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 Book I, ed. by E. Gowers, Cambridge U. P. 2012
- Q. Orazio Flacco, Satire ed Epistole, Firenze, La Nuova Italia
- Orazio, Le Satire, a c. di M. Labate, B. U. R.
- A. Cucchiarelli, La satira e il poeta: Orazio tra Epodi e Sermones, Pisa 2001
-A. La Penna, Orazio e la morale mondana europea, in 'Saggi e studi su Orazio', Firenze, Sansoni 1983
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
"A 'classic' for satire: the programme of the first book of Horace's Sermones".
Through the close reading of the satires of the first Horace collection, the course will address the topic of the proposition of satire as a classic within the Augustan process of constituting the Latin literary system at the level of the Greek classics.
The programme includes the following Latin texts:
Horace, Sermones, books I e II.
- Cicero De officiis, book I
Reading of following books is also required:
A. La Penna, Orazio e la morale mondana europea, in 'Saggi e studi su Orazio', Firenze, Sansoni 1993
Andrea Cucchiarelli, La satira e il poeta. Orazio tra Epodi e Sermones, Pisa 2001.