Lettere | LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE I

cod. 0312600019

LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE I

	0312600019
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF6
	HUMANITIES
	2022/2023

CURRICULUM CLASSICS

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
	FULL ACADEMIC YEAR

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
2	LINGUA E LETTERATURA LATINA I
	L-FIL-LET/04	9	45	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
3	LINGUA E LETTERATURA LATINA I
	L-FIL-LET/04	3	27	EXERCISES	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
APPELLO FEBBRAIO ESPOSITO	13/02/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO MAGGIO ESPOSITO	15/05/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO MAGGIO ESPOSITO	15/05/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO MAGGIO ESPOSITO	29/05/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO GIUGNO ESPOSITO	14/06/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO LUGLIO ESPOSITO	24/07/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO SETTEMBRE ESPOSITO	22/09/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO DICEMBRE ESPOSITO	18/12/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE A BROAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURES OF LATIN (PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX) AND OF LATIN LITERATURE IN ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT.

	Prerequisites
	ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX; GENERAL NOTIONS OF ROMAN HISTORY, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO RELATIVE CHRONOLOGY AND CONTEXTUALISATION OF FACTS AND FIGURES.

	Contents
	1) SYNTHESIS OF THE HISTORY OF LATIN LITERATURE (FROM THE ORIGINS TO THE AUGUSTAN AGE), THROUGH AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: A) ORIGINS OF LATIN LITERATURE; B) PLAUTUS AND TERENCE; C) LIVIUS ANDRONICUS, NAEVIUS, ENNIUS, LUCILIUS; D) CATULLUS, LUCRETIUS, CICERO, SALLUST, CAESAR, VARRO; E) VIRGIL, HORACE; F) CORNELIUS GALLUS, TIBULLUS, PROPERTIUS, OVID; G) LIVY 2) SUMMARY, IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, OF THE ESSENTIAL NOTIONS OF PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, PROSODY, METRICS. OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF THE MAIN AUTHORS. 3) READING, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY OF THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES: CICERO, PRO ARCHIA POETA ORATIO SALLUST, DE CONIURATIONE CATILINAE, CHAPTERS 48-61 VIRGIL, AENEIS, VIII 597-731; X 431-509; XII 887-952 OVIDIUS, HEROIDES, XII (MEDEA IASONI) THE LECTURES SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH: 1) A SUMMARY, IN BROAD OUTLINE (PRINCIPLES OF PHONETICS AND MORPHOLOGY; CASE, VERB, PERIOD SYNTAX), OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE; 2) THE STUDY OF THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF THE MAIN METRES OF LATIN POETRY.

1) SYNTHESIS OF THE HISTORY OF LATIN LITERATURE (FROM THE ORIGINS TO THE AUGUSTAN AGE), THROUGH AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
A) ORIGINS OF LATIN LITERATURE;
B) PLAUTUS AND TERENCE;
C) LIVIUS ANDRONICUS, NAEVIUS, ENNIUS, LUCILIUS;
D) CATULLUS, LUCRETIUS, CICERO, SALLUST, CAESAR, VARRO;
E) VIRGIL, HORACE;
F) CORNELIUS GALLUS, TIBULLUS, PROPERTIUS, OVID;
G) LIVY
2) SUMMARY, IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, OF THE ESSENTIAL NOTIONS OF PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, PROSODY, METRICS. OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF THE MAIN AUTHORS.
3) READING, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY OF THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES:
CICERO, PRO ARCHIA POETA ORATIO
SALLUST, DE CONIURATIONE CATILINAE, CHAPTERS 48-61
VIRGIL, AENEIS, VIII 597-731; X 431-509; XII 887-952
OVIDIUS, HEROIDES, XII (MEDEA IASONI)
THE LECTURES SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH:
1) A SUMMARY, IN BROAD OUTLINE (PRINCIPLES OF PHONETICS AND MORPHOLOGY; CASE, VERB, PERIOD SYNTAX), OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE;
2) THE STUDY OF THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF THE MAIN METRES OF LATIN POETRY.

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE CONSISTS OF LESSONS AND LABORATORY EXERCISES.

	Verification of learning
	VERIFICATION OF LEARNING 1) IN ITINERE, THROUGH PERIODIC LABORATORY ACTIVITIES; 2) FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION, CONDUCTED THROUGH THE EVALUATION OF: (A) KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN LITERARY HISTORY, AND IN PARTICULAR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND PLACE INDIVIDUAL WRITERS IN THE APPROPRIATE CONTEXT, ILLUSTRATING THEIR BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND WORKS, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THEIR GENRES, CONTENT AND STYLISTIC FORM; (B) ABILITY TO READ DIRECTLY AND ANALYSE THE TEXTS, OF WHICH THE CONTENT MUST BE KNOWN AND PROVIDE TRANSLATION AND BASIC RHETORICAL AND LINGUISTIC COMMENTARY, UP TO THE ORGANIC EXPOSITION OF THE AUTHOR'S INTENTIONS. (C) KNOWLEDGE OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE AND ABILITY TO RECOGNISE AND ANALYSE ITS FORMS AND STRUCTURES; POSSESSION OF TECHNICAL LANGUAGE AND RIGOROUS METHODOLOGY; COHERENT EXPOSITION.

Verification of learning

VERIFICATION OF LEARNING
1) IN ITINERE, THROUGH PERIODIC LABORATORY ACTIVITIES;
2) FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION, CONDUCTED THROUGH THE EVALUATION OF:
(A) KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN LITERARY HISTORY, AND IN PARTICULAR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND PLACE INDIVIDUAL WRITERS IN THE APPROPRIATE CONTEXT, ILLUSTRATING THEIR BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND WORKS, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THEIR GENRES, CONTENT AND STYLISTIC FORM;
(B) ABILITY TO READ DIRECTLY AND ANALYSE THE TEXTS, OF WHICH THE CONTENT MUST BE KNOWN AND PROVIDE TRANSLATION AND BASIC RHETORICAL AND LINGUISTIC COMMENTARY, UP TO THE ORGANIC EXPOSITION OF THE AUTHOR'S INTENTIONS.
(C) KNOWLEDGE OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE AND ABILITY TO RECOGNISE AND ANALYSE ITS FORMS AND STRUCTURES; POSSESSION OF TECHNICAL LANGUAGE AND RIGOROUS METHODOLOGY; COHERENT EXPOSITION.

	Texts
	1) A LATIN GRAMMAR (L. GRAVERINI-M FUCECCHI, LINGUA LATINA, FLORENCE, LE MONNIER 2009); A. TRAINA, G. BERNARDI PERINI (EDITED BY C. MARANGONI), PROPEDEUTICA AL LATINO UNIVERSITARIO, SIXTH REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, BOLOGNA, PÀTRON, 2007; A HANDBOOK OF LITERARY HISTORY (WE RECOMMEND A. CAVARZERE, A. DE VIVO, P. MASTANDREA, LETTERATURA LATINA. UNA SINTESI STORICA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2015); A HANDBOOK OF LATIN METRICS (WE RECOMMEND S. BOLDRINI, FONDAMENTI DI PROSODIA E METRICA LATINA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2004). OTHER RECOMMENDED TEXTS 1) CICERO, IL POETA ARCHIA, RIZZOLI, MILANO, 1992 2) SALLUST, LA CONGIURA DI CATILINA, GARZANTI, MILANO 3) VIRGIL, ENEIDE, MONDADORI, MILANO, 2017 4) OVID, HEROIDES, MONDADORI, MILANO, 1994.

Texts

1) A LATIN GRAMMAR (L. GRAVERINI-M FUCECCHI, LINGUA LATINA, FLORENCE, LE MONNIER 2009); A. TRAINA, G. BERNARDI PERINI (EDITED BY C. MARANGONI), PROPEDEUTICA AL LATINO UNIVERSITARIO, SIXTH REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, BOLOGNA, PÀTRON, 2007; A HANDBOOK OF LITERARY HISTORY (WE RECOMMEND A. CAVARZERE, A. DE VIVO, P. MASTANDREA, LETTERATURA LATINA. UNA SINTESI STORICA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2015); A HANDBOOK OF LATIN METRICS (WE RECOMMEND S. BOLDRINI, FONDAMENTI DI PROSODIA E METRICA LATINA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2004).
OTHER RECOMMENDED TEXTS
1) CICERO, IL POETA ARCHIA, RIZZOLI, MILANO, 1992
2) SALLUST, LA CONGIURA DI CATILINA, GARZANTI, MILANO
3) VIRGIL, ENEIDE, MONDADORI, MILANO, 2017
4) OVID, HEROIDES, MONDADORI, MILANO, 1994.