LETTERATURA LATINA

Paolo ESPOSITO LETTERATURA LATINA

0322200012
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
2014/2015

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
Objectives
ACQUISITION OF A SCIENTIFICALLY CORRECT METHOD, SPECIALLY SUITED TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF A LITERARY TEXT IN LATIN LANGUAGE BASED ON A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF ITS MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES (PHILOLOGICAL, LINGUISTIC, METRICAL, SEMANTIC, HISTORICAL AND LITERARY).
Prerequisites
A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC CONCEPTS OF LATIN PROSODY, METRIC, PHONETICS, MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX , AND ADVANCED CONCEPTS OF ROMAN HISTORY.
Contents
THE PROGRAM IS ARTICULATED AS FOLLOWS:
A) REVIEW OF STRATEGIES OF LITERARY LATIN TEXTS
B) SUMMARY OF LATIN ELEGIAC POETRY
C) CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF EXILE ELEGIE OF OVID (SELECTED POEMS).
STUDENTS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE COURSE ARE URGED TO AGREE WITH THE TEACHER AN ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM.
Teaching Methods
AFTER SOME BEGINNING LESSONS OF METHODOLOGICAL CHARACTER, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO READ AND EXPLICATE DETAILED PASSAGES OF SELECTED OVIDIAN ELEGIES COMPOSED DURING HIS EXILE
Verification of learning
STUDENTS DURING THE LESSONS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY AND OFTEN TO EACH OF THEM WILL BE REQUIRED AND SUGGESTED FURTHER INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS OF TOPICS COVERED ON THE BASIS OF CRITICAL SUPPLEMENTS OFTEN WRITTEN IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ITALIAN
Texts
A) A TEXT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN:
1) F. GRAF (ED.), INTRODUCTION TO LATIN PHILOLOGY, ROME, SALERNO PUBLISHER 2003 (PP. 17-77);
2) P. CHIESA, THE ELEMENTS OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM (SECOND EDITION), BOLOGNA, PATRON, 2012;
3) F. STOK, CLASSICS FROM THE PAPYRUS TO INTERNET, ROME, CAROCCI 2012.

B) P. PINOTTI THE LATIN ELEGY. STORY OF A POETIC FORM, ROME CAROCCI 2011.

C)
1) U. SCHMITZLER, OVIDIO, BOLOGNA, CLUEB 2005.
2) OVIDIVS, TRISTIA, EDIDIT, J.B. HALL, STUTTGART-LEIPZIG, TEUBNER 1995; OVIDIVS, EX PONTO BOOKS QUATTVOR, RECENSVIT J.A. RICHMOND, LEIPZIG, TEUBNER 1999 (WHICH CAN BE REPLACED BY OVIDIO, TRISTIA, R. MAZZANTI TRANSLATION, NOTES AND COMMENTS OF M. BONVICINI, MILAN, GARZANTI 1991 IV ED., 2013; OVIDIO, EPISTULAE EX PONTO, LATIN TEXT IN THE FACE, BY L. GALASSO, MILAN, MONDADORI 2008.
More Information
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AND EXEGETICAL-CRITICAL TEXTS TO SUPPORT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE TEACHER IN THE COURSE OF LESSONS IN ORDER TO CREATE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROGRAMME OF EXAMINATION.
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