LATIN LITERATURE - MODULE 2
The critical acquisition of knowledge about the history of Latin Literature; the ability to read and understand a Latin poem.
The course aims to provide a general introduction to Latin literature by means of a close reading of major literary genres in a diachronic perspective. In particular, we will explore the main aspects of the Latin poetry of the first century BC. The aim is to provide students with the opportunity to acquire the essential tools for the literary analysis, that also involves linguistic, stylistic and metrical properties of the text.
Module 1:
Il bosco sacro. Letteratura e antropologia di Roma antica (or: Nemora), Ed. by M. Bettini, Firenze, La Nuova Italia [to be studied until the second century A.D.].The handbook indicated includes an anthology, the reading of which is recommended.
Module 2:
A. Traina - G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna, Pàtron.
Catullo, carme 64; Virgilio, Georgiche IV 281-566.
Additional references will be provided at the beginning of the course, along with further material useful for attending lessons.
Students that are not able to attend classes are asked to contact the professor in order to agree an integrative learning program.