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B005601 - LATIN LITERATURE
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Course program
Academic Year 2015-16
Coorte 2015 - Second Cycle Degree in MODERN PHILOLOGY
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Humanities (DILEF)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
L-FIL-LET/04 - LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
36
Teaching Term
21/09/2015 ⇒ 22/12/2015
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B004092 - LETTERATURA LATINA B
Second Cycle Degree in ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
B004092 - LETTERATURA LATINA B
Second Cycle Degree in ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
Teaching Language
italian
Course Content
Reading and detailed discussion of Latin texts in the original, also in relationship to Greek tradition, with an eye to questions of a literary, ideological, historical and cultural nature. Philological analysis, partly carried out in seminars, of problems of exegesis and textual criticism.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Petronius, Martial
Learning Objectives
Mastery of techniques of philological analysis of latin texts. Interpretation of latin texts in their cultural context.
Prerequisites
Good knowledge of latin language, latin prosody and metrics.
Teaching Methods
Lessons, seminars.
Type of Assessment
Oral exams
Course program
Title of the Course:
Romanus Callimachus: problems in Propertius book IV.
Besides the subjects and latin texts dealt with in the lessons, exam program provides reading and translation of:
- Propertius, book IV
- Vergil, Aeneis book VIII
Is moreover requested the study of two of the following essays:
A. La Penna, L'integrazione difficile. Un profilo di Properzio, Torino, Einaudi, 1979
Tara S. Welch,The elegiac cityscape. Propertius and the meaning of Roman monuments, Columbus 2005.1991
Romanus Callimachus: problems in Propertius book IV.
Besides the subjects and latin texts dealt with in the lessons, exam program provides reading and translation of:
- Propertius, book IV
- Vergil, Aeneis book VIII
Is moreover requested the study of two of the following essays:
A. La Penna, L'integrazione difficile. Un profilo di Properzio, Torino, Einaudi, 1979
Tara S. Welch,The elegiac cityscape. Propertius and the meaning of Roman monuments, Columbus 2005.1991