Learning objectives
The course offers a technical introduction to textual criticism, enabling the students to analyse and interpret the critical apparatus of an edition and focusing the linguistic and stylistic features of the texts, both in prose and in poetry
Prerequisites
<br />Have earned 10 credits in the subject area of Latin Language and Literature; those who have already earned 15 credits in this subject area must pass a preliminary written exam.
Course unit content
<br />The course discusses and compares different instances in which the theme of the double appears, beginning with Euripides's Helena to Sosia' monologue in Plautus's Amphitruo till identity mistakes in the 'comedies of errors'.
Bibliography
<br /><br />M.L. West, Critica del testo e tecnica dell’edizione, Palermo 1991. <br />D’A.S. Avalle, Principi di critica testuale, Padova 1978 2. <br />F. Bertini, Plauto e dintorni, Bari Laterza 1997 (Il tema del doppio: pp. 92-121). <br />E. Segal, The Menaechmi, Roman Comedy of Errors, “Yale Classical Studies”, 21, 1969, 77 ss. <br />Eleanor Winsor Leach, Meam quom forma noscito. Language and Characterization in the Menaechmi, “Arethusa” 2, 1969 , 30 ss. <br />AA.VV., La maschera, il doppio, il ritratto. Strategie dell’identità, a cura di M. Bettini, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1991
Teaching methods
<br />Classroom lectures and execises plus weekly tutorials<br />The exam consists of an interview covering syllabus topics and presentation of an individual research project agreed upon with the course professor.
