General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Latin Literary Culture |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | Dr Andrea Musio |
| Lecturer's email | andmus1@ext.amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | invited lecturer |
| Faculty | Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology |
| Semester | 2021/2022 (summer) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 4 |
| USOS code | AMU-PIE: 03-AP-LLC |
Timetable
Tuesday 18.45-20.15 MS TEAMS
Module aim (aims)
The course aims at offering an overview of Latin literature and civilization from the 3rd century B.C. to the late antiquity.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Syllabus
Literary history will be illustrated with specific focuses on its different phases, on the greatest authors and their works, on the different genres in a diachronic perspective and on the analysis of the most representative texts (in translation). Students will be also provided with the basic methodological instruments for a critical approach to the study of classical culture.
Reading list
- a) E. Fantham, Roman Literary Culture: from Plautus to Macrobius, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 20132 (also available on e-book: https://www.amazon.it/Literary-Culture-Ancient-Society-History-ebook/dp/B00CBNL8E6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1645103897&sr=1-80 ).
- b) D. West (ed.), Virgil, The Aeneid, London: Penguin Books, 2003 (also available on e-book: https://www.amazon.it/Aeneid-Penguin-Classics-English-ebook/dp/B002RI95DG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1645109266&sr=1-2 )
- c) Selected literary extracts (and possible critical studies) will be shared by the lecturer during the classes.