13275 - Latin Language (1) (E-M)

Academic Year 2020/2021

Learning outcomes

Knowledge to be obtained by the end of the course 1) the student knows elements of phonetics of the Latin language 2) he knows morphology, syntax and basic vocabulary of the Latin language 3) he knows some basic elements of the history of the Latin language aimed to provide a full understanding of the main morphological structures. Skills to be obtained by the end of the course: 1) the student can pronounce the Latin language correctly 2) he can recognize and describe the main morphosyntatic structures 3) he can decline nouns, pronouns, adjectives and conjugate verbs correctly 4) he can translate and analyze previously seen texts.

Course contents

Course contents
I. SPECIAL FOCUS COURSE
Medeas' Metamorphoses: Ovid, Metamorphoses, VII 1-159 (Medea and Iason); 160-296 (Medea rejuvenates Aeson); 297-348 (The murder of Pelias). part of the verses will be read in class; for the remaining part, didactic materials will be provided.

 II. CORE COURSE
Latin Language: phonetics, morphology, vocabulary, syntax.

III. AUTHORS
Lectures from Cornelius Nepos De viris illustribus (Praefatio and Vita Attici).

IV. CRITICAL ESSAYS
see Bibliography

SEMINARS

First semester: basic-level seminars (compulsory for OFA students).

Second semester:

Online classes on Cornelius Nepos De viris illustribus (Praefatio and Vita Attici), prof. Leonardo Galli, on Thursdays 17.00-18.30 (from February 11).

Online classes on Latin Basic Syntax, prof. C. Valenzano, on The Tuesdays 13.00-14.30 (from February 9).

both seminars will be held in the virtual classroom accessible at the link:

https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_ODllMzY4M2EtYzBlZi00MGI5LTg4ODAtZjJkZmI4MWNlODc5%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%2522e99647dc-1b08-454a-bf8c-699181b389ab%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%2522080683d2-51aa-4842-aa73-291a43203f71%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=4154cf59-d3ec-4182-920d-b63c4492698f&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true

 

 

Students who don't attend the course are required to read also:

M. Fruyt, Word-Formation in Classical Latin, in A companion to the latin language, edited by James Clackson, Maiden (MA)-Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, pp. 157-175 (available among the teaching materials).

start of class: Monday, February 1

Readings/Bibliography

I. SPECIAL FOCUS COURSE
Texts: Ovidio, Metamorfosi Libri 7-9, vol. 4, a cura di E. J. Kenney; testo critico di R. Tarrant; trad. di G. Chiarini, Milano, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla - Arnoldo Mondadori, 2011; oppure Publio Ovidio Nasone, Metamorfosi, a cura di P. Bernardini Marzolla, Torino, Einaudi,1994

II. CORE COURSE
I. Dionigi – E. Riganti – L. Morisi, Il latino, Bari, Laterza 2011, or Verba et res. Morfosintassi e lessico del latino, 2 voll., Bari, Laterza, 1999; A. Traina – G. Bernardi Perini,Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna, Pàtron, 1995, capp. I-VI (on peculiar topics of phonetics, morphology, syntax). As an alternative, Allen and Greenough's New Latin grammar, Ginn & Company, Boston-NY-Chicago, 1903 (both for syntax and morphology).

III. AUTHORS

Cornelius Nepos, De viris illustribus: as for Praefatio and Vita Attici are concerned, a translation into Italian, with commentary on grammar will be available among the teaching material. 

IV. CRITICAL ESSAYS

1 essay  from the following list (all the essays are collected in  F. Citti, L. Pasetti, D. Pellacani, a cura di, Metamorfosi tra scienza e letteratura, Firenze, Olschki, 2014):

- F. Citti – L. Pasetti, Metamorfosi tra scienza e letteratura: temi e lessico, in Citti, Pasetti, Pellacani (cit.), pp. 1-23;

- Damien Nelis, Ovidio, Metamorfosi 1,416-451: nova monstra e foedera naturae, in Citti, Pasetti, Pellacani (cit.), pp. 101-122;

- A. Barchiesi, Per una lettura delle Metamorfosi di Ovidio, inCitti, Pasetti, Pellacani (cit.), pp. 123-136;

- Maria Conforti, Medea and the phoenix: a note on Ovidian imagery and the prolongatio vitae in early modern medicine, in Citti, Pasetti, Pellacani (cit.), pp. 219-230.

Other essays to choice could be available among the teaching materials (section: LETTURE CRITICHE)

Teaching methods

Lecture is the teaching approach adopted for the special focus course;
interactive lessons are used in the seminars: here the students are more active participants to the learning process, which includes exercises and periodical tests.

Assessment methods

The assessment methods, in particular the written test, may modified if requested by the Covid emergency

The exam has two parts:

- a written multiple choice Latin test, performed on the computer, concerning morphology and elemets of syntax.

N.B. The written test is compulsory and must be overcome before the oral exam of Lingua Latina. A negative mark prevents from accessing to the viva voce examination. The test remains valid for 6 months. The test is passed with 18/30.

- A viva voce examination: the students will be tested in Latin phonetics, morphology and syntax through the reading and translation of the Latin texts dealt with in class and listed in the program.

- the exam can't be divided into parts.

Assessment guidelines:

- failing grades:lack of basic linguistic knowledge (phonetics, morphology, basic syntax) and inability to produce a correct translation and a correct interpretation of the texts.

- passing grades: proficiency in the basic linguistic skills; translation and interpretation of texts mostly correct, but inaccurate and lacking in autonomy.

- positive grades: language proficiency at an intermediate level; translation and interpretation of the texts fully correct, but not always accurate and autonomous.

- excellent grades: language proficiency at an upper-mid level; translation and interpretation of the texts not only correct but performed with autonomy and precision.

Teaching tools

1. Online teaching materials (e.g. slides)
2. Seminars (cf. course content) aimed to the introduction to the bases of the Latin language (phonetics, morphology and syntax) and to the texts belonging to the program (Suetonius).

3. Latin Video lessons, available at https://elearning-pro.unibo.it/course/view.php?id=1162

Office hours

See the website of Lucia Pasetti