Corso di laurea in Lettere

To provide advanced knowledge of some aspects of Latin literature, language and philology through the translation/analysis of linguistically significant Latin texts linked to a unitary theme and the simultaneous reading of some reference contributions in Italian.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY
Completion of the knowledge of Latin language from a historical point of view.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Ability to understand, translate and interpret Latin texts also foreign to the school canon.

JUDGMENT AUTONOMY
Ability to consciously analyze a Latin text and to evaluate his/her own ability to understand and translate.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Express him/herself in a scientifically correct manner regarding the topics of the discipline.

LEARNING ABILITY
Improve the learning skills of the Latin language

CICERO BETWEEN TULLIA, CAESAR, AND PLATO.

READING THE EPISTOLARY: MOURNING, TYRANNY AND PHILOSOPHY

An anthology of letters to Atticus and the Familiares, especially from the year 45 B.C., will be read, so as to follow the multiple threads woven by Cicero between one letter and the next.

In addition to this, space will be devoted to an in-depth study of the history of the language and Latin grammar.

It will be possible to organise part of the lectures in seminar form.

Programme for participants: A. reading, translation and commentary on the anthology of Ciceronian letters uploaded in the teaching materials; B. reading in Italian of the letters Ad Atticum from year 45 (teaching material); C. understanding and study of the history of the Latin language, on the textbook F. Stolz, A. Debrunner, W. P. Schmid, Storia della Lingua Latina, tr. it. con intr. e n. di A. Traina, Bologna 19934 and on the handouts uploaded in the teaching material (knowledge of A. Traina, G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, sixth revised and updated edition edited by C. Marangoni, Bologna, 1998, chapters 1-7 is taken for granted); D. metrical reading and translation of Lucan, Pharsalia, Book I; E. seminar work or reading of two articles agreed with the professor.

Programme for non-attending students: A.; B.; C.; D.; E. identical; F. translation of Titus Livius, Histories, Book I; G. reading of a book agreed with the professor.

Lectures lasting a total of 36 hours (6 CFU), held in the classroom with the aid of projections. The lecturer tries to stimulate students' active participation as much as possible. Students may present a paper in class on two of the texts in the course bibliography.

Oral examination.

If the student still has to take the literary history part, this is requested prior to the monographic examination, usually by another lecturer.

The method of assessment by means of an oral examination focuses on the translation of one or more Latin passages of legitimate length, with explanation questions of a linguistic and other nature, consistent with the information offered in class during the lessons; this is followed by one or more questions of a theoretical-systematic nature on the reference texts in the bibliography.

This method makes it possible to credibly verify whether the expected learning outcomes have actually been acquired by the students, since the basic knowledge has already been assessed by means of a written examination.

Talks by scholars from Italian and foreign universities will be scheduled during class time: the programme will be defined in January 2024.

I COPY BELOW THE UNIVERSITY INDICATION REGARDING STUDENTS WITH DSA: 

For students with DSA or disabilities, please refer to the
the support arrangements
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University, and in particular the procedures necessary for support in the
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A.B. Krische, « Über Ciceros Akademika », Göttinger Studien, 1845, p. 1-19;

J.S. Reid (éd.), M. Tulli Ciceronis Academica, Londres, 1885², p. 28-38;

O.E. Schmidt, Der Briefwechsel des M.T. Cicero von seinem Prokonsulat in Cilicien bis zu Caesars Ermordung, Leipzig, 1893, p. 55-56; 318-319;

R. Hirzel, Der Dialog. Ein literarhistorischer Versuch, Leipzig, 1895, I, p. 506-512; 521-524;

A. Lörcher, Das Fremde und das Eigene in Ciceros Büchern de finibus bonorum et malorum und den Academica, Halle, 1911 [= Hildesheim-New York, 1975], p. 84-91;

R.Y. Tyrrell, L.C. Purser, The Correspondence of M. Tullius Cicero, arranged according to its chronological order, V, Dublin-London, 1915²;

O. Plasberg, M. Tulli Ciceronis Academicorum reliquiae cum Lucullo, Leipzig, 1922, p. vii-xv;

R. Philippson, Tullius n° 29, RE VII A 1, 1939, col. 1128-1134;

H. Emonds, Zweite Auflage im Altertum: Kulturgeschichtliche Studien zur Überlieferung der antiken Literatur, Leipzig, 1941, p. 265-277;

M. Ruch, «À propos de la chronologie et de la genèse des Academica et du De finibus», L’Antiquité Classique, 19, 1950, p. 13-26;

K. Kumaniecki, «Cicerone e Varrone, Storia di una conoscenza», Athenaeum, 40, 1962, pp. 235-238;

J. Beaujeu (éd.), Cicéron. Correspondance. Tome VIII, Paris, 1983;

C. Lévy, Cicero Academicus. Recherches sur les Académiques et sur la philosophie cicéronienne, Rome, 1992, p. 129-140;

C. Schäublin, A. Bächli et A. Graeser (éds), Cicero, Akademische Abhandlungen: Lucullus, Hamburg, 1995, p. xliv-lii;

Th. Baier, Werk und Wirkung Varros im Spiegel seiner Zeitgenossen. Von Cicero bis Ovid, Stuttgart, 1997, p. 15-70;

M.T. Griffin, «The composition of the Academica: motives and versions», dans B. Inwood, J. Mansfeld (éds), Assent and Argument. Studies in Cicero’s Academic books, Leyden, 1997, p. 1-35;

Ch. Rösch-Binde, Vom “δεινὸς ἀνήρ” zum “diligentissimus investigator antiquitatis”. Zur komplexen Beziehung zwischen M. Tullius Cicero und M. Terentius Varro, München, 1998, p. 164-232, 350-470;

O. Cappello, The School of Doubt. Skepticism, History and Politics in Cicero’s Academica, Leyden, 2019, p. 16-27;

D. Gattafoni, Varrone accademico e menippeo, Milan, 2021, p. 17-59;

J. Sedlmeyr, Die Figurenkonzeption in den Dialogen Ciceros. Zwischen Vergangenheitskonstruktion und Gegenwartskommunikation, Heidelberg, 2021, p. 355-378; 532-548.