LATIN PHILOLOGY
cod. 1005221

Academic year 2017/18
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Lingua e letteratura latina (L-FIL-LET/04)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
36 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: GREEK AND LATIN PHILOLOGY

Learning objectives

The course aims to enable students to deepen their knowledgment and understanding in Latin philology and textual criticism, in order to analyze a critical text and its apparatus, and to develop and apply original ideas, also in a research context. They will be able to apply their knowledgment and understanding also in new or unfamiliar environments within multidisciplinary context, showing a good competence in the history of classical philology, in manuscript tradition and transmission of Latin texts and having showing the ability of formulating judgements also with limited information. They will be able to communicate their conclusions clearly and unanmbiguously, using suitable methods of philological and historical analysis, having the learning skills to continue to study in an autonomous manner.

Prerequisites

Have earned 12 credits in the subject area of Latin Language and Literature; those who have already earned 18 credits in this subject area must pass a preliminary written exam

Course unit content

Addresses, reading public and audience in Horace's Odes
Horace’ odes are to be seen as conversations with real or fictious addressees and
they include a wide range of characters: friends, ennemies, women, prominent or
unknown persons. The course focuses on the dynamic relationship between poet
and addressee.
Testi di riferimento

Full programme

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Bibliography

P. Chiesa, Elementi di critica testuale, Bologna 2012.
Orazio, Odi ed Epodi, con introd. di A. Traina, Milano, ultima ed.
A. La Penna, Orazio e la morale mondana europea, in Saggi e studi su Orazio,Firenze Sansoni 1993, 2-232 (specialmente 85-177).
M. Citroni, Dedicatari e lettori della poesia di Orazio, in Letture oraziane , a cura di G.Bruno, Venosa 1993, 55-81.
Further reading is provided during the lessons

Teaching methods

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Assessment methods and criteria

The exam consists of an interview covering syllabus topics. Students will show their deep competence in translating both the authors proposed during frontal lessons and new passages; in reading a critical text and a critical apparatus, in having a good knowledge and understanding of the history of Latin philology. of manuscript tradition and transmission of Latin texts. . Students will be assessed on:written and oral proficiency; language property; working out contents; ability to make inter-disciplinary connections; proper use of specialist language; ability to give proper answers to given questions.Students will have to score a minimum of 60 percent or better of the given questions to get a pass grade.

Other information

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