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B019100 - LABORATORY OF LATIN LANGUAGE 2
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Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
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Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2019-20
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Humanities (DILEF)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
-
Credits
3
Teaching Hours
30
Teaching Term
24/02/2020 ⇒ 05/06/2020
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Giudizio Finale
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The laboratory offers students who have previously studied Latin the opportunity to improve their knowledge of phonetics, historical grammar, prosody, and metrics, through the close reading of selected passages from Plautus, Catullus, Horace, and Seneca.
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Latin texts will be provided by the teacher on a weekly basis.
Mandatory reading: A. Traina – G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna, Pàtron 1998.
About prosody and metrics, students should also refer to L. Ceccarelli, Prosodia e metrica latina classica, Roma, Dante Alighieri, 2004 (2nd ed.), or, alternatively, to S. Boldrini, La prosodia e la metrica dei Romani, Roma, Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1992 – some parts will be made available by the teacher.
Mandatory reading: A. Traina – G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna, Pàtron 1998.
About prosody and metrics, students should also refer to L. Ceccarelli, Prosodia e metrica latina classica, Roma, Dante Alighieri, 2004 (2nd ed.), or, alternatively, to S. Boldrini, La prosodia e la metrica dei Romani, Roma, Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1992 – some parts will be made available by the teacher.
Learning Objectives
The laboratory aims at (i) improving linguistic knowledge, with specific reference to Latin phonetics, morphosyntax and historical grammar, (ii) getting a solid understanding of Latin prosody and metrics, and (iii) developing students' skills in reading, analysing, and interpreting original literary texts.
Prerequisites
A good knowledge of the Latin language is required.
Teaching Methods
Face-to-face classes, with the possible support of multimedia tools, combined with tutorials on Latin metrics and translation. The course requires active participation in the classroom as well as independent work at home.
Further information
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Type of Assessment
Oral exam: reading, translation, linguistic and metrical analysis of a couple of Latin passages chosen from those commented during the course. The exam tests students’ knowledge of phonetics, historical grammar, prosody, and metrics, as well as their ability to apply such knowledge in the analysis of texts.
Course program
The laboratory offers students who have previously studied Latin the opportunity to improve their knowledge of phonetics, historical grammar, prosody, and metrics, through the close reading of selected passages from Plautus, Catullus, Horace, and Seneca. A good knowledge of the Latin language is required.
The laboratory aims at (i) improving linguistic knowledge, with specific reference to Latin phonetics, morphosyntax and historical grammar, (ii) getting a solid understanding of Latin prosody and metrics, and (iii) developing students' skills in reading, analysing, and interpreting original literary texts.
Latin texts will be provided by the teacher on a weekly basis.
Mandatory reading: A. Traina – G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna, Pàtron 1998.
About prosody and metrics, students should also refer to L. Ceccarelli, Prosodia e metrica latina classica, Roma, Dante Alighieri, 2004 (2nd ed.), or, alternatively, to S. Boldrini, La prosodia e la metrica dei Romani, Roma, Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1992 – some parts in PDF will be provided by the teacher.
The laboratory aims at (i) improving linguistic knowledge, with specific reference to Latin phonetics, morphosyntax and historical grammar, (ii) getting a solid understanding of Latin prosody and metrics, and (iii) developing students' skills in reading, analysing, and interpreting original literary texts.
Latin texts will be provided by the teacher on a weekly basis.
Mandatory reading: A. Traina – G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna, Pàtron 1998.
About prosody and metrics, students should also refer to L. Ceccarelli, Prosodia e metrica latina classica, Roma, Dante Alighieri, 2004 (2nd ed.), or, alternatively, to S. Boldrini, La prosodia e la metrica dei Romani, Roma, Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1992 – some parts in PDF will be provided by the teacher.