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.
- Quintus Cicéron,
Commentariolum petitionis
–Petit
manuel de la campagne électorale; Cicéron,
Lettres à son frère Quintus
I, 1 et 2, a cura di F. Prost, Les Belles Lettres.
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-Q. Cicerone,Manualetto di campagna elettorale (Commentariolum petitionis) a cura di P. Fedeli, Salerno ed.;
-Cicerone, Epistole al fratello Quinto, Mondadori ed.; Sallustio, De coniuratione Catilinae, a c. di N. Flocchini, Mursia ed.;
-Ovidio, Ars amatoria, a c. di E. Pianezzola, G. Baldo, L. Cristante, Mondadori Fond. Valla;
- E. Narducci, Cicerone, La parola e la politica, Laterza ed.;-
-G. Boissier, Cicerone e i suoi amici, Rizzoli ed.
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 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
Course program
The Commentariolum petitionis attributed to Quintus Cicero: a fake of success?
The course will include a close reading of the Commentariolum petitionis and of the epistle of Cicero to his brother Quintus on the 'good government' of the province. Issues of authenticity and reception will be discussed.
In addition to the topics and passages of Latin authors treated in class, the exam program includes reading in the original language:
- [Q. Cicer.] Comm. Pet.
- M.T. Cic. Epist. in Quint. 1, 1-2
- Sall. De coniuratione Catilinae
- Ov. Ars amatoria, books 1 and 2.