Linguistics

Ovid's Metamorphoses and their reception in the medieval, modern and contemporary ages A selection of the most significant episodes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses and their rewritings in medieval, modern e contemporary literature (from Dante’s Commedia to Christoph Ransmayr’s The Last World) will be presented, together with an outline of the most relevant aspects of the poem and its critical reception. The text of each episode will be closely read in its thematic, linguistic, stylistic, metrical and textual aspects, and then compared with one or more modern rewritings, in order to give students a full understanding of one of the most important works in world culture and its influence on modern European literature.

Advanced knowledge of Latin language and a basic knowledge of the history of Latin literature are expected.

- The Latin text of the passages covered by this course (episodes from Ovid's Metamorphoses and from Apuleius’ Metamorphoses) together with some relevant critic literature will be provided in full in the handouts; - A. Cucchiarelli, F. Ursini, Studiare latino all'università, Roma, Carocci, 2024.

Attendance is strongly recommended. Students who are unable to attend are invited to contact the lecturer.

The exam consists in an oral interview during which students will be requires to metrically read, translate, linguistically understand, analyse both thematically and stylistically, contextualise and interpret from a literary point of view one or more passages of the texts presented during the course. Students will be also required to discuss one or more aspects of the reception of Ovid. Advanced knowledge of Latin language and basic knowledge of the history of Latin literature are expected. To pass the exam, students must achieve a grade of at least 18/30, demonstrating that they have acquired adequate knowledge of the content covered in class, as well as mastering the linguistic structures of the text being examined. To obtain the highest grade (30/30 cum laude) students must show a complete mastery of both the course topics and the Latin texts included in the syllabus, as well as an ability to personally and critically investigate them.

Suggested readings: H. Fränkel, Ovid. A Poet between Two Worlds, Berkeley-Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1945; B. Otis, Ovid as an Epic Poet, Cambridge, At the University Press, 1966; K. Galinsky, Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”. An Introduction to the Basic Aspects, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1975; G. Rosati, Narciso e Pigmalione. Illusione e spettacolo nelle Metamorfosi di Ovidio, Firenze, Sansoni, 1983; Ph. Hardie, Ovidʼs Poetics of Illusion, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002; Th. Ziolkowski, Ovid and the Moderns, Ithaca-London, Cornell University Press, 2005; F. Ursini, Ovidio e la cultura europea. Interpretazioni e riscritture dal secondo dopoguerra al bimillenario della morte (1945-2017), Roma, Istituto di Studi Politici “S. Pio V”-Editrice Apes, 2017; F. Ursini, Una poetica della dissimulazione. Verità e finzione nelle Metamorfosi e nelle altre opere ovidiane, Quaderni della «Rivista di Cultura Classica e Medioevale» 22, Pisa-Roma, Fabrizio Serra, 2021. Reference texts: - Latin language: M. Fucecchi, L. Graverini, La lingua latina. Fondamenti di morfologia e di sintassi, 2a ed., Firenze, Le Monnier Università-Milano, Mondadori Education, 2016; A. Traina, G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, 6. ed. riv. e aggiornata, a cura di C. Marangoni, rist. a cura di A. Traina e B. Pieri, Bologna, Pàtron, 2007; - History of Latin literature: G. B. Conte, Profilo storico della letteratura latina: dalle origini alla tarda età imperiale, Firenze, Le Monnier Università, 2019 (or a reference book for high school students such as F. Ursini, Tua vivit imago, Treccani-Giunti T.V.P.); - Literary Theory and Reception Studies: S. Brugnolo, D. Colussi, S. Zatti, E. Zinato, La scrittura e il mondo. Teorie letterarie del Novecento, Roma, Carocci, 2016. - Commentaries on Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Ovidio, Opere, II, Le metamorfosi, traduzione di G. Paduano, introduzione di A. Perutelli, commento di L. Galasso, Torino 2000; Ovidio, Metamorfosi, 6 voll., a cura di vari, Milano, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla-Arnoldo Mondadori, 2005-2015.

Frontal teaching, with possibility of exercises and individual or group insights, which will be presented in seminar form.

Ovid's Metamorphoses and their reception in the medieval, modern and contemporary ages A selection of the most significant episodes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses and their rewritings in medieval, modern e contemporary literature (from Dante’s Commedia to Christoph Ransmayr’s The Last World) will be presented, together with an outline of the most relevant aspects of the poem and its critical reception. The text of each episode will be closely read in its thematic, linguistic, stylistic, metrical and textual aspects, and then compared with one or more modern rewritings, in order to give students a full understanding of one of the most important works in world culture and its influence on modern European literature.

Advanced knowledge of Latin language and a basic knowledge of the history of Latin literature are expected.

- The Latin text of the passages covered by this course (episodes from Ovid's Metamorphoses and from Apuleius’ Metamorphoses) together with some relevant critic literature will be provided in full in the handouts; - A. Cucchiarelli, F. Ursini, Studiare latino all'università, Roma, Carocci, 2024.

Attendance is strongly recommended. Students who are unable to attend are invited to contact the lecturer.

The exam consists in an oral interview during which students will be requires to metrically read, translate, linguistically understand, analyse both thematically and stylistically, contextualise and interpret from a literary point of view one or more passages of the texts presented during the course. Students will be also required to discuss one or more aspects of the reception of Ovid. Advanced knowledge of Latin language and basic knowledge of the history of Latin literature are expected. To pass the exam, students must achieve a grade of at least 18/30, demonstrating that they have acquired adequate knowledge of the content covered in class, as well as mastering the linguistic structures of the text being examined. To obtain the highest grade (30/30 cum laude) students must show a complete mastery of both the course topics and the Latin texts included in the syllabus, as well as an ability to personally and critically investigate them.

Suggested readings: H. Fränkel, Ovid. A Poet between Two Worlds, Berkeley-Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1945; B. Otis, Ovid as an Epic Poet, Cambridge, At the University Press, 1966; K. Galinsky, Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”. An Introduction to the Basic Aspects, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1975; G. Rosati, Narciso e Pigmalione. Illusione e spettacolo nelle Metamorfosi di Ovidio, Firenze, Sansoni, 1983; Ph. Hardie, Ovidʼs Poetics of Illusion, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002; Th. Ziolkowski, Ovid and the Moderns, Ithaca-London, Cornell University Press, 2005; F. Ursini, Ovidio e la cultura europea. Interpretazioni e riscritture dal secondo dopoguerra al bimillenario della morte (1945-2017), Roma, Istituto di Studi Politici “S. Pio V”-Editrice Apes, 2017; F. Ursini, Una poetica della dissimulazione. Verità e finzione nelle Metamorfosi e nelle altre opere ovidiane, Quaderni della «Rivista di Cultura Classica e Medioevale» 22, Pisa-Roma, Fabrizio Serra, 2021. Reference texts: - Latin language: M. Fucecchi, L. Graverini, La lingua latina. Fondamenti di morfologia e di sintassi, 2a ed., Firenze, Le Monnier Università-Milano, Mondadori Education, 2016; A. Traina, G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, 6. ed. riv. e aggiornata, a cura di C. Marangoni, rist. a cura di A. Traina e B. Pieri, Bologna, Pàtron, 2007; - History of Latin literature: G. B. Conte, Profilo storico della letteratura latina: dalle origini alla tarda età imperiale, Firenze, Le Monnier Università, 2019 (or a reference book for high school students such as F. Ursini, Tua vivit imago, Treccani-Giunti T.V.P.); - Literary Theory and Reception Studies: S. Brugnolo, D. Colussi, S. Zatti, E. Zinato, La scrittura e il mondo. Teorie letterarie del Novecento, Roma, Carocci, 2016. - Commentaries on Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Ovidio, Opere, II, Le metamorfosi, traduzione di G. Paduano, introduzione di A. Perutelli, commento di L. Galasso, Torino 2000; Ovidio, Metamorfosi, 6 voll., a cura di vari, Milano, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla-Arnoldo Mondadori, 2005-2015.

Frontal teaching, with possibility of exercises and individual or group insights, which will be presented in seminar form.