B005601 - LATIN LITERATURE

Italian

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.

-Horace, Satires II, by F. Muecke, Aris & Phillips
-Gareth Schmeling, A Commentary on The Satyrica of Petronius, Oxford University Press
-M. Valerii Martialis. Epigrammaton liber quintus, a cura di Alberto Canobbio, Loffredo editore
-Giovenale. Satire 1, 7, 12, 16. Storia di un poeta, a cura di A. Stramaglia, Bologna Pàtron

Mastery of techniques of philological analysis of latin texts. Interpretation of latin texts in their cultural context.

Good knowledge of latin language, latin prosody and metrics.

Lessons, seminars.

Oral examination during which through the translation and commentary of the texts included in the syllabus it will be verified both the language skills and the ability to place texts in their historical and cultural context and in literary traditions to which they are connected and to which they give rise. There will also be questions that test the philological skills: metrics, critical apparatus, discussion of text-critical issues

Title of the Course:
Heredipetae: a Satyrical Theme in Latin Literature.

During the lessons will be offered a close reading of Horace, Satires II. 5, the most similar one to the menippean tradition, and of the most menippean episode of Petronius’ novel, where the satirical theme of the hunting for legacies becomes the object of a fantastic imagination which proposes a 'reverse world' located in the ghost town of Croton.

Besides the subjects and latin texts dealt with in the lessons, exam program provides reading and translation of: :
- Orazio, Satira II 5
- Petronio, Satyrica, 116-141
-Marziale libro 5
-Giovenale, Satire 1, 7, 12, 16