SCIENCE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (UNIT A)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Highlight the potential of information technology tools and warn students against using their exclusive and uncritical use. Students must be able to use text databases and bibliographical research tools, with a full awareness of the potential of such tools as well as of the risks deriving from their exclusive and uncritical use
Prerequisites
Have earned at least 10 credits in the scientific-disciplinary area of Latin language and literature
Course contents summary
The aim of the course is to offer a critical review of the main resources available for the study of classical languages and literature. Text and bibliographical databases and their corresponding interrogation software programs in Windows, Linux and Macintosh environments will be examined. Time will also be dedicated to sitography relative to the study of Latin and Greek
Recommended readings
Giovanna Alvoni, Scienze dell'antichità per via informatica. Banchedati, Internet e risorse elettroniche nello studio dell'antichità classica, con contributi di U. Rausch e un'introduzione di F.Montanari, Bologna (CLUEB) 2002;
T. Numerico-A. Vespignani (a cura di), Informatica per le scienze umanistiche, Bologna (Il Mulino) 2002;
R.M.Danese (a cura di), Tra 'volumen' e byte. Per una didattica sostenibile della cultura latina, con testi di A. Bacianini e A.Torino, Rimini (Guaraldi) 2003;
R.M. Danese (a cura di), Kybernetes. Il greco classico in rete, contesti di Valentina Millozzi, A. Bacianini, A.Torino, Rimini (Guaraldi) 2004.
The students have to study Propedeutica al latino universitario, VI, VIII and to translate: Cicero Tully, De amicitia e Vergil, georg. I
Teaching methods
The course consists of classroom lectures and exercises, followed by a weekly tutorial.
