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DE NONNO MARIO
(syllabus)
The course ‘Latin: language and literature’ is aimed at giving a thorough and integral knowledge of some important Latin authors and literary works, read in original and explicated as regards both the language and the contents. It consists of:
(1) A number of lectures about the so-called ‘Literary Space’ of ancient Rome, minded in particular (a) to the links between literature and politics (and between men of letters and society), (b) to tipology and development of the literary genres in Rome, (c) to the range of different levels and functions of the latin written texts. Problems of preservation and transmission of the corpus of the latin classics will be envisaged also, even as regards their medieval and modern heritage.
(2) Some lectures about main features of latin language.
(3) Setting, reading, italian translation and commentary of:
- (a) Propertius, Elegies, book I.
- (b) Seneca, De tranquillitate animi.
- (c) Virgil, Aeneid, book X.
(reference books)
As for (1):
- G.B. Conte, Letteratura latina, Firenze (ed. Le Monnier), parts I-IV.
- E. Norden, La letteratura romana, Bari (Laterza), only the appendix titled Le fonti antiche (a pdf is available on line at the following url: http://studiumanistici.uniroma3.it/mdenonno/).
- Further tutorials (handouts, and so on) will be made available on line at the following url: http://studiumanistici.uniroma3.it/mdenonno/).
As for (2):
- R. Oniga, Latin. A Linguistic Introduction. Edited & Translated by N. Schifano (Oxford University Press).
As for (3):
- Properzio, Il libro di Cinzia (Elegie I), a cura di P. Fedeli e R. Dimundo, traduzione di A. Tonelli, ed. Marsilio.
- Seneca, La tranquillità dell’animo, introduzione di G. Lotito, traduzione e note di C. Lazzarini, ed. BUR.
- Publio Virgilio Marone, Eneide, traduzione a cura di A. Fo, note di F. Giannotti, ed. Einaudi. [In order to prepare Aeneid book X a pdf copy of the text and commentary by R. Sabbadini – C. Marchesi [ed. Loescher] will be made available at the following url: http://studiumanistici.uniroma3.it/mdenonno/).
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