Learning objectives
<br />Methodological, literary and linguistic skills required for reading and analysis of Latin writers in the original language.
Prerequisites
Written proficiency entry exam consisting of a written translation of a classic Latin author.
Course unit content
<br />Course title: Innocence and guilt in Seneca's Phaedra. Identifying and unraveling a key philosophical question and literary topos<br />Unit A: this part of the course will cover the literary background of Latin tragedy and, in particular, that of Seneca.<br />Unit B: readings from the Phaedra
Bibliography
<br />A textbook on the history of Latin literature<br />Compulsory part and independent reading:<br />A. Traina, G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario, Bologna 1998 <br /> <br />Cicero, De senectute (any edition) <br />Seneca, Epist. 90 (any edition) <br />Vergilius, Aen. IV (any edition)<br />One of the following essays: <br />A. Ghiselli, Il passer di Lesbia e altri saggi catulliani, Bologna 2005<br />A. Traina, Lo stile drammatico del filosofo Seneca, Bologna 1987<br /> A. La Penna, Fra teatro poesia e politica romana, Torino 1979 <br />B. Zucchelli, Il poeta Cassio Parmense e Parma romana, Parma 2003<br />Specialised readings:<br /> readings assigned during lectures
Teaching methods
<br />Classroom lectures and exercises plus weekly tutorials.<br />The exam consists of an oral exam of course syllabus topics (the preliminary written proficiency exam must be passed first in order to gain access to the oral exam).