The student will acquire knowledge related to the master's level analysis of one or more Latin literary texts, with particular attention to formal aspects and seminar-like interaction with attending students.
teacher profile teaching materials
Further readings and materials relating to the texts in the syllabus will be indicated during the course and / or be made available on line.
Programme
“Love Knots”: gender identity e reciprocity in Catullus’ carmina docta: Setting in context, full reading, translation, and commentary of the poems 61, 62, 63, 64 and 68 in the Liber Catullianus: “bridal” aspirations and anxieties in the mirror of a lot of poetry fundamental for the latin literary tradition.Core Documentation
Gaio Valerio Catullo, Le poesie. Testo, traduzione e commento a cura di Alessandro Fo. Con Interventi di A. M. Morelli e A. Rodighiero, Torino (Einaudi) 2018 and subsequent reprints.Further readings and materials relating to the texts in the syllabus will be indicated during the course and / or be made available on line.
Reference Bibliography
See aboveType of evaluation
Oral exam (reading in latin, translation and commentary of passages of the text Catullus' carmina docta; Catullus and His World.