The student will acquire advanced knowledge through: 1) the philological commentary of selected passages; 2) the analysis of the same steps by following different paths - linguistic, historical-literary, anthropological -, questioning each other on the 'permanence' of gender in specific areas of our culture (students will be an active part in this part of the course which takes the form of a research laboratory); 3) commentary on the passages of great authors of Latin literature in the light of the critical-exegetical writings of eminent contemporary philologists.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
Petronius’ Satyricon: the “shipwreck chapters”: philological reading of the chapters 100-115 of the novel.
In the case of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the ways of carrying out the teaching activities and student assessment will be implemented. In particular as regards lessons and the dissemination of teaching materials, Moodle and/or Teams platforms will be used.
- M. De Nonno, Transmission and Textual Criticism, in The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies, edd. A. Barchiesi & W. Scheidel, Oxford University Press, pp. 31-48 [photocopies of this work will be made available on line at the url of the course]
- P. Maas, La critica del testo. Traduzione a cura di G. Ziffer, Roma (Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura);
- G. Vannini, Petronii Arbitri Satyricon 100-115. Edizione critica e commento, Berlin-New York (de Gruyter) [introduction and critical text of this book will be made available on line at the url of the course]; as a reference text for the entire novel: Petronio Arbitro, Satyricon. Introduzione, traduzione e note di A. Aragosti, Milano (ed. BUR).
- Further readings and materials relating to the text in the syllabus will be indicated during the course and / or be made available on line at the url of the course.
- Ulteriori letture e materiali relativi al programma saranno indicati durante il corso e/o depositati nell’apposito sito telematico dell’insegnamento.
Programme
Outlines of the manuscript transmission and principles of textual criticism of Latin literary texts.Petronius’ Satyricon: the “shipwreck chapters”: philological reading of the chapters 100-115 of the novel.
In the case of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the ways of carrying out the teaching activities and student assessment will be implemented. In particular as regards lessons and the dissemination of teaching materials, Moodle and/or Teams platforms will be used.
Core Documentation
- P. Chiesa, La trasmissione dei testi latini. Storia e metodo critico, Roma (Carocci);- M. De Nonno, Transmission and Textual Criticism, in The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies, edd. A. Barchiesi & W. Scheidel, Oxford University Press, pp. 31-48 [photocopies of this work will be made available on line at the url of the course]
- P. Maas, La critica del testo. Traduzione a cura di G. Ziffer, Roma (Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura);
- G. Vannini, Petronii Arbitri Satyricon 100-115. Edizione critica e commento, Berlin-New York (de Gruyter) [introduction and critical text of this book will be made available on line at the url of the course]; as a reference text for the entire novel: Petronio Arbitro, Satyricon. Introduzione, traduzione e note di A. Aragosti, Milano (ed. BUR).
- Further readings and materials relating to the text in the syllabus will be indicated during the course and / or be made available on line at the url of the course.
- Ulteriori letture e materiali relativi al programma saranno indicati durante il corso e/o depositati nell’apposito sito telematico dell’insegnamento.
Reference Bibliography
See above.Type of evaluation
Oral exam (queries about the outlines of the manuscript transmission and principles of textual criticism of Latin literary texts. Reading in latin, translation and interpretation of some passages of the text of Petronius in the syllabus; Petronian textual criticism). In the case of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the methods of carrying out the teaching activities and student assessment will be implemented. In particular as regards the exams, Teams platform will be used. teacher profile teaching materials
Petronius’ Satyricon: the “shipwreck chapters”: philological reading of the chapters 100-115 of the novel.
In the case of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the ways of carrying out the teaching activities and student assessment will be implemented. In particular as regards lessons and the dissemination of teaching materials, Moodle and/or Teams platforms will be used.
- M. De Nonno, Transmission and Textual Criticism, in The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies, edd. A. Barchiesi & W. Scheidel, Oxford University Press, pp. 31-48 [photocopies of this work will be made available on line at the url of the course]
- P. Maas, La critica del testo. Traduzione a cura di G. Ziffer, Roma (Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura);
- G. Vannini, Petronii Arbitri Satyricon 100-115. Edizione critica e commento, Berlin-New York (de Gruyter) [introduction and critical text of this book will be made available on line at the url of the course]; as a reference text for the entire novel: Petronio Arbitro, Satyricon. Introduzione, traduzione e note di A. Aragosti, Milano (ed. BUR).
- Further readings and materials relating to the text in the syllabus will be indicated during the course and / or be made available on line at the url of the course.
- Ulteriori letture e materiali relativi al programma saranno indicati durante il corso e/o depositati nell’apposito sito telematico dell’insegnamento.
Programme
Outlines of the manuscript transmission and principles of textual criticism of Latin literary texts.Petronius’ Satyricon: the “shipwreck chapters”: philological reading of the chapters 100-115 of the novel.
In the case of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the ways of carrying out the teaching activities and student assessment will be implemented. In particular as regards lessons and the dissemination of teaching materials, Moodle and/or Teams platforms will be used.
Core Documentation
- P. Chiesa, La trasmissione dei testi latini. Storia e metodo critico, Roma (Carocci);- M. De Nonno, Transmission and Textual Criticism, in The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies, edd. A. Barchiesi & W. Scheidel, Oxford University Press, pp. 31-48 [photocopies of this work will be made available on line at the url of the course]
- P. Maas, La critica del testo. Traduzione a cura di G. Ziffer, Roma (Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura);
- G. Vannini, Petronii Arbitri Satyricon 100-115. Edizione critica e commento, Berlin-New York (de Gruyter) [introduction and critical text of this book will be made available on line at the url of the course]; as a reference text for the entire novel: Petronio Arbitro, Satyricon. Introduzione, traduzione e note di A. Aragosti, Milano (ed. BUR).
- Further readings and materials relating to the text in the syllabus will be indicated during the course and / or be made available on line at the url of the course.
- Ulteriori letture e materiali relativi al programma saranno indicati durante il corso e/o depositati nell’apposito sito telematico dell’insegnamento.
Reference Bibliography
See above.Type of evaluation
Oral exam (queries about the outlines of the manuscript transmission and principles of textual criticism of Latin literary texts. Reading in latin, translation and interpretation of some passages of the text of Petronius in the syllabus; Petronian textual criticism). In the case of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the methods of carrying out the teaching activities and student assessment will be implemented. In particular as regards the exams, Teams platform will be used.