LATIN LITERARY CRITICISM

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

FLT061

Academic Year of enrolment:

2024

Year of supply:

2024/2025

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS

Disciplinary Sector:

LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DOMENICUCCI Patrizio

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

108

Prerequisites:

Good knowledge of Latin language and Literature

Objectives

The course, in harmony with the objectives of the study courses in Philology, Linguistics and Literary Tradition, BASA and STAR, aims at
1) increase students' philological-literary knowledge
2) develop their autonomy of judgement
3) and communication skills through the organisation of seminar activities.
At the end of the Course the student shall:
1) have acquired adequate knowledge of: a) the distinctive features of the epic-didactic genre; b) the contents and formal, philosophical and political-ideological characteristics of Virgil's Georgics; d) the contents of Book IV of the poem with particular reference to the myth of Orpheus
2) having deepened their knowledge of the Latin language
3) have enhanced the critical-textual skills acquired during the previous three-year period.

Contents

Virgil, Georgics IV

Extended Syllabus

- Overview of Virgil's biography and literary production
- Content and characteristics of the Georgics (literary genre; philosophical inspiration; political-ideological aspects; structure; compositional technique; style; metrics; intertextuality)
- The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
- Contents and characteristics of Book IV of the Georgics
- Reading, translation and commentary of Book IV of the Georgics
- Seminar meetings organised by the students

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Recommended Bibliography

P. Vergilius Maro, Bucolica, edidit et apparatu critico instruxit Silvia Ottaviano; Georgica, edidit et apparatu critico instruxit Gian Biagio Conte, Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, Berlin/Boston, de Gruyter 2013.

Non-attending students will adopt the following edition, accompanied by an Italian translation, also studying the Introduction:
Virgilio, Georgiche, intr. di A. La Penna, trad. di L. Canali, note di R. Scarcia, Milano, Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, 1997.

Teaching Methods

Lectures: 36 hrs Seminars: 6 hrs

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final assessment consists of in 1) a written 2) and an oral exam.
1) The written exam consists of the translation from Latin into Italian of a piece by a Latin author. The correctness of the translation and the quality of the written expression will be evaluated. The grading scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.
To sit for the oral exam students must first pass the written exam (pass mark: 18/30). The oral exam will be evaluated from 0 to 6. The final grade results from the sum of the two parts.
2) The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess the students’ skills and in particular their understanding of the issues discussed during the course, their knowledge of the bibliography in the reading list, the correct command of the specific language as well as of critical and methodological abilities. The grading scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18- 21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.

Contacts/More Information

The teacher will meet the students in the hour following the lessons

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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