Programme

“I will made of it, istead of a tragedy, a comic play”: Plautus’ Amphitruo. In the course a literary setting of the comedy will be offered, toghether with a close reading of the latin text, with italian interpretation and a full commentary, paying particular attention to the aspects of staging and poetical shape (models, metrics, style).

Core Documentation

- Tito Maccio Plauto, Anfitrione, a cura di R. Oniga. Introduzione di M. Bettini, ed. Marsilio; or: Plautus, Amphitruo, ed. by D. M. Christenson, Cambridge University Press.
- Plauto, Molière, Kleist, Giraudoux, Anfitrione. Variazioni sul mito, a cura di L. Pasetti, ed. Marsilio.

Reference Bibliography

See above. - Further bibliography and tools will be given during the course, and/or made available at the following url: http://studiumanistici.uniroma3.it/mdenonno/.

Type of delivery of the course

The course (36 hours - 6 CFU) will be imparted in the second semester; it will be comprehensive of a training in plautine meter. Starting from 9 March, due to the "Coronavirus" emergency, the course will take place remotely using the Moodle platform (https://studiumanistici.el.uniroma3.it/course/view.php?id=23), on which teaching materials related to weekly lessons will be periodically published.

Attendance

Attendance, although not strictly mandatory, is warmly recommended.

Type of evaluation

Oral exam (reading in latin with metre identification, translation and commentary of passages of Plautus' Amphitruo; queries about history and problems of early latin comedy.