Unit LATIN PHILOLOGY

LATIN PHILOLOGY MODULE I

Code	A002086
CFU	6
Teacher	Paola Paolucci
Teachers	Paola Paolucci
Hours	36 ore - Paola Paolucci
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Filologia, linguistica e letteratura
Sector	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.
Reference texts	T. Braccini, La scienza dei testi antichi: introduzione alla filologia classica, Firenze, Le Monnier, 2026 (2a ed.).
Educational objectives	The course contributes to the formation of the professional profile of the researcher in classical and late antique philology. In regards to learning outcomes, the course includes the acquisition of the following knowledge: 1. Knowledge of the method of transmission of an ancient text with reference to direct and indirect 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 a classical text; 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 primary teaching method is classroom lectures. In-depth seminars are also planned.
Other information	The course can be borrowed from Classical Philology. Working students, non-attending students, disabled and/or with DSA can contact the teacher directly for integrations or compensations and dispensatory measures, as established by the departmental delegate on the matter.
Learning verification modality	Final oral exam which includes open questions relating to the general framework of the topic covered by the course. The disciplinary skills, the argumentative rigor and the property of the language will be important elements of judgment.
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 a particular textual case study. Using the inductive method, the textual case 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.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile	4; 5, 10

LATIN PHILOLOGY MODULE II

Code	A002087
CFU	6
Teacher	Paola Paolucci
Teachers	Paola Paolucci
Hours	36 ore - Paola Paolucci
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Filologia, linguistica e letteratura
Sector	L-FIL-LET/04
Type of study-unit	Opzionale (Optional)
Language of instruction	Italian
Contents	Incertus auctor, incerta aetas: Analysis of some case studies from the Anthologia Vossiana, from the Carmina Einsidlensia, from the Querolus sive Aulularia.
Reference texts	L. Zurli, Anthologia Vossiana, Roma, Herder, 2001; Querolus sive Aulularia. Introduzione, testo critico, traduzione e commento, Venezia, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari 2025 (available online in open access on the publisher's website); other texts will be available on the Unistudium platform.
Educational objectives	Knowledge of the main elements of textual criticism; ability to read and interpret critical apparatus.
Prerequisites	Knowledge of Latin language and literature; ability to translate from Latin to Italian; knowledge of Latin metrics.
Teaching methods	The primary teaching method is classroom lectures. In-depth seminars with Professor Loriano Zurli and other experts are also planned.
Other information	Working students, non-attending students, disabled and/or with DSA can contact the teacher directly for integrations or compensations and dispensatory measures, as established by the departmental delegate on the matter.
Learning verification modality	Final oral exam which includes open questions relating to the general framework of the topic covered by the course. The disciplinary skills, the argumentative rigor and the property of the language will be important elements of judgment.
Extended program	The lectures will focus on the examination of passages of particular textual interest taken from the epigrams attributed to Seneca in the Anthologia Vossiana, from the two bucolic poems known as the Carmina Einsidlensia, and from the late-antique prose comedy Querolus sive Aulularia. In addition to the numerous difficulties of constituting the text, the three works have in common the fact that they have raised equally numerous questions of attribution and dating, a discussion of which will be devoted part of the course. Indeed, these problems reverberate on editorial choices.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile	3, 4; 5