28952 - Tradition and Permanence of Classics (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

The course is aimed at offering an outline of the classical tradition by analysing the forms and the models of the reception of the Greek and Latin classics especially in modern literature.

Course contents

Readings from Homer, Diodorus Siculus, Catullus, Ovid, Nonnus of Panopolis, Boccaccio, Marino Yourcenar, Pavese.

These texts will be available among the online teaching materials; the full list of the texts will be given by the end of the course.

Readings/Bibliography

Texts:

Catullus, carmen 64; Ovid, Heroides 10, Ars Amatoria 1.527-565, Fasti 3.459-516; Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 47.265-471 (in Greek for classicists); 47.510-516, 47.664-675 and 700-707; 48.530-563, 969-973 (in translation); F. Petrarca, Trionfo d’amore, vv. 109-117; G. Boccaccio, Amorosa visione 22.4-30; L. Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Canto X, ottave 21-34; O. Rinuccini-C. Monteverdi, Lasciatemi morire; G.B. Marino, Arianna; M. Yourcenar, Qui n'a pas son Mynotaure?; C. Pavese, Dialoghi con Leucò, Teseo e La vigna.

The texts read during the lessons will be available among the online teaching materials. Latin texts must be studied in Latin. Students in Classics will be required to read the Greek Texts in Greek.

General bibliography:

G. Ieranò, Arianna. Storia di un mito, Roma 2007; M. Bettini – S. Romani, Il mito di Arianna. Immagini e racconti dalla Grecia a oggi, Torino 2015.

An additional specific bibliography, concerning the single themes and texts that will be object of the lectures, will be provided during the course.

Teaching methods

Lectures in class; Seminars. 

Assessment methods

Viva voce examination, which will test the ability of:
- understanding the texts in their historical and literary environment

-  understanding and translating the Latin texts (students of Classics are expected to read in the original Language also the Greek texts; of course, the number of Latin text to be read will be reduced: a detailed list of the texts will be available before the end of the course)

- discussing and evaluating the critical readings proposed in the bibliography of the course. 

 

Assessment guidelines:
Failing grades: lack of basic linguistic knowledge and inability to produce a correct interpretation of the text.
Passing grades: linguistic and philological proficiency at an intermediate level; interpretation of the texts mostly correct, but inaccurate and lacking autonomy.
Excellent grades: linguistic and philological proficiency at an upper-mid level; interpretation of the texts not only correct, but performed with autonomy and precision.

Teaching tools

The texts analyzed during the course will be made available online. 

Office hours

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