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Degree course in
humanities
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries

LATIN GRAMMAR
cod. 1000326

Academic year 2010/11
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Lingua e letteratura latina (L-FIL-LET/04)
Field
Filologia, linguistica e letteratura
Type of training activity
Characterising
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Learning objectives

Students will acquire advanced language skills for the reading and interpretation of Latin authors.

Prerequisites

Course requirement: 10 credits in the Latin language and literature SDA.

Course unit content

Course title: Seneca and friendship.
Linguistic and stylistic analysis of a choice of Senecan texts on friendship: particular focus will be on selected passages taken from dialogi, de beneficiis and epistulae ad Lucilium.
A section of the course will be dedicated to an in-depth examination of certain aspects of historical phonetics and morphology.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Lecture part:
Reading list provided during lectures.
General part and independent readings:
A.Traina, G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna 1998 (capitoli VI, VIII, IX)
A. Ernout, Morphologie historique du latin, Paris 1989
Sallust, de coniuratione Catilinae;Virgil, Aen.

Teaching methods

Oral lesson

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

Classroom lectures and exercises plus weekly tutorials.
The exam consists of an oral exam on various topics covered in the course syllabus.