LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Learning of a critical method for a philological-literary analysis of prosaic and poetic texts, for the definition of the main literary genres.

Learning of a critical method for a philological-literary analysis of prosaic and poetic texts, for the definition of the main literary genres.

A) Basics (4 CFU)

It is required the knowledge of the basics of the History of Latin Literature, with special regard to the literary movements, literary genres, and main authors.

Suggested texts (elective/optional):

• G. B. Conte, Letteratura latina. Manuale storico dalle origini alla fine dell’impero romano, Firenze 1987, pp. 3-424.
• V. Citti - Claudia Casali - C. Neri, Gli autori nella letteratura latina. Disegno storico. Dalle origini alla tarda latinità, Bologna 2005, pp. 7-337.

Reading of classical texts (the material is also available on

STUDIUM):

• Varro ling. 6, 70-71. Suggested ed.: G. Goetz – F. Schoell, M. Terenti Varronis De lingua Latina quae supersunt, Lipsiae 1910.
• Cicero top. 14. Suggested ed.: T. Reinhardt, Cicero’s Topica, with an Intr., Transl., and Comm., Oxford 2003.
• Tacitus ann. 3, 33, 1-4. Suggested ed.: S. Borzsák, Cornelii Taciti libri qui supersunt, I.1 Ab excessu divi Augusti libri I-VI, Stutgardiae-Lipsiae 1992.
• Gellius 18, 6, 1-9. Suggested ed.: P.K. Marshall, A. Gellii Noctes Atticae, II. Libri XI-XX, Oxonii 1968.

B) Detailed Studies (4 CFU)

Epithalamic literature between lyric poetry tradition and parodic comedies.

Reading of classical texts (the material is also available on

STUDIUM):

• Plautus Cas. 798-830. Suggested ed.: C. Questa, Titus Maccius Plautus. Casina, Sarsinae et Vrbini 2001
• Calvus carm. frg. 4-8; Ticid. carm. frg. 1. Suggested ed.: J. Blänsdorf, Fragmenta poetarum Latinorum epicorum et lyricorum, Berlin-New York 2011.
• Catullus 61. Suggested ed.: D.F.S. Thomson, Catullus, Ed. with a Textual and Interpretative Comm., Toronto 1997.
• Statius silv. 1, 2. Suggested ed.: E. Courtney, P. Papini Stati Silvae, Oxonii 1990
• Juvenal 6, 1-113; 136-196; 200-236; 242-267; 286-308; 349-365; 434-473; 610-661. Suggested ed.: W.V. Clausen, A. Persi Flacci et D. Iuni Iuuenalis Saturae, Oxonii 1992²

It is required the prosodic reading of the poetic texts listed in the programme. The following reference is recommended:

• S. Boldrini, La prosodia e la metrica dei Romani, Torino 1992 (o Roma 2017), pp. 53-81; 109-114; 125-127; 130-134; 139-151; 153-154; 156-157; 160-163.

C) Critical Essays (1 CFU)

It is required the knowledge of one of the following studies (elective):

• M. Lentano, Le relazioni difficili: parentela e matrimonio nella commedia latina, Napoli 1996, pp. 7-137.
• F. Bellandi, Eros e matrimonio romano. Studi sulla satira VI di Giovenale, Bologna 2003, pp. 1-156.
• A. d’Errico, L'epitalamio nella letteratura latina, dal fescennino nuziale al c. 62 di Catullo, «Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia dell’Università di Napoli» 5, 1955, pp. 73-93 e Carla Fayer, La familia romana, II. Aspetti giuridici ed antiquari. Sponsalia matrimonio dote, Roma 2005, pp. 15-94; 185-199; 327-350.

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.