- Docente: Luca Graverini
- Credits: 6
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 0973)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philology, Literature and Classical Tradition (cod. 0970)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the Course the student is expected to have a thorough
knowledge of Latin literature. He should be able to analyze a Latin
text, its language and style, its subject and contexts, its textual
problems, and to use the standard tools of philological
research.
Course contents
Apuleius' Metamorphoses (Book 3) and the ancient novel (6
CFU)
N.B.: the course is for the MA 14 Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics. This year it is also Part B of the course by the same name for the MA 15 Philology, Literature and Classical Tradition; Part A is taught by Bruna Pieri, starting on Feb. 2.
Latin texts:
- Apuleius, Metamorphoses: Book 3 in Latin, the whole novel in translation
- Vergil, Eclogues
Further readings to be chosen from the Section TEXT/BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- An introductory essay on Apuleius and the ancient novel
- Lecture notes by the theacher: Le Metamorfosi di Apuleio: un'introduzione. They can be freely downloaded in EPUB or MOBI format and read with any ebook reader (if necessary, you can use the free software Calibre to upload the files onto your reader and/or convert them to a different format). You can also order them from Lulu.com, in print (117 pages, paperback: € 4,50) or in PDF format (€ 1,50: but note that printing the PDF will probably cost you more than the paperback).
- Lecture notes by the teacher: A commentary on Apuleius' Metamorphoses, Book 3, downloadable in PDF format.
Students who cannot attend classes can use the downloadable commentary on Book 3 mentioned above, or choose Book 1 instead, together with the commentary by Regine May, Apuleius: Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass, Book 1. Aris & Phillips classical texts. Oxford: Aris & Phillips, 2013.
N.B.: All the Latin courses of the MA program are meant for students who already know the Latin language.
LESSONS BEGIN on Thursday, March 16 2017
SCHEDULE:
- Thursday 15-17 (room V, via Zamboni 38, floor 2)
- Friday 9-11 (room III, via Zamboni 38, floor 1)
- Friday 13-15 (room V, via Zamboni 38, floor 2)
Readings/Bibliography
[N.B.: what follows is a translation of the Course syllabus
in Italian. English-speaking students can contact me in order to
agree on other readings in English]
LATIN TEXTS:
A bilingual edition of Apuleius' Metamorphoses and of Vergil's Eclogues. Other texts will be published online
by the teacher before the beginning of the Course.
FURTHER READINGS:
L. Graverini, W. Keulen, A. Barchiesi, Il romanzo antico. Forme,
testi, problemi, Carocci, Roma 2006, pp. 15-72 e 131-157 (students who did not attend classes have to study the whole volume). The pp. 131-157 can be replaced by the
Introduzione by Lara Nicolini to her edition Milano: Rizzoli 2005.
Contact the teacher for other options in English if necessary.
LATIN LANGUAGE:
Students who have no or insufficient knowledge of Latin can use M.
Fucecchi, L. Graverini, La lingua latina. Fondamenti di
morfologia e sintassi. Con esercizi, Le Monnier, Firenze 2009.
Some morphology exercises are available on my personal
webpage.
PROSODY:
If necessary, consult A. Traina - G. Bernardi Perini,
Propedeutica al latino universitario, Pàtron, Bologna 1998,
chapter III, parr. 6 and 7, and chapter VII, Fondamenti di
metrica.
Teaching methods
Lectures (30 hours, 6 CFU)
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Teaching tools
- Timeline of ancient culture: personal website
- Esercizi di lingua latina: personal website
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Luca Graverini