The course is an introduction to the study of Classical Metrics and of the most important ancient and modern interpretative strands. The student will acquire the fundamental instruments for the formal analysis and the knowledge of the sources of metric texts.
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Introductory course to the formal study of Greek and Latin poetic texts in order to acquire the fundamental skills of classical metrics and knowledge of ancient metricological doctrines. The program combines the metrical reading of Greek and Latin verses with the reading of classical metricological texts, in order to analyze and interpret the most common metrical forms in Greco-Latin poetic production, in the light of ancient metrical systems and modern critical developments.
- R. Kannicht, Metrica greca, in Introduzione alla filologia greca, Direttore H-G. Nesselrath, Edizione italiana, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2004, pp. 479-507;
- S. Boldrini, La metrica dei Romani, in Introduzione alla filologia latina, Direttore F. Graf, Edizione italiana, Roma, Salerno editrice, [2003], pp. 475-511;
- texts and photocopies provided by the teacher.
Programme
History and tradition of ancient metric forms.Introductory course to the formal study of Greek and Latin poetic texts in order to acquire the fundamental skills of classical metrics and knowledge of ancient metricological doctrines. The program combines the metrical reading of Greek and Latin verses with the reading of classical metricological texts, in order to analyze and interpret the most common metrical forms in Greco-Latin poetic production, in the light of ancient metrical systems and modern critical developments.
Core Documentation
- G. Pasquali, s.v. Metrica: Metrica Classica, in Enciclopedia Italiana, XXIII, Roma, Istituto della Enci-clopedia Italiana, 1934, pp. 104-106 = Rapsodia sul classico. Contributi all’Enciclopedia italiana di Giorgio Pasquali, Roma, Istitutodella Enciclopedia Italiana, 1986, pp. 287-295 = https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/metrica_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/- R. Kannicht, Metrica greca, in Introduzione alla filologia greca, Direttore H-G. Nesselrath, Edizione italiana, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2004, pp. 479-507;
- S. Boldrini, La metrica dei Romani, in Introduzione alla filologia latina, Direttore F. Graf, Edizione italiana, Roma, Salerno editrice, [2003], pp. 475-511;
- texts and photocopies provided by the teacher.
Reference Bibliography
General bibliography: S. Boldrini, La prosodia e la metrica dei Romani, Roma, Carocci, 1992 e successive ristampe; B. Gentili - L. Lomiento, Metrica e ritmica. Storia delle forme poetiche nella Grecia antica, Milano, Mondadori, 2003 and subsequent reprints; P. d’Alessandro, Varrone e la tradizione metrica antica, Hildesheim-Zürich-New York, G. Olms, 2012, pp. 25-51. Critical Editions: - Hephaestionis Enchiridion cum commentariis veteribus, edidit M. Consbruch, accedunt variae metricorum Graecorum reliquiae, Lipsiae 1906, in partic. pp. 1-58; - Marii Servii Honorati Centimeter, Introduzione, testo critico e note a cura di Martina Elice, Hildesheim, Weidmann, 2013 (Collectanea grammatica Latina 6; ISBN 978-3-615-00407).Type of delivery of the course
Didactic articulation: Semester II, 6 cfu, 4 hours every week, ca 10 weeks. The course includes: 1) frontal lessons: presentation of ancient metrical doctrines and the most common metrical forms in antiquity; 2) reading of ancient metric sources and exemplary texts of ancient metric production; 3) reading exercises. The textual material will be provided as a photocopy to the students and will also be downloadable from the teacher's internet page.Attendance
The course requires the active participation of the students. Students unable to attend the lessons will replace the lessons with the texts indicated in the bibliography. It is advisable to contact the teacher.Type of evaluation
Oral exam The exam will start from the reading and commentary on some of the texts examined during the lessons; subsequently the discussion will extend to more general aspects linked to the covered topics. The student must demonstrate metric-philological understanding of the texts, the acquired metric competences and the knowledge of the different metric-doctrinal systems. The evaluation will take into account the following elements: metric reading and translation of the text, ability to frame it in the historical-literary context, ability to analyze and interpret metric-philological in the light of ancient doctrines and modern interpretations.