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 litetature SDA
Course unit content
Course Title: Philosophical otium and social invidia: Readings from Lucretius, Cicero and Seneca.
The course will focus on selected readings that will show how choosing philosophical otium is related to public hostility in latin authors from late Republic to early Empire.
A section of the course will be dedicated to an in-depth examination of certain aspects of historical phonetics and morphology
Full programme
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Bibliography
Lecture part:
Reading list provided during lectures.
General part and independent readings:A. Traina - G. Bernardi Perini, Propedeutica al latino universitario (ch. VI, VIII, IX), Bologna 1998.
Vergil, Aen. (a book chosen among those not yet examined); a classic in prose to be agreed with the professor.
Teaching methods
Oral lesson
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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