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Professor
Academic discipline: Letteratura latina medievale e umanistica (L-FIL-LET/08)
Field: Discipline linguistiche, filologiche e metodologiche
Type of training activity: Characterising

40 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

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Learning objectives

Students will gain advanced knowledge of Latin literature in the age of humanism and of the tools required to read and interpret its authors.

Prerequisites

Students must have obtained 10 learning credits in the scientific subject area of Latin Language and Literature.

Course unit content

The course is structured as follows: a) background to humanistic Latin literature; b) illustration of Petrarch’s epic, Africa; c) reading and analysis of and commentary upon Africa 5, in which the poet describes the death of Sophonisba, which is compared to that of Dido in Book IV of the Aeneid.

Full programme

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Bibliography

1) Fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italian literature.
2) G.M. Anselmi, G. Forni, G. Ledda, L'umanesimo e il Rinascimento, Rome 2003.
3) F. Rico, Il sogno dell'umanesimo, Turin 1998.
4) G. Martellotti, Linee di sviluppo dell'umanesimo petrarchesco, in G.M., Scritti Petrarcheschi, Padua 1983, pp. 110-140.
5) V. Fera, La filologia del Petrarca e i fondamenti della filologia umanistica, In Il Petrarca latino e le origini dell'umanesimo, “Qp” IX-X 1992-1993, pp. 367-391.
6) S. Rizzo, Il latino del Petrarca e il latino dell'umanesimo, in Il Petrarca latino e le origini dell'umanesimo, IX-X 1992-1993, pp. 349-365.

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures and exercises plus weekly tutorials.
The exam consists of an oral exam covering the various syllabus topics.

Assessment methods and criteria

ORAL EXAMINATION

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