FLT061 - LATIN LITERARY CRITICISM

courses
ID:
FLT061
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
LINGUA E LETTERATURA LATINA
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
BENI ARCHEOLOGICI E STORICO-ARTISTICI/CORSO GENERICO Year: 2
PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


The Course, in harmony with the objectives of the Study Courses in Philology, Linguistics and Literary Tradition, BASA and STAR aims at1) increase students' philological-literary knowledge 2) develop their autonomy of judgement
3) and communication skills through the organisation of seminar activities.At the end of the Course the student shall:1) have acquired an adequate knowledge of: a) the distinctive features of the epic genre; b) the peculiarities of the Metamorphoses also with reference to the contamination of genres carried out by the poet; d) the contents of book X of the poem; e) the relationship with the Virgilian model;
2) having deepened knowledge of the Latin language;3) having enhanced the critical-textual skills acquired during the previous three-year period.

Course Prerequisites


Good knowledge of Latin language and Literature

Teaching Methods


Lectures: 36 hrs Seminars: 6 hrs

Assessment Methods


The final assessment consists of in 1) a written 2) and an oral exam.1) The written exam, lasting 3 hours, consists of the translation from Latin into Italian of a piece by a Latin author. The correctness of the translation and the quality of the written expression will be evaluated. The grading scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.
To sit for the oral exam students must first pass the written exam (pass mark: 18/30). The oral exam will be evaluated from 0 to 6. The final grade results from the sum of the two parts.
2) The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess the students’ skills and in particular their understanding of the issues discussed during the course, their knowledge of the bibliography in the reading list, the correct command of the specific language as well as of critical and methodological abilities. The grading scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18- 21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.

Texts


P. Ovidi Nasoni, Metamorphoses, edidit W. S. Anderson, Stutgardiae et Lipsiae, in aedibus B.G. Teubneri 1996
The text will be available for download from the Course page on the University website (Moodle platform) as of January 2026.
Non-attending students will adopt the following edition, accompanied by an Italian translation, also studying the Introduction
Ovidio, Metamorfosi, a cura di P. Bernardini Marzolla, Torino, Einaudi 2015.

Contents


Orpheus and his song in Ovid, Metamorphoses X

Course Language


Italian

More information


The teacher will meet the students in the hour following the lessons

Degrees

Degrees (2)

BENI ARCHEOLOGICI E STORICO-ARTISTICI 
Master’s Degree
2 years
PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS 
Master’s Degree
2 years
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