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HISTORY OF LATIN

Stefano GRAZZINI HISTORY OF LATIN

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
MODERN PHILOLOGY
2015/2016

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
STEFANO GRAZZINI T Curriculum
Objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASICS OF LATIN LINGUISTICS AND THE ROMAN LITERARY SYSTEM, ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE MAIN ELEMENTS AT WORK IN THE LATIN LANGUAGE.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ABILITY TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED IN THE FIELD OF LATIN LINGUISTICS TO THE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF REPUBLICAN ANT IMPERIAL TEXTS AND TO UNDERSTAND, ALSO BY PHILOLOGICAL AND LITERARY ANALYSIS, THE MAIN PROBLEMS POSED BY LATIN LITERATURE.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT: ABILITY TO INTERPRET CRITICALLY BOTH LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY DATA AND PROBLEMS TYPICAL OF THE FIELD AND TO REFLECT UPON THE MAIN TOPICS, FORMULATING INFORMED JUDGEMENTS.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, USING THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY, INFORMATION AND PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE FIELD OF LATIN LITERATURE TO SPECIALIST AND NON SPECIALIST AUDIENCES

LEARNING SKILLS: TO HAVE GRASPED THE BASIC TOOLS AND DEVELOPED THOSE LEARNING SKILLS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO UNDERTAKE FURTHER STUDY WITH A MIDDLE DEGREE OF AUTONOMY IN THE FIELD OF LATIN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND PHILOLOGY.
Prerequisites
STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE A GOOD COMMAND OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. ACCORDINGLY, IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE THAT STUDENTS WHO ENROLL IN THE COURSE HAVE PREVIOUSLY PASSED, RESPECTIVELY, ONE EXAMINATION IN LATIN LITERATURE AND ONE EXAMINATION IN THE LATIN LANGUAGE WITHIN THE BA DEGREE PROGRAM. STUDENTS WHO DO NOT MEET SUCH REQUIREMENTS ARE NONETHELESS EXPECTED TO HAVE A GOOD COMMAND OF LATIN LITERATURE IN ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE INTO ITALIAN ANY LATIN TEXT BY A CLASSICAL AUTHOR.
Contents
THE LANGUAGE OF PLAUTUS, CATULLUS AND TACITUS.
TEXTS:
PLAUTUS, AMPHITRUO
CATULLUS 1, 60; 69-116
TACITUS ANN. 11
Teaching Methods
STUDENTS WILL ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE COURSE, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND IN SMALL GROUPS, BY ANALYSING A NUMBER OF TEXTS AS WELL AS BY EXPANDING ON TOPICS TO BE CHOSEN IN CONSULTATION WITH THE INSTRUCTOR. STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS AND, MORE GENERALLY, TO EMBARK ON SMALL RESEARCH PROJECTS ON THE TEXT OF CATULLUS THAT WILL POSITIVELY AFFECT THE FINAL GRADE.
Verification of learning
THE FINAL EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF AN ORAL INTERVIEW OF EACH STUDENT TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE INSTRUCTOR, WHO WILL ASSESS THE STUDENT’S PROFICIENCY BOTH IN THE TOPICS THAT WERE DEALT WITH IN CLASS AND IN THE INDIVIDUAL PAPERS.
Texts
- (6 CFU)
A) YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF TWO BOOKS:
1) F. STOLZ, A. DEBRUNNER, W. P. SCHMID, STORIA DELLA LINGUA LATINA, IV ED. RIVEDUTA E AGGIORNATA A CURA DI E. VINEIS, BOLOGNA 1993, PP. 13-128.
2) L. R. PALMER, LA LINGUA LATINA, TORINO 1977 (TRAD. ITALIANA DI THE LATIN LANGUAGE, LONDON 1961), 1-253.
- B) PLAUTUS: CRITICAL TEXT: T. MACCI PLAUTI, COMOEDIAE, RECOGNOVIT BREVIQUE ADNOTATIONE CRITICA INSTRUXIT W. M. LINDSAY, OXFORD 1904.
- POETRY HANDBOOK (ONE AT CHOICE):
- S. BOLDRINI, LA PROSODIA E LA METRICA DEI ROMANI, ROMA 1992;
- ID., FONDAMENTI DI PROSODIA E METRICA LATINA, ROMA 2004;
- L. CECCARELLI, PROSODIA E METRICA LATINA CLASSICA CON CENNI DI METRICA GRECA, (II ED.) ROMA 2004; COMMENTARIES:
- A. TRAINA, COMOEDIA. ANTOLOGIA DELLA PALLIATA, IV ED. AGGIORNATA, PADOVA 1997, PP. 41-61.
- PLAUTUS, AMPHITRUO, EDITED BY D. M. CHRISTENSON, CAMBRIDGE 2000.
TRANSLATIONS:
- TITO MACCIO PLAUTO, ANFITRIONE, A CURA DI R. ONIGA, INTRODUZIONE DI M. BETTINI, VENEZIA 1991.
- T. MACCIO PLAUTO, ANFITRIONE, A CURA DI A. TRAINA, BOLOGNA 2012.
- (9 CFU):
(1) C. VALERII CATULLI CARMINA, RECOGNOVIT BREVIQUE ADNOTATIONE CRITICA INSTRUXIT R. A. B. MYNORS, OXONII 1958 (CARMINA 1-60; 69-116);
(2) TACITO, ANNALI LIBRO XI, INTRODUZIONE, TRADUZIONE E COMMENTO DI A. DE VIVO, ROMA 2011
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