Ateneo - UPO

The integrated course provides a coordinated introduction to the language, literature, and forms of performance of the ancient world and consists of the modules Latin Culture and Theatre and Performance in the Ancient World.

The Latin Culture module includes a linguistic component, devoted to consolidating knowledge of Latin morphology and syntax and developing the ability to understand, analyse, and translate straightforward Latin prose texts, and a literary component, focusing on the historical development of Latin literature in the Imperial and Late Antique periods, with attention to authors, genres, texts, and their historical and cultural contexts.

The Theatre and Performance in the Ancient World module examines Greek and Roman theatrical production from literary, historical, and performative perspectives through the study of authors, works, and genres, the reading of texts in Italian translation, and the analysis of visual evidence relating to performance in the ancient world.

Taken together, the two modules provide linguistic, literary-historical, and critical tools for understanding and interpreting texts and cultural phenomena of the ancient world within their respective historical, cultural, and performative contexts.

TEXTBOOKS

A) Latin Culture module

Latin Literature component

Attending students

P. Fedeli, E. Malaspina, L. Antonelli, Le parole di Roma. Storia della letteratura latina, Turin, UTET Università, 2023.
A dossier of selected readings from individual authors, prepared by the instructor and available on the DIR platform, forming an integral part of the examination syllabus as specified in the Extended Syllabus.

Non-attending students

P. Fedeli, E. Malaspina, L. Antonelli, Le parole di Roma. Storia della letteratura latina, Turin, UTET Università, 2023.
A dossier of selected readings from individual authors, prepared by the instructor and available on the DIR platform, forming an integral part of the examination syllabus as specified in the Extended Syllabus.
F. Gasti, La letteratura tardolatina. Un profilo storico (secoli III-VII d.C.), Rome, Carocci, 2020.

Latin Language component

M. P. Ciuffarella, A. Diotti, InGenio. Lezioni di latino 1-2, Milan, Edizioni Scolastiche Mondadori, 2021.

The textbook must be available from the first lesson of the Latin Language component.

B) Theatre and Performance in the Ancient World module

A. Belardinelli, Lo spettacolo teatrale dei Greci, Le Monnier, 2023. ISBN 9788800750370.
B. Zimmermann, La commedia greca, Carocci, 2016. ISBN 9788843083114.
O. Taplin, R. Wyles, The Pronomos Vase and its Context, Oxford, 2010. ISBN 9780199582594.
M. Di Marco, Storia del teatro greco, Rome, 2020, limited to the chapters indicated in the Extended Syllabus.

In line with the learning objectives of the Degree Programme, the integrated course aims to:

a) consolidate students’ fundamental knowledge of Latin and develop their ability to understand, analyse, and translate straightforward Latin prose texts;

b) provide a structured knowledge of Latin literature of the Imperial and Late Antique periods and of Greek and Roman theatrical production, considered within their respective historical, cultural, political, and performative contexts;

c) develop the ability to interpret classical texts, either in the original language or in Italian translation, according to the specific aims of the two modules, by relating authors, works, literary genres, forms of performance, and visual evidence;

d) foster the application of linguistic, literary-historical, and historical-cultural knowledge to the analysis and interpretation of texts and cultural phenomena of the ancient world;

e) develop the ability to establish connections, formulate well-founded judgements, and present the knowledge acquired clearly and independently, using appropriate disciplinary terminology.

The two modules jointly contribute to the acquisition of linguistic, literary-historical, and critical skills relating to the culture and performative practices of the ancient world.

The integrated course consists of two 6-CFU modules. The Latin Culture module includes 70 hours of face-to-face teaching, 20 devoted to Latin Literature and 50 to language classes; the Theatre and Performance in the Ancient World module includes 30 hours of face-to-face teaching. The remaining workload associated with the CFUs is devoted to individual study, language consolidation, translation preparation, and the study and critical reworking of the texts and materials assigned in the two modules.

To enrol in the integrated course, students must meet the requirements specified for each of its two modules.

For the Theatre and Performance in the Ancient World module, students are required either to have passed the course Introduction to Greek Literary Culture or to hold a diploma from a liceo classico (Italian upper-secondary school specialising in classical studies). Knowledge of the Greek language is not required.

The Latin Culture module is intended exclusively for students who meet at least one of the following conditions:

a) hold an upper-secondary school diploma from a programme in which Latin was not studied;

b) hold an upper-secondary school diploma from a programme in which Latin was included in the curriculum only during the first two years;

c) hold an upper-secondary school diploma obtained more than 15 years before enrolment at the University.

For the purposes of admission, “Latin studied only during the first two years” refers to programmes in which Latin is not included in the curriculum in any form during the final three years. This category therefore does not include programmes in which, after two years of Latin language study, the final three years included curricular teaching in Latin literature or other subjects relating to Latin language and culture.

For students taking the course as a single course, the requirement concerning the age of the upper-secondary school diploma is increased to 20 years, calculated at the time of enrolment in the single course.

Students are also ineligible for the Latin Culture module if they have already obtained at least 7 CFU in sector L-FIL-LET/04 – Latin Language and Literature, now LATI-01/A – Latin Language and Literature, as part of a Bachelor’s degree or another university programme.

For the purpose of verifying eligibility, students may be required to provide documentation concerning their upper-secondary school diploma and, where relevant, their previous university record.

Students are also expected to have a good command of Italian, basic knowledge of ancient history and Mediterranean geography, and basic IT skills necessary to access and use the materials available on the DIR platform.

No additional prerequisites apply beyond the requirements listed above.