28949 - Latin Philology and Literature (1) (LM) (M-Z)

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

Popular Latin Literature – 6 CFU

N.B.: the course is for the MA 14 Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics whose family name begins with letters M-Z

 

General part:

• Vergil's Eclogues: prosodic reading and translation

• Introduction to classical philology; the critical apparatus of Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1,1-6 

The course includes short workshops on the prosodic reading of Latin hexameters, and on the main tenets of classical philology.

 

Special subject: Popular Latin literature

• General introduction;

• Reading and translation of, and commentary on, the texts collected on the teacher's website

• Support readings are listed under READINGS/BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Students who cannot attend classes will do the same general part, and instead of the special subject they will study Apuleius' Metamorphoses (the whole novel in a modern language; Book 1 in Latin) and the ancient novel. At the exam, they will answer questions on the ancient Greek and Latin novel, on Apuleius, and they will be asked to translate and comment passages from Book 1. Other required readings are listed under READINGS/BIBLIOGRAPHY.

 

N.B.: All the Latin courses of the MA program are meant for students who already know the Latin language.

 

LESSONS BEGIN ON

March 15th, 2018

 

SCHEDULE

Thursday 3-5pm, room V - via Zamboni 38

Friday 9-11am, room III - via Zamboni 38

Friday 1-3pm, room V - via Zamboni 38

The teacher's schedule is also available online

Readings/Bibliography

[N.B.: If needed, English-speaking students can contact me in order to agree on other readings in English]

 

For the general part:

• Some provisional notes on Latin prosody are available here. If necessary, also check A. Traina – G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Pàtron, Bologna 1998, chapter. III, parts 6 e 7, and chapter VII, Fondamenti di metrica.

• A bilingual edition of Virgil's Eclogues, such as the one edited by Andrea Cucchiarelli in the series Aula Magna, Carocci ed.

• An introduction to Classical Philology, such as T. Braccini, La scienza dei testi antichi. Introduzione alla filologia classica, Le Monnier, Firenze 2017;  M. Scialuga, Introduzione allo studio della filologia classica, Ed. dell’Orso, Alessandria 2003, pp.11-103; or P. Chiesa, Elementi di critica testuale, Pàtron, Bologna 20012, pp. 11-98 e 171-183.

 

For the special subject:

• M. Citroni, Marziale e la letteratura per i Saturnali (poetica dell’intrattenimento e cronologia della pubblicazione dei libri), “ICS” 14 (1989): 201-226. A PDF is available here

• M. Fusillo, Letteratura di consumo e romanzesca, in Cambiano, G., L. Canfora, D. Lanza, eds. 1994, Lo spazio letterario della Grecia antica. Vol. I: La produzione e la circolazione del testo. III: I Greci e Roma, Roma: Salerno ed., 233-271. A PDF is available here

• O. Pecere, A. Stramaglia, edd., La letteratura di consumo nel mondo greco-latino, Cassino: Università degli Studi di Cassino 1996. Contributi di Cavallo, Fusillo, Gianotti, Dorati-Guidorizzi. A PDF is available here

 

For students who cannot attend classes:

• Introduction to the ancient novel: L. Graverini, W. Keulen, A. Barchiesi, Il romanzo antico. Forme, testi, problemi, Carocci, Roma 2006.

• A bilingual edition of Apuleius' Metamorphoses, such as theone edited by Lara Nicolini, Apuleio. Le Metamorfosi o L’asino d’oro, Rizzoli, Milano (B.U.R.) 2005.

• A commentary on Book 1 of the Metamorphoses. An Italian one, by the teacher (a pre-print), is downloadable here. Otherwise,see R.May, Apuleius: Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass, Book 1. Aris & Phillips classical texts. Oxford: Aris & Phillips, 2013.

 

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 in English are available on my personal webpage.

Teaching methods

Lectures (30 hours, 6 CFU)

Assessment methods

Oral exam, in three parts:

• prosodic reading and translation of passages from Vergil's Eclogues
• questions on the principles of Classical philology and/or reading and interpretation of a critical apparatus
• translation of and commentary on passages included in the syllabus for the special subject (for students who have not attended classes, questions on their specific syllabus)

Teaching tools

• Chronological map of ancient culture: webpage
• Latin language drills: webpage

Office hours

See the website of Luca Graverini