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Degree course in
Humanities
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries

LATIN LITERATURE (MODEL B)
cod. 1004594

Academic year 2011/12
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Giuseppe BIONDI
Academic discipline
Lingua e letteratura latina (L-FIL-LET/04)
Field
Lingue e letterature classiche
Type of training activity
Basic
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Integrated course unit module: LATIN LITERATURE INTEGRATED

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Learning objectives

The acquisition of the methodological, literary and linguistic skills necessary for the reading in original language and the interpretation of Latin authors

Prerequisites

Verification of the absence of any formative weaknesses through a preliminary written test consisting of a translation from Latin of a text by an author from the classical age.

Course unit content

Course title: Promised land: symmetric and non-symmetric aspects of a literary topos

Full programme

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Bibliography

1. History of Latin literature (any secondary school Classics textbook edition)
2. Bernardi Perini, G., Traina, A. Propedeutica al latino universitario (excluding chapters VI, VIII, IX)
3. Cicero, Pro Archia (any edition with Latin text)
4. Virgil, Aeneis, any book but the 10th to be agreed with the professor (any edition with Latin text)
5. Seneca, De brevitate vitae (any edition with Latin text)
6. Critical essay of your choice (to be agreed with the professor)
7. Monographic material: Promised land: symmetric and non-symmetric aspects of a literary topos (notes and texts provided in class)

Teaching methods

The course consists of lessons and exercises, accompanied by a weekly tutorial.
The exam consists of an oral test on different aspects of the syllabus (having passed the preliminary written verification test).

Assessment methods and criteria

oral exam

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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