500984 - LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (AVANZATO)

Self-study: (1) Texts and normative grammar: Cicero, De amicitia; Virgil, Anthology from the Aeneid (presented during the Latin Workshop; 20 steps) or a whole book of your choice (recommended editions: Signorelli, Rizzoli, Mondadori, Einaudi); a very useful supplementary reading is S. Casali, Virgilio: guida all'Eneide, Carocci 2023. (2) Prosody and metrics: A. Traina, G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna, Pàtron editore, chapter VII, Fundamentals of metrics (presented during the Latin Workshop); it is highly recommended to read A. Cucchiarelli, F. Ursini, Studiare latino all'università, Rome, Carocci 2024 (3) History of Latin literature from its origins up to and including Apuleius; reference manual G.B. Conte, Latin Literature, Le Monnier, first edition, Florence 2012, in two volumes, without an anthology of texts. Valid literatures are also, for example: F. Stok, Latin Literature. Genres and paths, Carocci, Rome 2020 or P. Fedeli, E. Malaspina, L. Antonelli, Le parole di Roma. History of Latin Literature, UTET, Turin 2023. Further bibliography: For knowledge of the historical context, see M. Pani, E. Todisco, Storia Romana. From the origins to late antiquity, Carocci, second edition, Rome 2014. For knowledge of mythology see B. Santorelli, Introduction to classical mythology, Le Monnier, Florence 2024. For a comprehensive knowledge of the ancient world, the encyclopedia Antichità Classica - Le Garzantine, Repertorio generale della civiltà greco-romana, prima edizione, Milano 2000, is useful. Lectures: (4) Latin epistolography between literature and reality (anthology of passages provided by the teacher, presented in the classroom uploaded on the Kiro teaching platform).