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LITERATURE MODULE

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LITERATURE MODULE

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Academic year 2023/2024

Course ID
STS0449
Teacher
Elisa Della Calce (Course owner)
Degree course
Cultural Heritage and Creativity for tourism and territorial development
Year
2nd year
Teaching period
Second semester
Type
Affine or integrative
Credits/Recognition
2
Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
L-FIL-LET/04 - latin language and literature
Delivery
Mista
Language
English
Attendance
Facoltativa
Type of examination
Orale
Type of learning unit
modulo
Modular course
LITERARY, HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL ITINERARIES IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ITALY (STS0449)
Prerequisites
The course does not require prior knowledge of ancient languages.
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Sommario del corso

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Course objectives

This module aims to provide some key notions related to Latin literature. More specifically, it focuses on the way Latin authors describe cities and peoples that were incorporated in the expanding Roman empire.

 

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Results of learning outcomes

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY

Students will acquire some basic knowledge of Latin literature and of its main intersections with Roman history.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Students will be able to understand and interpret Latin texts in translation and critical essays related to them.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT

Students will learn to analyse the texts thereby developing their critical sense in commenting on primary sources (in translation).

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Students will be able to use properly the technical language of the discipline, to express themselves in an active way, establishing connections between different topics and authors.

LEARNING SKILLS

Students will be able to improve their learning ability by reading and commenting on ancient and modern texts.

 

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Program

ROMANS AND NON-ROMANS, CITY AND COUNTRY, EVENTS AND LANDSCAPES THROUGH THE LATIN AUTHORS’ VOICE

The module deals with the perception and description of some places and peoples as they emerge from some Latin literary sources.

  1. Rome: the Urbs par excellence
  2. Geography of Italy: from Virgil to Pliny the Elder
  3. Crossing the Alps: Hannibal and the Carthaginians troops
  4. Verona and Catullus’ poetry
  5. Towards Campania: the case of Capua
  6. Sicily: myth and history
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Course delivery

18 hours (six meetings of 3 hours each). Lectures (in English) take place in in classroom and will be supported by powerpoint presentations. 

Attendance is highly recommended. Non-attending students should refer to the section “Suggested readings and bibliography” below. The lecturer will ensure study support during his office hours (even online).

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Learning assessment methods

Oral exam.

Students will be evaluated on: knowledge of the contents; ability to contextualise sources; ability to analyse, comment on and interpret properly primary sources and related scholarly literature, as indicated by the lecturer.

 

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Support activities

Students with disabilities and specific learning disabilities can refer to the following sections/websites, regarding services, support and exams:

https://www.unito.it/servizi/lo-studio/studenti-con-disabilita

https://www.unito.it/accoglienza-studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa

https://www.unito.it/servizi/lo-studio/studenti-e-studentesse-con-disabilita/supporto-studenti-e-studentesse-con

Suggested readings and bibliography

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Bibliography (translations of ancient texts and critical studies/essays) will be indicated by the lecturer before the start of the course.

In preparation for the exam, attending students will have to use notes taken in class and other learning resources (e.g.slides, handouts, translations of ancient texts, critical studies/essays) that will be indicated in the bibliography and/or gradually uploaded to the “Teaching material”.

Non-attending students shall replace the content of the lectures with the study of the following book along with selected resources (ancient texts in translation and critical essays) that will be indicated by the lecturer in the bibliography in due course.

  • A. Kamm, The Romans. An Introduction, Routledge, London and New York (there are several editions of this book: please contact the lecturer to choose the recommended ones).


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    01/09/2023 at 08:00
    Enrollment closing date
    29/06/2024 at 20:00
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