LATIN GRAMMAR (UNIT A)
cod. 12939

Academic year 2007/08
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Lingua e letteratura latina (L-FIL-LET/04)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Hub-specific activity
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
hub:
course unit
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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

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C. Sallustius Crispus:  De coniuratione Catilinae. <br />
A reading with commentary of passages taken from the first Sallustian monograph, which sets out to analyse the salient features of Sallust’s language with a special focus on its lexical and syntactical aspects. <br />
A section of the course will be dedicated to an in-depth examination of certain aspects of historical phonetics and morphology. <br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

Lecture part: <br />
Reading list provided during lectures. <br />
Core part and independent reading: <br />
A. Traina - G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna 1998. <br />
A. Ernout, Morphologie historique du latin, Paris 1989. <br />
Cesare, de bello Gallico I; Virgilio Aen. VIII <br />
 

Teaching methods

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

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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