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Latin Language and Literature
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI "L'ORIENTALE"
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course, students:
- will know the historical development of Latin literature, the features of the main literary genres and the works of the main authors from the beginnings to the 2nd century CE;
- will know some significant aspects of Roman culture and civilisation, which are also crucial to the full understanding of Italian artistic and literary culture;
- will know the themes and the main stylistic features o Vergil's Aeneid, with a special focus of Book 7.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The course aims at providing students with the knowledge and the methodological tools necessary for:
- recognising the literary genre of a text based on its language, style, and content;
- appreciating the influence of texts and motifs from Latin literature over Italian literature and art;
- reading and understanding Latin literary texts in depth, setting them into their historical and cultural context;
- analysing the linguistic and stylistic strategies of Latin literary texts and the poetics of individual authors;
- operating comparisons and links between different authors and literary works, recognising the presence and development of wide-ranging themes.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS
Students will be able to:
- understand the contents of a Latin text (with the support of a dictionary if needed);
- find and develop information in an autonomous way, using basic tools such as reference works. bibliographic databases, journals, relevant websites;
- critically analyse the contents of literary texts and position themselves within recent critical debates concerning the topics treated in the course;
- develop consistent and effective arguments.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
At the end of the course, students must be able to:
- express their own ideas and analyse the texts read in class clearly, synthetically and a correct use of language;
- use the technical language concerning Latin literature with ease;
- build effective teaching programmes concerning Latin texts and the narrative forms of Latin literature.
LEARNING SKILLS
Students will have acquired the critical skills necessary to:
- continue deepening their knowledge of Latin language and literature and Roman culture;
- actively take part in classes, taking notes and interacting with the teacher;
- use the main traditional and digital tools (e.g. lexica, vocabularies, databases) in learning Latin language.
Course Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
- Training classes (work in pairs and small groups)
Assessment Methods
The evaluation will be carried out on a 30-point basis. In particular, the following aspects will be evaluated:
- Students’ knowledge of the topics of the course and the contents of the manuals;
- their ability to translate from Latin into Italian;
- their ability to apply acquired knowledge to the discussion of theoretical and methodological issues;
- communication skills.
The following evaluation criteria will be followed:
< 18: the student’s preparation is very lacunose and insufficient.
18-21: the student shows basic knowledge and skills, but with significant gaps.
22-24: students’ knowledge and skills are generally good, if with some gaps and uncertainties.
25-26: students display good knowledge and skills, with limited gaps.
27-28: students show very good knowledge and skills, if with small uncertainties.
29-30: students are extremely well prepared and can discuss theoretical and methodological issues with competence.
30 e lode: students’ knowledge and skills are excellent; they master the subject and display very good communication and argumentation skills.
Texts
I. For Part 1 (FOUNDATIONS):
- Gian Biagio Conte, Profilo storico della letteratura latina. Dalle origini alla tarda età imperiale, Seconda Edizione. Firenze: Le Monnier Università 2019, pp. 1-307 (form the origins to Apuleius).
- An anthology of texts in Italian translation will be distributed as an integration to the manual.
I. For Part II (MONOGRAPHIC SECTION):
- Book 7 of the Aeneid in the Italian translation.
- Selected passages from Aeneid 7 in the Latin original.
Recommended editions of the Aeneid:
M. Geymonat (ed.), P. Vergili Maronis opera, 2a edizione, Roma, Edizioni di storia e letteratura, 2008 (critical edition).
E. Paratore, L. Canali (a c. di), Virgilio, Eneide, Milano, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla, 1989 (edition with Italian translation and commentary).
A. Fo (a cura di), Publio Virgilio Marone, Eneide, Torino, Einaudi, 2012 (edition with Italian translation and notes).
READING RECOMMENDATIONS
For the consolidation of students' Latin language skills, the following manual can be used:
Marco Fucecchi – Luca Graverini, La lingua latina. Fondamenti di morfologia e sintassi. Seconda edizione. Firenze: Le Monnier Università 2016.
This syllabus is valid for all students, independently on whether they do or do not attend classes. However, student who are unable to regularly attend classes are encouraged to contact the teacher if they need support in learning.
Per the 6 CFU examination, students will only be tested on the monographic section. Good background knowledge of the history of Latin literature, however, is required.
Contents
12 CFU:
I. FOUNDATIONS
Latin language: morphology and syntax (one class a week will be devoted to consolidating students' linguistic skills).
- An introduction to Latin literature: a spatio-temporal frameworks and some notions about the transmission of Latin texts.
- Latin language: morphology and syntax (one class a week will be devoted to consolidating students' linguistic skills).
II. MONOGRAPHIC SECTION
Vergil, Aeneid, Book 7: reading and analysis. .
6 CFU:
The 6 CFU course will only include the monographic section.
Course Language
Italian
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