| Code |
A002086 |
| CFU |
6 |
| Teacher |
Paola Paolucci |
| Teachers |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities |
Caratterizzante |
| Area |
Filologia, linguistica e letteratura |
| Academic discipline |
L-FIL-LET/04 |
| Type of study-unit |
Opzionale (Optional) |
| Language of instruction |
Italian |
| Contents |
The course constitutes the introductory part to the II module of Latin philology and can also be used as a course in classical philology. The intention is to outline a general framework of reference on the textual criticism and its principles through the examination of particular textual case studies. |
| Reference texts |
A. Traina - G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna, Pàtron 1982 (and following reprints), pp. 243-296 (the chapter on the textual criticism).
The critical editions of the texts that will be the study topics will be given in pdf in unistudium. |
| Educational objectives |
The course includes the acquisition of the following knowledge: 1. Knowledge of the method of transmission of an ancient text with particular reference to direct tradition; 2. Knowledge of the main notions of ecdotics; 3. Knowledge of the main criteria of textual criticism. The course aims to provide, develop and refine the following skills: 1. Knowing how to read critically; 2. Knowing how to understand the reasons underlying a specific constitutio textus. |
| Prerequisites |
In order to understand and be able to reuse and autonomously elaborate the philological knowledge and concepts envisaged by the teaching, it is necessary to have a good linguistic-grammatical knowledge of Greek and Latin. |
| Teaching methods |
The main teaching method foresees - if possible - frontal lessons in the classroom. In-depth seminars are also planned, without prejudice to any other changes communicated by the competent authorities. If necessary, blended teaching will be used (in presence and in telepresence at the same time) with synchronous and / or asynchronous modality. |
| Other information |
The course can be borrowed from Classical Philology |
| Learning verification modality |
Final oral exam which includes open questions relating to the general framework of the topic covered by the course. |
| Extended program |
The course constitutes the introductory part to the II module of Latin philology course and can also be used as a course in classical philology. The intention is to outline a general framework of reference on the textual criticism and its principles through the examination of particular textual case studies. Using the inductive method, the textual cases that will be examined will allow to provide the essential terminology of the discipline, to outline the foundations of textual criticism applied to Greek and Latin authors, classical and of late antiquity, to illustrate the material supports of the text, to reflect on the genesis and on the typology of copying errors, to examine the techniques of the emendatio, to explain the coat of the stemma codicum, the direct and indirect tradition, to highlight the orientations of textual criticism from antiquity to the modern age, to construct and interpret a critical apparatus, to illustrate the characters of the main series of critical editions of the classics. |
| Code |
A002087 |
| CFU |
6 |
| Teacher |
Loriano Zurli |
| Teachers |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities |
Caratterizzante |
| Area |
Filologia, linguistica e letteratura |
| Academic discipline |
L-FIL-LET/04 |
| Type of study-unit |
Opzionale (Optional) |
| Language of instruction |
Italian |
| Contents |
In the second module, the basic principles of textual criticism (already illustrated in module I) will be applied to the epigrams attributed to Seneca of the Anthologia Vossiana, paying particular attention to the organization of matter by thematic cycles and to the consequences of this ordering by cycles on the level of textual transmission and editorial tradition. |
| Reference texts |
L. Zurli, Anthologia Vossiana, Roma, Herder, 2001 (pdf in unistudium) |
| Educational objectives |
Acquisition of the main knowledge relating to textual criticism. |
| Prerequisites |
Adequate knowledge of Latin metrics, language and literature |
| Teaching methods |
Frontal lesson supported by IT tools and in-depth seminars |
| Other information |
nothing |
| Learning verification modality |
Oral exam with at least two open questions: 1. on the manuscript tradition of Anthologia Vossiana; 2. metric reading, translation and philological commentary of a poem analyzed during the course |
| Extended program |
In the second module, the basic principles of textual criticism (already illustrated in module I) will be applied to the epigrams attributed to Seneca of the Anthologia Vossiana, paying particular attention to the organization of matter by thematic cycles and to the consequences of this ordering by cycles on the level of textual transmission and edition. The thematic cycles that will be explored are the one on the Seneca's exile in Corsica, the praise of Xerxes, the death of Cato, the epitaph of Pompey, the humble life, the friends of Seneca and others. |
