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.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The course will offer a presentation of the literary context of Seneca's "Apokokokyntosis" and "Consolatio ad Polybium", and will proceed with the integral reading, interpretation and commentary of both works, paying particular attention to the formal aspects of style and, where present, of metric.
an edition chosen among: Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokolokyntosis, a cura di G. Vannini, Milano (Mondadori), Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokokyntosis, introduzione, traduzione e note a cura di R. Mugellesi, Milani (Rizzoli) e Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokokyntosis, a cura di G. Focardi, Firenze (Giunti).
- For "Consolatio ad Polybium":
Lucio Anneo Seneca, Le consolazioni: a Marcia, alla madre Helvia, a Polibio, introduzione, traduzione e note di A. Traina, Milano (Rizzoli).
Mutuazione: 20702443 LETTERATURA LATINA L.M. in Italianistica LM-14 N0 LUCERI ANGELO
Programme
Seneca and the power: the two faces of an intellectual between commitment and compromise.The course will offer a presentation of the literary context of Seneca's "Apokokokyntosis" and "Consolatio ad Polybium", and will proceed with the integral reading, interpretation and commentary of both works, paying particular attention to the formal aspects of style and, where present, of metric.
Core Documentation
- For "Apokolokyntosis":an edition chosen among: Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokolokyntosis, a cura di G. Vannini, Milano (Mondadori), Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokokyntosis, introduzione, traduzione e note a cura di R. Mugellesi, Milani (Rizzoli) e Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokokyntosis, a cura di G. Focardi, Firenze (Giunti).
- For "Consolatio ad Polybium":
Lucio Anneo Seneca, Le consolazioni: a Marcia, alla madre Helvia, a Polibio, introduzione, traduzione e note di A. Traina, Milano (Rizzoli).
Attendance
There is no compulsory attendance of lessons.Type of evaluation
Oral exam (reading in latin, translation and interpretation of some passages of the texts of Seneca in the syllabus). When evaluating the exam, the determination of the final grade will take into account some elements, such as: the level and quality of knowledge of the topics; the ability to analyze a topic critically; the logic of the arguments supporting a thesis; the ability to apply theories and concepts to contexts; the use of vocabulary appropriate to the discipline being studied. teacher profile teaching materials
The course will offer a presentation of the literary context of Seneca's "Apokokokyntosis" and "Consolatio ad Polybium", and will proceed with the integral reading, interpretation and commentary of both works, paying particular attention to the formal aspects of style and, where present, of metric.
an edition chosen among: Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokolokyntosis, a cura di G. Vannini, Milano (Mondadori), Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokokyntosis, introduzione, traduzione e note a cura di R. Mugellesi, Milani (Rizzoli) e Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokokyntosis, a cura di G. Focardi, Firenze (Giunti).
- For "Consolatio ad Polybium":
Lucio Anneo Seneca, Le consolazioni: a Marcia, alla madre Helvia, a Polibio, introduzione, traduzione e note di A. Traina, Milano (Rizzoli).
Mutuazione: 20702443 LETTERATURA LATINA L.M. in Italianistica LM-14 N0 LUCERI ANGELO
Programme
Seneca and the power: the two faces of an intellectual between commitment and compromise.The course will offer a presentation of the literary context of Seneca's "Apokokokyntosis" and "Consolatio ad Polybium", and will proceed with the integral reading, interpretation and commentary of both works, paying particular attention to the formal aspects of style and, where present, of metric.
Core Documentation
- For "Apokolokyntosis":an edition chosen among: Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokolokyntosis, a cura di G. Vannini, Milano (Mondadori), Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokokyntosis, introduzione, traduzione e note a cura di R. Mugellesi, Milani (Rizzoli) e Lucio Anneo Seneca, Apokokyntosis, a cura di G. Focardi, Firenze (Giunti).
- For "Consolatio ad Polybium":
Lucio Anneo Seneca, Le consolazioni: a Marcia, alla madre Helvia, a Polibio, introduzione, traduzione e note di A. Traina, Milano (Rizzoli).
Attendance
There is no compulsory attendance of lessons.Type of evaluation
Oral exam (reading in latin, translation and interpretation of some passages of the texts of Seneca in the syllabus). When evaluating the exam, the determination of the final grade will take into account some elements, such as: the level and quality of knowledge of the topics; the ability to analyze a topic critically; the logic of the arguments supporting a thesis; the ability to apply theories and concepts to contexts; the use of vocabulary appropriate to the discipline being studied.