00489 - Latin Grammar

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows Latin grammar and syntax; when required, he is able to read and understand correctly complex Latin texts; he possesses adequate knowledge of formation of Latin literary language.

Course contents

SPECIAL FOCUS COURSE "The dramatic style" of Latin declaimers: declamation and literature in the early Imperial-Age: anthological readings from Ovid, Seneca the Elder, Seneca the Younger, Lucanus, Juvenal, Quintilian, Tacitus.

CORE COURSE Latin grammar (particularly syntax) will be examined at an advanced level; basic knowledge of historical grammar will be consolidated

AUTHORS

Seneca, De brevitate vitae

CRITICAL ESSAYES see bibliography

 

Students who can not attend the course are requested to contact the teacher

 

Readings/Bibliography

TEXTS
1) Roman Declamation, Extracts edited with commentary by M. Winterbottom, Bristol Classical Press, Bristol 1980, reperibile tra i materiali didattici.
2) Seneca, La brevità della vita, commento di A. Traina. Seconda edizione a cura di D. Pellacani, Bologna, BUP, 2016; per la traduzione si consiglia Lucio Anneo Seneca, La brevità della vita, trad. e note a cura di A. Traina, Milano, BUR, 1996.
    
HANDBOOKS
Grammar and syntax: A. Traina - T. Bertotti, Sintassi normativa della lingua latina (vol I, Teoria), Bologna, Cappelli 1985; or I. Dionigi – E. Riganti – L. Morisi, Il latino, Bari, Laterza 2011 (= Verba et res. Morfosintassi e lessico del latino, 2 voll., Bari, Laterza, 1999).
Historical grammar: A. Traina - G.B. Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna (Patron) 1995, capp. I-V.

SECONDARY LITERATURE
Students are required to read one of the following readings:
1) one of the essays included in La declamazione latina. Prospettive a confronto sulla retorica di scuola a Roma antica, Napoli, Liguori 2015.
2) E. Norden, La prosa d'arte antica, ed. italiana a cura di B.H. Campana, vol. I, Roma 1986, pp. 263-310.3) S.L. Bonner, Roman Declamation, Liverpool 1969, pp. 1-50; 71-83.
4) E. Pianezzola, Spunti per un'analisi del racconto nel thema delle Controversiae di Seneca il Vecchio, in Id., Percorsi di Studio, Amsterdam 2007, pp. 251-263 together with A. Stramaglia, Amori impossibili. P. Köln 250, le raccolte progimnasmatiche e la tradizione retorica dell'amante di un ritratto, in B.-J. Schröder- J.-P. Schröder, Studium Declamatorium, München-Leipzig 2003.

 

 

Teaching methods

Lectures; interactive lessons with exercises and readings of Latin texts in the original language, aimed to control the learning proces. A laboratory on grammar will be activated.

Assessment methods

The final examination consists of a conversation with the examiner; the student will demonstrate to meet the learning objectives, in particular:

1) to have acquired an adequate knowledge of Latin grammar (phonetic, morphology, syntax) at an intermediate level, both from a synchronic and a diachronic point of view: therefore, to pass the examination it is required a good basic knowledge of Latin Language.

2) to know the content of the thearocal essays included in this program.

3) to be able to apply theoretical knowledge in practical situations, by performing translations and analysis of the Latin texts listed in the course contents.

Assessment guidelines:

failing grades: lack of basic linguistic knowledge and inability to produce a correct translation and interpretation of the text
passing grades: basic linguistic knowledge, translation and interpretation of texts mostly correct, but inaccurate and lacking in autonomy.
positive grades: language proficiency at an intermediate level; translation and interpretation of the texts fully correct, but not always accurate and autonomous.

excellent grades: language proficiency at an intermediate-hight level;  translation and interpretation of the texts non only correct, but autonomous and accurate.

Teaching tools

Materials to sopport teaching, whether in paper or electronic format, will be provided during classes or made available online

Office hours

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