Stefano GRAZZINI | TRADITION AND RECEPTION OF LATIN LITERARY TEXTS

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TRADITION AND RECEPTION OF LATIN LITERARY TEXTS

	0322100035
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF7
	MODERN PHILOLOGY
	2020/2021

CURRICULUM DIGITAL HUMANITIES FOR CULTURAL ENTERPRISES AND RESEARCH

	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-FIL-LET/04	6	30	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

PROFESSORS

STEFANO GRAZZINI T Curriculum

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	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASICS OF LATIN LITERATURE, INCLUDING THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO EUROPEAN CLASSICAL TRADITION. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ABILITY TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED TO THE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF JUVENAL'S TEXT AND TO UNDERSTAND, ALSO BY PHILOLOGICAL AND LITERARY ANALYSIS, THE MAIN PROBLEMS POSED BY SATIRICAL LATIN LITERATURE.

	Prerequisites
	STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE A GOOD COMMAND OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. STUDENTS ARE 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
	"MARTIAL AND THE EPIGRAMMATIC TRADITION": MARTIAL BIOGRAPHY; THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION; AND THE EXEGETICAL TRADITION. IT WILL THEN CARRY OUT A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF L. E P. WATSON'S ANTHOLOGY (CAMBRIDGE 2003).

	Teaching Methods
	STUDENTS WILL ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE COURSE 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 THAT WILL POSITIVELY AFFECT THE FINAL GRADE. SUBJECTS OF SEMINARS: 1) JUVENAL'S SATIRES 2) PASCOLI READER OF VERGIL

	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. STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING WILL HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM.

	Texts
	- M. VALERII MARTIALIS, EPIGRAMMATA, RECOGNOVIT BREVIQUE ADNOTATIONE CRITICA INSTRUXIT W. M. LINDSAY, II ED. OXFORD 1929. - MARTIAL, SELECT EPIGRAMS, EDITED BY L. AND P. WATSON, CAMBRIDGE 2003.

	More Information
	FURTHER MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE INSTRUCTOR’S WEBPAGE (HTTP://WWW.UNISA.IT/DOCENTI/GRAZZINI/INDEX).

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