIONE, TRADUZIONE E NOTE DI A. ARAGOSTI, MILANO 1995

Texts

- (6 CFU)
A) YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF THREE BOOKS:
1) F. STOLZ, A. DEBRUNNER, W. P. SCHMID, STORIA DELLA LINGUA LATINA, IV ED. RIVEDUTA E AGGIORNATA A CURA DI E. VINEIS, BOLOGNA 1993, PP. 13-128.
2) L. R. PALMER, LA LINGUA LATINA, TORINO 1977 (TRAD. ITALIANA DI THE LATIN LANGUAGE, LONDON 1961), 1-253.
3) P. POCCETTI, D. POLI, C. SANTINI, UNA STORIA DELLA LINGUA LATINA. FORMAZIONE, USI COMUNICAZIONE, ROMA 1999, PP. 9-235.

B) POETRY HANDBOOK (ONE AT CHOICE):
1) S. BOLDRINI, LA PROSODIA E LA METRICA DEI ROMANI, ROMA 1992;
2) ID., FONDAMENTI DI PROSODIA E METRICA LATINA, ROMA 2004;
3) L. CECCARELLI, PROSODIA E METRICA LATINA CLASSICA CON CENNI DI METRICA GRECA, (II ED.) ROMA 2004;
4) C. QUESTA, LA METRICA DI PLAUTO E TERENZIO, URBINO 2007

C) PLAUTUS: TEXTS AND COMMENTARIES:
1) PLAUTUS: CRITICAL TEXT: T. MACCI PLAUTI, COMOEDIAE, RECOGNOVIT BREVIQUE ADNOTATIONE CRITICA INSTRUXIT W. M. LINDSAY, OXFORD 1904.
2)
3) PLAUTUS, MENAECHMI, EDITED BY A. S: GRATWICK, CAMBRIDGE1993. .
4 )TRANSLATIONS:
- TITO MACCIO PLAUTO, I MENECMI, INTRODUZIONE DI C. QUESTA, TRAD. DI M. SCANDOLA, MILANO 1984.

D) (9 CFU):
(1) LUCRETIUS, ANTHOLOGY.
2) PETRONIO, SATYRICON, CAPP. 30-71:
GARETH SCHMELING, A COMMENTARY ON THE SATYRICA OF PETRONIUS. OXFORD; NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2011.
3) PETRONIO, SATYRICON, INTRODUZIONE, TRADUZIONE E NOTE DI A. ARAGOSTI, MILANO 1995