Lettere | LATIN LITERATURE

cod. 0312600028

LATIN LITERATURE

	0312600028
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES

	ARTS
	2013/2014

CURRICULUM LETTERE CLASSICHE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-FIL-LET/04	12	60	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ACQUISITION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL LINES OF DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN LITERATURE AND ISSUES RELATED TO INDIVIDUAL WRITERS AND THEIR WORKS. ABILITY TO READ, CONTEXTUALIZE, INTERPRET, ON A LINGUISTIC-PHILOLOGICAL-LITERARY, UNDERSTAND AND TRANSLATE THE LATIN LITERARY SOURCES. ACQUISITION OF SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE IN ITS MORPHOLOGICAL, SYNTACTIC AND STYLISTIC. ACQUISITION OF SCIENTIFIC FUNDAMENTALS OF LATIN PROSODY AND METRICS. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE ABILITY TO SELF-READING, CONTEXTUALIZATION, INTERPRETATION, TRANSLATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF LATIN LITERARY SOURCES. ABILITY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR READING AND ANALYSIS OF TEXTS BELONGING TO OTHER TIMES AND OTHER HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL REALITIES. MAKING JUDGMENTS: THE FORMATION OF A CAPACITY FOR CRITICAL EVALUATION OF TEXTS AND PROBLEMS OF LATIN LITERATURE THAT IS INDEPENDENT AND BASED ON SCIENTIFIC PARAMETERS. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE CONTENT, DATA AND RESULTS IN A RIGOROUS, MAKING USE OF A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. ABILITY OF THE STUDENT IN CRITICAL THINKING CONSISTENCY AND CLARITY. LEARNING SKILLS: ABILITY TO ACQUIRE A CORRECT METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY ALSO IN VIEW OF A SELF-LEARNING.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ACQUISITION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL
LINES OF DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN LITERATURE AND ISSUES RELATED TO INDIVIDUAL WRITERS AND THEIR
WORKS. ABILITY TO READ, CONTEXTUALIZE, INTERPRET, ON A LINGUISTIC-PHILOLOGICAL-LITERARY,
UNDERSTAND AND TRANSLATE THE LATIN LITERARY SOURCES. ACQUISITION OF SCIENTIFIC COMPETENCE OF THE
LATIN LANGUAGE IN ITS MORPHOLOGICAL, SYNTACTIC AND STYLISTIC. ACQUISITION OF SCIENTIFIC
FUNDAMENTALS OF LATIN PROSODY AND METRICS.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE ABILITY TO SELF-READING,
CONTEXTUALIZATION, INTERPRETATION, TRANSLATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF LATIN LITERARY SOURCES.
ABILITY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR READING AND ANALYSIS OF TEXTS
BELONGING TO OTHER TIMES AND OTHER HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL REALITIES.
MAKING JUDGMENTS: THE FORMATION OF A CAPACITY FOR CRITICAL EVALUATION OF TEXTS AND PROBLEMS
OF LATIN LITERATURE THAT IS INDEPENDENT AND BASED ON SCIENTIFIC PARAMETERS.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE CONTENT, DATA AND RESULTS IN A RIGOROUS,
MAKING USE OF A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. ABILITY OF THE STUDENT IN CRITICAL THINKING
CONSISTENCY AND CLARITY.
LEARNING SKILLS: ABILITY TO ACQUIRE A CORRECT METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY ALSO
IN VIEW OF A SELF-LEARNING.

	Prerequisites
	ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE OF PROSODY, MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX OF LATIN, GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF ROMAN HISTORY.

	Contents
	1) THE SCIENTIFIC AND CRITICAL TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF LITERATURE AND LATIN. HISTORY OF LATIN LITERATURE TO LITERARY GENRES, ISSUES, THEMES, AND GENERAL PROBLEMS. DEPTH, IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE CONCEPTS OF PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, PROSODY, METRIC. HINTS TO THE PROBLEM OF THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF THE LEAD AUTHORS. 2) CICERO 3) VIRGIL 4) TACITUS THE LESSONS WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH: A) THE STUDY OF AN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS OF THE HISTORY OF LATIN LITERATURE, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO PAINTINGS OF HISTORICAL REFERENCE OF VARIOUS AGES, LITERARY GENRES AND ARTISTS OF MOST IMPORTANT (PLAUTUS, ENNIUS, TERENCE, CATULLUS, LUCRETIUS, CICERO, CAESAR, SALLUST, VIRGIL, HORACE, TIBULLUS, PROPERTIUS, OVID, LIVY, SENECA, LUCAN, PETRONIUS, PERSIUS, JUVENAL, STATIUS, MARTIAL, TACITUS, APULEIUS, AUGUSTINE); B) STUDY, FOR MAIN TOPICS (PRINCIPLES OF PHONETICS AND MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX CASES, THE VERB, THE PERIOD), OF A MANUAL OF LATIN; C) THE STUDY OF THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS HEXAMETER, THE ELEGIAC COUPLET, OF IAMBIC METERS, METERS OF CATULLUS AND HORACE; D) THE STUDY OF AN AUTHOR AND A LITERARY GENRE THROUGH THE STUDY OF A SHORT MONOGRAPH.

Contents

1) THE SCIENTIFIC AND CRITICAL TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF LITERATURE AND LATIN.
HISTORY OF LATIN LITERATURE TO LITERARY GENRES, ISSUES, THEMES, AND GENERAL PROBLEMS.
DEPTH, IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE CONCEPTS OF PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, PROSODY,
METRIC. HINTS TO THE PROBLEM OF THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF THE LEAD AUTHORS.
2) CICERO
3) VIRGIL
4) TACITUS
THE LESSONS WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH:
A) THE STUDY OF AN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS OF THE HISTORY OF LATIN LITERATURE, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO
PAINTINGS OF HISTORICAL REFERENCE OF VARIOUS AGES, LITERARY GENRES AND ARTISTS OF
MOST IMPORTANT (PLAUTUS, ENNIUS, TERENCE, CATULLUS, LUCRETIUS, CICERO, CAESAR, SALLUST, VIRGIL,
HORACE, TIBULLUS, PROPERTIUS, OVID, LIVY, SENECA, LUCAN, PETRONIUS, PERSIUS, JUVENAL, STATIUS,
MARTIAL, TACITUS, APULEIUS, AUGUSTINE);
B) STUDY, FOR MAIN TOPICS (PRINCIPLES OF PHONETICS AND MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX CASES, THE VERB, THE PERIOD), OF A MANUAL OF LATIN;
C) THE STUDY OF THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS HEXAMETER, THE ELEGIAC COUPLET, OF IAMBIC METERS, METERS OF CATULLUS AND HORACE;
D) THE STUDY OF AN AUTHOR AND A LITERARY GENRE THROUGH THE STUDY OF A SHORT MONOGRAPH.

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE CONSISTS LESSONS ALTERNATING THE GENERAL TOPIC OF LITERARY HISTORY AND LESSONS, WHICH FOCUS ON THE CLASSICS, THEY INCLUDE READING, TRANSLATION AND EXEGESIS LINGUISTIC, STYLISTIC, PROSODIC-METRIC AND PHILOLOGICAL-LITERARY.

	Verification of learning
	SYSTEMATIC CONTROL OF LEARNING, LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY, THROUGH THE INVOLVEMENT 'ACTIVE' OF STUDENTS. FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION, ADDRESSED TO ESTABLISH: THE LEVEL OF SCIENTIFIC SKILLS IN ORDER TO LATIN LANGUAGE, TO LATIN LITERATURE AND IN THE ANALYSIS OF TEXTS; THE POSSESSION OF AN "TECHNICAL" LANGUAGE AS WELL AS OF A RIGOROUS METHODOLOGY, ALSO APPLICABLE IN OTHER DISCIPLINES,CONSISTENCY AND CLARITY OF EXPOSURE.

Verification of learning

SYSTEMATIC CONTROL OF LEARNING, LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY, THROUGH THE INVOLVEMENT 'ACTIVE' OF STUDENTS. FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION, ADDRESSED TO ESTABLISH: THE LEVEL OF SCIENTIFIC SKILLS IN ORDER TO LATIN LANGUAGE, TO LATIN LITERATURE AND IN THE ANALYSIS OF TEXTS; THE POSSESSION OF AN "TECHNICAL" LANGUAGE AS WELL AS OF A RIGOROUS METHODOLOGY, ALSO APPLICABLE IN OTHER DISCIPLINES,CONSISTENCY AND CLARITY OF EXPOSURE.

	Texts
	1) A LATIN GRAMMAR (WE RECOMMEND G. DANESI MARIONI, GUIDA ALLA LINGUA LATINA, ROMA, CAROCCI 2007 AND THE CONSULTATION OF F. CUPAIUOLO, PROBLEMI DI LINGUA LATINA, NAPOLI, LOFFREDO 1991); A MANUAL OF LITERARY HISTORY, WITH ANTHOLOGY, IN USE IN HIGH SCHOOLS; A MANUAL OF LATIN METRICS (EG, S. BOLDRINI, LA PROSODIA E LA METRICA DEI ROMANI, ROMA, CAROCCI 1992). 2) CICERO, PRO CAELIO, 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 48; 49; 50. WE RECOMMEND: CICERONE, IN DIFESA DI MARCO CELIO, A CURA DI A. CAVARZERE, MARSILIO, VENEZIA 1996. THE STUDENT WILL INTEGRATE THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM WITH THE STUDY OF THE FOLLOWING PIECES: CATULLUS, CARMI, 1; 4; 8; 30; 83; 85; 92; 101; 109; SALLUSTIUS, CONIURATIO CATILINAE, 1; 2; 3; 5; 25; 60; 61. 3)VIRGIL, AENEIS, II 671-794 (FREE EDITION). THE STUDENT WILL INTEGRATE THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM WITH THE STUDY OF THE FOLLOWING PIECES: HORACE, ODI, I 9; 22; 23; II 4; 10; III 15; 23; 30. LIVY, AB URBE CONDITA, III 44-48. 4) TACITUS, AGRICOLA, 3; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45 (FREE EDITION). THE STUDENT WILL INTEGRATE THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM WITH THE STUDY OF THE FOLLOWING PIECES: SENECA, EPISTULAE AD LUCILIUM, 84; JUVENAL, SATIRA VI, 434-473. CRITICAL READINGS (ONE CHOICE): A. LA PENNA, ASPETTI DEL PENSIERO STORICO LATINO, PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA EINAUDI, TORINO 1978; A. PERUTELLI, LA POESIA EPICA LATINA, ROMA, CAROCCI 2000; E. NARDUCCI, INTRODUZIONE A CICERONE, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA 2005; K. FREUDENBURG - A. CUCCHIARELLI - A. BARCHIESI, MUSA PEDESTRE. STORIA E INTERPRETAZIONE DELLA SATIRA IN ROMA ANTICA, ROMA, CAROCCI 2007.

Texts

1) A LATIN GRAMMAR (WE RECOMMEND G. DANESI MARIONI, GUIDA ALLA LINGUA LATINA, ROMA, CAROCCI 2007 AND THE CONSULTATION OF F. CUPAIUOLO, PROBLEMI DI LINGUA LATINA, NAPOLI, LOFFREDO 1991); A MANUAL OF LITERARY HISTORY, WITH ANTHOLOGY, IN USE IN HIGH SCHOOLS; A MANUAL OF LATIN METRICS (EG, S. BOLDRINI, LA PROSODIA E LA METRICA DEI ROMANI, ROMA, CAROCCI 1992).
2) CICERO, PRO CAELIO, 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 48; 49; 50. WE RECOMMEND: CICERONE, IN DIFESA DI MARCO CELIO, A CURA DI A. CAVARZERE, MARSILIO, VENEZIA 1996.
THE STUDENT WILL INTEGRATE THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM WITH THE STUDY OF THE FOLLOWING PIECES: CATULLUS, CARMI, 1; 4; 8; 30; 83; 85; 92; 101; 109; SALLUSTIUS, CONIURATIO CATILINAE, 1; 2; 3; 5; 25; 60; 61.
3)VIRGIL, AENEIS, II 671-794 (FREE EDITION).
THE STUDENT WILL INTEGRATE THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM WITH THE STUDY OF THE FOLLOWING PIECES: HORACE, ODI, I 9; 22; 23; II 4; 10; III 15; 23; 30. LIVY, AB URBE CONDITA, III 44-48.
4) TACITUS, AGRICOLA, 3; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45 (FREE EDITION).
THE STUDENT WILL INTEGRATE THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM WITH THE STUDY OF THE FOLLOWING PIECES: SENECA, EPISTULAE AD LUCILIUM, 84; JUVENAL, SATIRA VI, 434-473.

CRITICAL READINGS (ONE CHOICE):

A. LA PENNA, ASPETTI DEL PENSIERO STORICO LATINO, PICCOLA BIBLIOTECA EINAUDI, TORINO 1978;
A. PERUTELLI, LA POESIA EPICA LATINA, ROMA, CAROCCI 2000;
E. NARDUCCI, INTRODUZIONE A CICERONE, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA 2005;
K. FREUDENBURG - A. CUCCHIARELLI - A. BARCHIESI, MUSA PEDESTRE. STORIA E INTERPRETAZIONE DELLA SATIRA IN ROMA ANTICA, ROMA, CAROCCI 2007.