THE COURSE IS AIMED TO GIVE A COMPETENT AND UP-TO-DATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTO OF LATIN LITERATURE, FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO THE SECOND CENTURY C.E. A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT LITERARY WORKS WILL BE READ, TRANSLATED AND COMMENTED AT VARIOUS LEVELS.
teacher profile teaching materials
(1) A number of lectures about the so-called ‘Literary Space’ of ancient Rome, minded in particular (a) to underline the links between literature and politics (and between men of letters and society) in Rome, (b) to illustrate tipology and development of the literary genres in Rome, (c) to understand the range of different levels and functions of the latin written texts. Problems of preservation and transmission of the corpus of the latin classics will be envisaged also, even as regards their medieval and modern heritage.
(2) Some lectures about main features of latin language.
(3) Setting, reading, italian translation and commentary of:
- (a) Lucanus, Bellum civile, book I;
- (b) Tacitus, De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae;
- (c) Virgil, Aeneis, book VII.
- G. B. Conte, Letteratura latina, Firenze (ed. Le Monnier, 2002 and reprints), parts I-IV (from the Beginnings to the II sec. C.E.).
- E. Norden, La letteratura romana, Bari (Laterza, 1958): only the appendix titled «Le fonti antiche», available on line at the url of the course.
- An hand-out for the lectures (“Profilo di storia della letteratura latina. Testi di supporto (dalle Origini alla morte di Silla)”, and further bibliography and tools about the texts in the syllabus will be given during the course, and made available on line at the url of the course.
As for (2):
- R. Oniga, Latin. A Linguistic Introduction. Edited & Translated by N. Schifano (Oxford University Press, 2014).
- S. Timpanaro, Nozioni elementari di prosodia e metrica latina, Firenze, 1953 [on Teams Ypu will find a specimen from “Primordia et incrementa Latinitatis” edited by A. La Penna, Torino 1966, pp. 353-376).
As for (3):
- Lucano, La Guerra Civile o Pharsalia, nuova traduzione a cura di N. Lanzarone, con testo a fronte, Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna, Rusconi Libri (“Collana Classici greci e latini”), 2022, only book I.
- P. Cornelio Tacito, Agricola, a cura di S. Audano, Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna, Rusconi Libri (“Collana Classici greci e latini”), 2017.
- Publio Virgilio Marone, Eneide, Traduzione a cura di A. Fo. Note di F. Giannotti, Torino (ed. Einaudi), 2010, only book VII.
Mutuazione: 20702408 LINGUA E LETTERATURA LATINA in Lettere L-10 R (docente da definire)
Programme
The course ‘Latin language and literature’ is aimed at giving a thorough and integral knowledge of some important Latin authors and literary works, read in original and explicated as regards both the language and the contents. It consists of:(1) A number of lectures about the so-called ‘Literary Space’ of ancient Rome, minded in particular (a) to underline the links between literature and politics (and between men of letters and society) in Rome, (b) to illustrate tipology and development of the literary genres in Rome, (c) to understand the range of different levels and functions of the latin written texts. Problems of preservation and transmission of the corpus of the latin classics will be envisaged also, even as regards their medieval and modern heritage.
(2) Some lectures about main features of latin language.
(3) Setting, reading, italian translation and commentary of:
- (a) Lucanus, Bellum civile, book I;
- (b) Tacitus, De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae;
- (c) Virgil, Aeneis, book VII.
Core Documentation
As for (1):- G. B. Conte, Letteratura latina, Firenze (ed. Le Monnier, 2002 and reprints), parts I-IV (from the Beginnings to the II sec. C.E.).
- E. Norden, La letteratura romana, Bari (Laterza, 1958): only the appendix titled «Le fonti antiche», available on line at the url of the course.
- An hand-out for the lectures (“Profilo di storia della letteratura latina. Testi di supporto (dalle Origini alla morte di Silla)”, and further bibliography and tools about the texts in the syllabus will be given during the course, and made available on line at the url of the course.
As for (2):
- R. Oniga, Latin. A Linguistic Introduction. Edited & Translated by N. Schifano (Oxford University Press, 2014).
- S. Timpanaro, Nozioni elementari di prosodia e metrica latina, Firenze, 1953 [on Teams Ypu will find a specimen from “Primordia et incrementa Latinitatis” edited by A. La Penna, Torino 1966, pp. 353-376).
As for (3):
- Lucano, La Guerra Civile o Pharsalia, nuova traduzione a cura di N. Lanzarone, con testo a fronte, Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna, Rusconi Libri (“Collana Classici greci e latini”), 2022, only book I.
- P. Cornelio Tacito, Agricola, a cura di S. Audano, Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna, Rusconi Libri (“Collana Classici greci e latini”), 2017.
- Publio Virgilio Marone, Eneide, Traduzione a cura di A. Fo. Note di F. Giannotti, Torino (ed. Einaudi), 2010, only book VII.
Type of delivery of the course
TraditionalAttendance
Attendance is not mandatory.Type of evaluation
Oral exam (queries about the historical outline of Latin literature, and reading in latin, translation and interpretation of some passages of the texts of Lucanus, Tacitus, and Virgil in the syllabus).