Latin language
Prof. Silvia Stucchi; Prof. Maurizio Zuliani
Latin Language (level A – 1st year – Intermediate course)
Latin language
P ROF .
S ILVIA S TUCCHI ; P ROF .
M AURIZIO Z ULIANI
COURSE AIMS
The course of Latin Language – level A is a one-year course (60 hours) and it is part of the department of Latin Literature I (prof. Castagna). It is aimed at providing the basic notions of the Latin language to
– those who have never studied it
– those who have never translated from Latin at high school
– those who have elementary notions of the language
– those who want to review their basic Latin notions.
The course is composed of two modules: module I (first semester, 30 hours,
Dott.ssa S. Stucchi) and module II (second semester, 30 hours, dott. M. Zuliani).
The course A, at the end of which an oral examination will be held, must be attended before the course of Latin language B (Dott.ssa Chiara Riboldi).
COURSE CONTENT
– Notions of Latin morphology and morphosyntax: cases, declensions, basic notions of the syntax of the verb and of the noun.
– Translation of short Latin texts.
– Notions for the Latin word-study.
READING LIST
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F LOCCHINI -P.
G UIDOTTI B ACCI -M.
M OSCIO -M.
S AMPIETRO , Sermo et humanitas.Corso di lingua e cultura latina, Bompiani scuola, Milano 2012.
Further photocopies will be given during the course
Further information of the reading list will be given by the lecturers during the course
TEACHING METHOD
The course is composed of a theoretic part and a practical part, with different types of exercises, mainly translations. During the course the homework will be always corrected,
the mistakes and the students’ dubts will be taled over. Moreover, students will have to fill in some questionnaires concerning both morphology and syntax.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Oral examination.
NOTES
Take note that both the course and the oral examination of Latin Language A are compulsory for all those students who have never studied Latin or who have never translated
Latin at high school. The oral examination of Latin Language A must be taken after attending the whole one-year course (module I, Prof. Stucchi and module II, Prof. Zuliani).
Before the exam of Latin Literature, the students who will have passed the Latin Language
A exam will have to attend the one-year course of Language B (dott.ssa Chiara Riboldi) and they will have to pass the oral examination.
The students who have studied Latin and translated from Latin at high school will immediately attend the course of Language B. After passing the oral examination, they will take the exam of Latin Literature.
All the oral examinations must always be taken before the exam of Literature. In order to take the oral examinations of Language A and B students don’t need to enrol but they only need to turn up where the exam of Latin Literature (Prof. L. Castagna) is held.
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG or on the Faculty notice board.
Latin Language (level A – 1 st year – Intermediate course)
P
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L
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D
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G
RAZIE
COURSE AIMS
To provide students, who have already studied Latin on course A, the chance to revise and further their morphological and syntactic understanding of the Latin language. Students will be taught how to understand and translate texts in Latin.
COURSE CONTENT
– Linguistic structures: revision of morphology.
– Aspects of noun, verb and sentence syntax.
READING LIST
For systematically revising Latin grammar, students are advised to use the following textbook:
N.
F LOCCHINI -P.
G UIDOTTI B ACCI -M.
M OSCIO , Sermo et humanitas, Bompiani, Milano, 2012.
For studying vocabulary they should consult:
L.
B OTTIN -M.M.G
IGLIOTTI , Origo, Minerva Italica, Milan, 1997.
E.
R IGANTI , Lessico latino fondamentale, Pàtron, Bologna, 1989.
Students will also be familiar with:
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T RAINA -T.
B ERNARDI P ERINI , Propedeutica al latino universitario, Pàtron, Bologna, 1992.
TEACHING METHOD
Revision of morphological and syntactic knowledge will be based on study of the foundations of normative grammar. This will be followed by supervised practical work on selected topics.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
The aim of this “bridging” course is for students to study and reinforce the understanding of Latin grammar they acquired on course A, so that they are ready to attend lectures on course B. For this reason there will be no examinations.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice board.
