Course program
The course will focus on late 17th- and 18th-century Latin poetry, aiming to provide a partial overview of this vast production, structured across different genres and metrical forms, as well as diverse cultural environments. Since these texts lack modern editions and have never been translated into Italian or other languages, active participation will be required. Students will be expected to work on ancient editions and manuscripts, and will be asked to collaborate on the drafting of commentaries on the texts. The two courses are designed as a single program, but, given their anthological structure, students may also choose to follow just one of them, then preparing the texts discussed in each module for the exam.
Non-attending students will prepare some Latin satires of an Arcadian nature written by Leone Strozzi (the search for a treasure in one's own little field; 1690s), Contuccio Contucci (on contemporary poetry and the inflation of poets), Giulio Cesare Cordara (against the cabalists, or lottery players; 1733) and Giovan Battista Casti (on the disadvantages of small towns; against those who spend the day chattering about war; on his poetry; a Roman festival; 1763-1764).
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Latin language.
Books
Attending Students.
The readings and bibliography covered in the lectures will be uploaded as handouts to the instructor's webpage on the Sapienza University website at the beginning and throughout the course.
Non-attending Students.
M. Campanelli, «Eja age dic satyram». La musa pedestre nel Bosco Parrasio, Rome, Accademia dell’Arcadia, 2021, pp. 3-27, 31-51, 229-435; the volume is available in open access on the Accademia dell’Arcadia website.
Frequency
Lessons will be held in the classroom, without recordings or remote connections.
Exam mode
The exam will be held in written form; in two hours the student will have to translate a few passages (selected by the teacher) from the texts read in the classes, for attending students, or from the satires in the volume “Eja age dic satyram”, for non-attending students, and prove himself able to comment on the vocabulary, the syntax, the metric, the historical and literary issues of the texts.
Bibliography
Attending Students.
The readings and bibliography covered in the lectures will be uploaded as handouts to the instructor's webpage on the Sapienza University website at the beginning and throughout the course.
Non-attending Students.
M. Campanelli, «Eja age dic satyram». La musa pedestre nel Bosco Parrasio, Rome, Accademia dell’Arcadia, 2021, pp. 3-27, 31-51, 229-435; the volume is available in open access on the Accademia dell’Arcadia website.
Lesson mode
Lectures will focus on analyzing the text from a stylistic and historical-cultural perspective. PowerPoint presentations or other audiovisual aids will not be used. Students are required to take notes of the lectures, which will then be used to pass the exam.
