Unit LATIN LITERATURE

Course
Humanities
Study-unit Code
35076206
Curriculum
Classico
Teacher
Paola Paolucci
Teachers
  • Paola Paolucci
Hours
  • 36 ore - Paola Paolucci
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2020
Offered
2021/22
Learning activities
Base
Area
Lingue e letterature classiche
Academic discipline
L-FIL-LET/04
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
The course is divided into an institutional part and a monographic part. The first part will aim to provide a theoretical framework of reference concerning the historical design of Latin literature from its origins to the late antiquity, with particular regard to the theory of literary genres and notions of method useful for the analysis of the Latin literary text. The second part will be dedicated to the fifth book of Martial's epigrams.
Reference texts
For the history of Latin literature we recommend the following manuals (but other manuals are also accepted to be agreed with the teacher): G. Garbarino, Letteratura latina (in 3 volumes or in unique volume), ed. Paravia, various reprints; G. Picone - E. Romano - F. Gasti, Lezioni Romane (in 4 volumes), ed. Loescher, 2003; F. Stok - G. Abbamonte - S. Casali, Storia della letteratura latina, ed. La Scuola, 2005; G.B. Conte, Letteratura Latina, ed. Mondadori and Le Monnier, various reprints; M. Bettini, Cultura e letteratura a Roma, profilo storico e testi, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1999; G. Cipriani, Storia della letteratura latina, Foggia, Il Castello Edizioni, 2015, M. von Albrecht, Storia della letteratura latina, it. transl. by A. Setaioli, Einaudi 1995. For the monographic part: the epigrams of the fifth book by Martial that will be analyzed will be provided in pdf in unistudium.
Educational objectives
The teaching represents the main opportunity in the three-year period to learn the entire historical design of Latin literature and to compete with the methodologies of analysis of the literary text in Latin. The fundamental objective of the course is to provide students with the bases and tools to tackle a transversal discourse of literary theory; therefore the main acquired knowledge must concern: 1. Knowledge of authors, works and eras of Latin literature; 2. Knowledge of the salient features of the main literary genres; 3. Knowledge of the foundations of the Latin literary institution with regard to the literary object, the subjects of literary communication (literary community, author, publishing and public), the positioning of the text in time (transmission of the text) and in space (circulation of the text), with regard also to literary pragmatics; 4. Knowledge of the main elements of Latin versification. The main skill (i.e. the ability to apply the acquired knowledge) will be: Knowing how to read, translate, analyze and comment on a literary text in Latin, identifying the salient elements of content and decoding its message.
Prerequisites
In order to understand and be able to reuse and autonomously elaborate the literary knowledge and concepts envisaged by the teaching, it is necessary to have a good linguistic-grammatical knowledge. The analysis of the texts, which will be examined during the course, also requires proven translation skills from Latin into Italian. Possession of the aforementioned knowledge and skills is an indispensable prerequisite for the student who wants to follow the course successfully and who aspires to concrete educational success.
Teaching methods
The prevailing teaching method foresees lectures in the classroom supported, if necessary, by multimedia tools; practical exercises in metric reading, translation and textual analysis are also provided. In-depth seminars are also planned.
All this if it is compatible with the pandemic situation and the legislation in force from time to time.
Other information
The student will have to independently deepen a critical reading among those that will be recommended during the course.
Learning verification modality
The assessment will be achieved after passing an oral exam, with the aim of verifying the acquisition of knowledge relating to the historical design of Latin literature from its origins to the Late Antiquity and of the theory of literary genres within the Latin literary system. The oral exam will also have the purpose of verifying the ability to read in metrics, translate, analyze and comment on a Latin literary text, chosen from among those covered by the monographic course, while verifying the actual possession of linguistic knowledge of an adequate level. The timing of these oral assessments is governed by the calendar, approved by the Department Council. The duration of each single oral exam is quite considerable, since each evaluation includes the following phases: 1. Phase of verification of literary knowledge through three open questions on the history of literature and the theory of literary genres; 2. Verification phase of textual analysis skills through metric reading, oral translation, analysis and commentary of a text chosen within the monographic topic studied in depth during the course; 3. Exposure phase of a critical reading chosen by the student from among those recommended during the course. The final evaluation of the exam will come from the average of the evaluations achieved in the three aforementioned phases.
Extended program
The course is divided into an institutional part and a monographic part. The first part will aim to provide a theoretical framework of reference concerning the historical design of Latin literature from its origins to the late antiquity, with particular regard to the theory of literary genres and notions of method useful for the analysis of the Latin literary text. The second part will be dedicated to the fifth book of Martial's epigrams. In particular, through the reading of the epigrams of the fifth book, the theme of the celebration of the imperial figure and in general the celebratory epigrammatic genre, the attention of Martial for the res and the varietas, the contrast, on the eidetic level, between epigram and epic of the Flavian age, the models of Martial.
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