Lettere | LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE II

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LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE II

	0312600020
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF6
	HUMANITIES
	2022/2023

CURRICULUM CLASSICS

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
	AUTUMN SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-FIL-LET/04	6	30	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
APPELLO FEBBRAIO ESPOSITO	13/02/2023 - 12:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO FEBBRAIO ESPOSITO	13/02/2023 - 12:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO RISERVATO AI FUORI CORSO	15/05/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
RISERVATO AGLI STUDENTI CON ALMENO 162 C	15/05/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO MAGGIO ESPOSITO	29/05/2023 - 12:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO GIUGNO ESPOSITO	14/06/2023 - 12:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO LUGLIO ESPOSITO	24/07/2023 - 12:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO SETTEMBRE ESPOSITO	22/09/2023 - 12:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO DICEMBRE ESPOSITO	18/12/2023 - 12:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS TO OFFER AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE (SYNTACTIC, METRICAL, SEMANTIC) AND OF LATIN LITERATURE, IN ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, FROM THE 1ST TO THE 4TH CENTURY AFTER CHRIST. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT - KNOW THE REGULATING PRINCIPLES OF LATIN SYNTAX AND THE DEVELOPMENTS IN LATIN LITERATURE POST-AUGUSTAN. - UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF LATIN LITERARY TEXTS (PROSE OR POETRY) AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT DURING THE IMPERIAL AGE; ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: - TRANSLATE LATIN LITERARY TEXTS (POETRY OR PROSE) OF INCREASING COMPLEXITY; - CRITICALLY ANALYSE A LATIN LITERARY TEXT; - ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN LITERATURE IN THE IMPERIAL AGE; - TO INTERPRET CRITICALLY THE LITERARY CIVILISATION OF ANCIENT ROME THROUGH ITS DISTINCTIVE FEATURES, WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THE IMPERIAL AGE. AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO - CONSCIOUSLY EVALUATE A LITERARY TEXT; - EASILY DISCERN ALL THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF A LITERARY TEXT; - SELECT THE PHENOMENA AND SALIENT ASPECTS OF A LITERARY CIVILISATION IN ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CONTEXT. COMMUNICATION SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO - EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN ITALIAN WITH INCREASING AWARENESS; - REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE, BY MEANS OF TEXTS OR VIRTUAL TOOLS, THE RESULTS OF THEIR OWN RESEARCH OR ELABORATIONS. - HOLD CONVERSATIONS ON TOPICS RELATED TO LATIN LITERATURE, USING APPROPRIATE CRITICAL TERMINOLOGY. LEARNING SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO - USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND ALL THE VARIOUS TYPES OF COMPUTER RESOURCES AVAILABLE; - CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX LITERARY TEXTS. - CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.

THE COURSE AIMS TO OFFER AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE (SYNTACTIC, METRICAL, SEMANTIC) AND OF LATIN LITERATURE, IN ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, FROM THE 1ST TO THE 4TH CENTURY AFTER CHRIST.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT
- KNOW THE REGULATING PRINCIPLES OF LATIN SYNTAX AND THE DEVELOPMENTS IN LATIN LITERATURE POST-AUGUSTAN.
- UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF LATIN LITERARY TEXTS (PROSE OR POETRY) AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT DURING THE IMPERIAL AGE;

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- TRANSLATE LATIN LITERARY TEXTS (POETRY OR PROSE) OF INCREASING COMPLEXITY;
- CRITICALLY ANALYSE A LATIN LITERARY TEXT;
- ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN LITERATURE IN THE IMPERIAL AGE;
- TO INTERPRET CRITICALLY THE LITERARY CIVILISATION OF ANCIENT ROME THROUGH ITS DISTINCTIVE FEATURES, WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THE IMPERIAL AGE.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- CONSCIOUSLY EVALUATE A LITERARY TEXT;
- EASILY DISCERN ALL THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF A LITERARY TEXT;
- SELECT THE PHENOMENA AND SALIENT ASPECTS OF A LITERARY CIVILISATION IN ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CONTEXT.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN ITALIAN WITH INCREASING AWARENESS;
- REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE, BY MEANS OF TEXTS OR VIRTUAL TOOLS, THE RESULTS OF THEIR OWN RESEARCH OR ELABORATIONS.
- HOLD CONVERSATIONS ON TOPICS RELATED TO LATIN LITERATURE, USING APPROPRIATE CRITICAL TERMINOLOGY.

LEARNING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND ALL THE VARIOUS TYPES OF COMPUTER RESOURCES AVAILABLE;
- CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX LITERARY TEXTS.
- CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.

	Prerequisites
	ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX; GENERAL NOTIONS OF ROMAN HISTORY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO RELATIVE CHRONOLOGY AND CONTEXTUALISATION OF FACTS AND PERSONALITIES.

	Contents
	1) SYNTHESIS OF THE HISTORY OF LATIN LITERATURE (1ST TO 4TH CENTURY AD), THROUGH AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: (A) SENECA, LUCAN, PERIUS, PETRONIUS; B) QUINTILIAN, PLINY THE ELDER, VALERIUS FLACCUS, SILIUS, STATIUS, MARTIAL; (C) PLINY THE YOUNGER, JUVENAL; D) TACITUS, SVETONIUS, APULEIUS; E) THE FIRST PHASE OF CHRISTIAN LATIN LITERATURE (MINUCIUS FELIX, TERTULLIANUS, LACTANTIUS). F) THE AFFIRMATION OF CHRISTIAN LATIN LITERATURE (AMBROSE, JEROME, AUGUSTINE, PRUDENTIUS). G) THE END OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (CLAUDIAN, MACROBIUS, MARTIAN CAPELLA) 2) IN-DEPTH STUDY, IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, OF PROBLEMS OF PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, PROSODY, METRICS. HINTS ON THE HISTORY OF THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF THE MAIN AUTHORS. 3) READING, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY OF PASSAGES FROM THE FOLLOWING WORKS: LUCAN, PHARSALIA (BELLUM CIVILE); TACITUS, ANNALES.

Contents

1) SYNTHESIS OF THE HISTORY OF LATIN LITERATURE (1ST TO 4TH CENTURY AD), THROUGH AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
(A) SENECA, LUCAN, PERIUS, PETRONIUS;
B) QUINTILIAN, PLINY THE ELDER, VALERIUS FLACCUS, SILIUS, STATIUS, MARTIAL;
(C) PLINY THE YOUNGER, JUVENAL;
D) TACITUS, SVETONIUS, APULEIUS;
E) THE FIRST PHASE OF CHRISTIAN LATIN LITERATURE (MINUCIUS FELIX, TERTULLIANUS, LACTANTIUS).
F) THE AFFIRMATION OF CHRISTIAN LATIN LITERATURE (AMBROSE, JEROME, AUGUSTINE, PRUDENTIUS).
G) THE END OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (CLAUDIAN, MACROBIUS, MARTIAN CAPELLA)
2) IN-DEPTH STUDY, IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, OF PROBLEMS OF PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, PROSODY, METRICS. HINTS ON THE HISTORY OF THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF THE MAIN AUTHORS.
3) READING, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY OF PASSAGES FROM THE FOLLOWING WORKS:
LUCAN, PHARSALIA (BELLUM CIVILE);
TACITUS, ANNALES.

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE CONSISTS OF LESSONS AND LABORATORY EXERCISES.

	Verification of learning
	1) IN ITINERE, THROUGH PERIODICAL 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 IN THE APPROPRIATE CONTEXT INDIVIDUAL WRITERS, ILLUSTRATING THEIR BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND WORKS, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THEIR GENRES, CONTENT AND STYLISTIC FORM; (B) ABILITY TO READ DIRECTLY AND ANALYSE TEXTS, WHOSE CONTENT MUST BE KNOWN AND PROVIDE TRANSLATION AND RHETORICAL AND STYLISTIC COMMENTARY, IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT AN ORGANIC RECONSTRUCTION OF THE AUTHOR'S INTENTIONS. (C) A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN AND THE ABILITY TO RECOGNISE AND ANALYSE ITS FORMS AND STRUCTURES; POSSESSION OF TECHNICAL LANGUAGE AND RIGOROUS METHODOLOGY; COHERENT PRESENTATION.

Verification of learning

1) IN ITINERE, THROUGH PERIODICAL 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 IN THE APPROPRIATE CONTEXT INDIVIDUAL WRITERS, ILLUSTRATING THEIR BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND WORKS, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THEIR GENRES, CONTENT AND STYLISTIC FORM;
(B) ABILITY TO READ DIRECTLY AND ANALYSE TEXTS, WHOSE CONTENT MUST BE KNOWN AND PROVIDE TRANSLATION AND RHETORICAL AND STYLISTIC COMMENTARY, IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT AN ORGANIC RECONSTRUCTION OF THE AUTHOR'S INTENTIONS.
(C) A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN AND THE ABILITY TO RECOGNISE AND ANALYSE ITS FORMS AND STRUCTURES; POSSESSION OF TECHNICAL LANGUAGE AND RIGOROUS METHODOLOGY; COHERENT PRESENTATION.

	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) LUCAN, PHARSALIA O LA GUERRA CIVILE, RUSCONI, SANTARCANGELO DI ROMAGNA, 2022; 2) TACITUS, ANNALS, MONDADORI, MILANO, 2021. 3) S. BARTSCH, R. FREUDENBURG, C. LITTLEWOOD, THE CAMBRIDGE COMANION TO THE AGE OF NERO, CUP, CAMBRIDGE, 2017, PP. 77-176.

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) LUCAN, PHARSALIA O LA GUERRA CIVILE, RUSCONI, SANTARCANGELO DI ROMAGNA, 2022;
2) TACITUS, ANNALS, MONDADORI, MILANO, 2021.
3) S. BARTSCH, R. FREUDENBURG, C. LITTLEWOOD, THE CAMBRIDGE COMANION TO THE AGE OF NERO, CUP, CAMBRIDGE, 2017, PP. 77-176.