LATIN LITERARY CRITICISM

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

FLT061

Academic Year of enrolment:

2023

Year of supply:

2023/2024

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, consistently with the learning objectives of the MA programme in Philology, Linguistics, and Literary Traditions, aims to:
1) broaden the students’ philological and literary knowledge;
2) foster the students’ critical skills;
3) develop communication skills through seminar activities.
In particular the aims of the Course are:
1) the acquisition of good knowledge of: a) the distinctive features of the didactic epic genre; b) the diffusion of astronomical themes in Latin literature; c) the structure and contents of Manilius’ work; d) the contents of the fifth book of the poem with particular reference to the representation of the different human characters; e) sidereal onomastics; f) the relationship with Latin literary models (Vergil, Ovid et alii);

2) the acquisition of further competences in the Latin language;
3) the consolidation of textual criticism competences.

Contents

Stars and charakterismos in Manilius’ Astronomica 5

Extended Syllabus

- Formal characteristics of the didactic epic.
- The didactic epic in Rome.
- Astronomical themes in Latin literature.
- Structure and contents of Manilius’ poem.
- Structure and contents of Manilius 5: astrology and ethopeia.
- Manilius’ literary models: Virgil and Ovid.
- The sidereal onomastics.
- Reading, translation and commentary of Manilius 5.

Recommended Bibliography

Manilio, Il poema degli astri (Astronomica), vol. II, libri III-V, a cura di S. Feraboli – Enrico Flores e Riccardo Scarcia, Milano, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla / Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2001.

The text will be available for download from the Course page on the University website (Moodle platform) as of January 2024.

Only the Latin text will be loaded on the platform.

Non-attending students will adopt the recommended edition, accompanied by an Italian translation, also studying the Introduction.

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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