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LATIN GRAMMAR (UNIT A)
cod. 12939

Academic year 2009/10
3° year of course - First 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
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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: The language of persuasion: theory and practice in the works of Cicero. <br />
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Although beginning with the distinction between the language of the orator and the language of the philosopher, the course aims to help students grasp the contribution of rhetoric to Cicero’s philosophical writings. It will analyse the interconnections between rhetoric and philosophy as it emerges in particular in the prefaces to the philosophical works. <br />
A section of the course will be dedicated to an in-depth examination of certain aspects of historical phonetics and morphology. <br />
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Full programme

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Bibliography

Lecture part: <br />
Reading list provided during lectures. <br />
General part and independent readings: <br />
A. Traina, G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna 1998. <br />
A. Ernout, Morphologie historique du latin, Paris 1989. <br />
Sallust, de coniuratione Catilinae; Virgil, Aeneid IV. <br />

Teaching methods

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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