LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE I
Course objectives
The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes geographical areas and sectorial perspectives in which related projects are activated; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.
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ELENA SPANGENBERG YANES
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Metrical reading, translation, and literary and linguistic analysis of the second book of Virgil’s Aeneid; reading, translation, and linguistic and philological analysis of Quintilian, Institutio oratoria, book 10 (chapters 1-5).
Presentation of selected issues of Latin linguistics and as well as of the history of Latin literary genres.
Course duration: 42 hours, subdivided into:
- 21 hours: issues of Latin linguistics; reading, translation, and analysis of Quintilian's Institutio oratoria, 10, 1-5;
- 21 hours: metrical reading, translation, and analysis of Virgil's Aeneid 2.
Prerequisites
A good knowledge of Latin language and literature is required.
Books
LATIN TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS:
1) M. Winterbottom (ed.), M. Fabi Quintiliani Institutionis oratoriae libri duodecim, II: Libri VII - XII, Oxonii, Clarendon Press, 1970 (book 10, 1-5)
2) C. M. Calcante (a c. di), Quintiliano. La formazione dell'oratore, III: Libri IX-XII, Milano, BUR, 1997.
3) S. Casali (a c. di), Virgilio. Eneide 2, Pisa, Edizioni della Normale, 2017.
LATIN LINGUISTICS:
4) A. Traina, G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna, Pàtron, 1998 (o altre ristampe): capitoli da 1 a 7 compresi.
LITERATURE:
5) an handbook of history of Latin literature, from the beginnings to the 2nd century (for instance G. B. Conte, Profilo storico della letteratura latina. Dalle origini alla tarda età imperiale, Firenze, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2019, 2° ed.).
SECONDARY LITERATURE:
6) M. Winterbottom, Quintilian. Institutio oratoria, in L. D. Reynolds, Texts and Transmission, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1983, pp. 332-334.
7) M. Citroni, Finalità e struttura della rassegna degli scrittori greci e latini in Quintiliano, in F. Gasti - G. Mazzoli (a c. di), Modelli letterari e ideologia nell'età flavia. Atti della III Giornata Ghisleriana di Filologia Classica (Pavia, 30 - 31 ottobre 2003), Como, Ibis, 2003, pp. 15-38.
8) S. Mariotti, Letteratura arcaica e alessandrinismo, in Id., Scritti di filologia classica, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2000, pp. 5-22 [già in «Belfagor» 20, 1965, pp. 34-48].
Frequency
Lectures in presence.
Exam mode
Oral examination, consisting of metrical reading, translation, and analysis of Virgil; reading, translation, and analysis of Quintilian; questions about the history of Latin literature from the beginnings to 2nd century CE; questions about Latin linguistics.
Lowest mark: 18/30
Highest mark: 30/30 cum laude
Lesson mode
Lectures in presence.
ELENA SPANGENBERG YANES
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Metrical reading, translation, and literary and linguistic analysis of the second book of Virgil’s Aeneid; reading, translation, and linguistic and philological analysis of Quintilian, Institutio oratoria, book 10 (chapters 1-5).
Presentation of selected issues of Latin linguistics and as well as of the history of Latin literary genres.
Course duration: 42 hours, subdivided into:
- 21 hours: issues of Latin linguistics; reading, translation, and analysis of Quintilian's Institutio oratoria, 10, 1-5;
- 21 hours: metrical reading, translation, and analysis of Virgil's Aeneid 2.
Prerequisites
A good knowledge of Latin language and literature is required.
Books
LATIN TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS:
1) M. Winterbottom (ed.), M. Fabi Quintiliani Institutionis oratoriae libri duodecim, II: Libri VII - XII, Oxonii, Clarendon Press, 1970 (book 10, 1-5)
2) C. M. Calcante (a c. di), Quintiliano. La formazione dell'oratore, III: Libri IX-XII, Milano, BUR, 1997.
3) S. Casali (a c. di), Virgilio. Eneide 2, Pisa, Edizioni della Normale, 2017.
LATIN LINGUISTICS:
4) A. Traina, G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna, Pàtron, 1998 (o altre ristampe): capitoli da 1 a 7 compresi.
LITERATURE:
5) an handbook of history of Latin literature, from the beginnings to the 2nd century (for instance G. B. Conte, Profilo storico della letteratura latina. Dalle origini alla tarda età imperiale, Firenze, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2019, 2° ed.).
SECONDARY LITERATURE:
6) M. Winterbottom, Quintilian. Institutio oratoria, in L. D. Reynolds, Texts and Transmission, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1983, pp. 332-334.
7) M. Citroni, Finalità e struttura della rassegna degli scrittori greci e latini in Quintiliano, in F. Gasti - G. Mazzoli (a c. di), Modelli letterari e ideologia nell'età flavia. Atti della III Giornata Ghisleriana di Filologia Classica (Pavia, 30 - 31 ottobre 2003), Como, Ibis, 2003, pp. 15-38.
8) S. Mariotti, Letteratura arcaica e alessandrinismo, in Id., Scritti di filologia classica, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2000, pp. 5-22 [già in «Belfagor» 20, 1965, pp. 34-48].
Frequency
Lectures in presence.
Exam mode
Oral examination, consisting of metrical reading, translation, and analysis of Virgil; reading, translation, and analysis of Quintilian; questions about the history of Latin literature from the beginnings to 2nd century CE; questions about Latin linguistics.
Lowest mark: 18/30
Highest mark: 30/30 cum laude
Lesson mode
Lectures in presence.
- Lesson code1023192
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseHistory, Anthropology, Religions
- CurriculumStoria medievale e Paleografia
- Year2nd year
- Semester1st semester
- SSDL-FIL-LET/04
- CFU6