Acquisition of a critical method for the prosodic metrical analysis of Latin archaic poetries and the interpretation of corruptions that occurred during the manuscript transmission with the assistance of Latin meter tools.
Lectures.
If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, the necessary changes may be introduced with respect to what was previously stated, in order to comply with the program envisaged and reported in the Syllabus.
Introduction to the Latin archaic prosody and meter.
Reading of selected texts from the Latin archaic theater, examined from the prosodic, metrical, historical and paleographic perspective.
A) Basics (2 ECTS)
Methodological and theoretical basics of archaic Latin metre.
The knowledge of the following studies is required:
Detailed Studies (4 ECTS)
Metron and folium: metric and textual problems in the archaic Latin theatre.
Reading of classical texts:
Critical Essays
The knowledge of the following studies is required:
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