The student will acquire knowledge related to the master's level analysis of one or more Latin literary texts, with a focus on formal aspects and seminar-like interaction with the students.
teacher profile teaching materials
- Plauto, Molière, Kleist, Giraudoux, Anfitrione. Variazioni sul mito, a cura di L. Pasetti, ed. Marsilio.
Mutuazione: 20702443 LETTERATURA LATINA L.M. in Filologia, letterature e storia dell'antichità LM-15 N0 DE NONNO MARIO
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.
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 metrics.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).