Teacher
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FUSI Alessandro
(syllabus)
Course title: I. Introduction to Latin Literature; II. Catullus' Poetry
Programme (english): the course is divided in two parts: the first (16 hours) )includes a wide introduction to Latin literature, focused on key elements for the discipline's study (literary genres; models; intertextuality; historical and literary contexts; themes; linguistic and stylistic codes; conservation and loss of texts; survivor); the second (32 hours) will be occupied by a monographic analysis of Catullus' poetry: after an introduction on the Latin poet and on the historical and cultural context of late republic, there will be an in-depth examination of Catullus' poetry, which plays a pivotal role in the 'neoteric revolution'. Some important poems will be read and commented, taking into account themes, forms, language and style, models and influence.
(reference books)
Latin literature: any school textbook at the discretion of the student,to be approved by the professor (recommended: G.B. Conte, Letteratura latina, I-II, Firenze, Le Monnier Università, 2012). Texts: a complete edition with Latin text and translation of Catullus (recommended: Catullo, Le poesie, a c. di F. Della Corte, Milano, Mondadori Fondazione L. Valla, 1998; Gaio Valerio Catullo, Le poesie, a c. di A. Fo, Torino, Einaudi, 2018); A. Traina, Introduzione, in Gaio Valerio Catullo, I canti, introduzione di A. Traina; trad. di E. Mandruzzato, Milano, BUR, 2012, pp. 5-38; F. Bellandi, Amour passion e amore coniugale nella poesia di Catullo: qualche considerazione, in A. M. Morelli (a c. di), Lepos e mores. Una giornata su Catullo. Atti del convegno internazionale. Cassino, 27 maggio 2010, Cassino, Edizioni Università di Cassino, 2012, pp. 13-71; additions for 10 cfu course: A.M. Morelli, L'eternità di un istante. Presupposti ellenistico-romani della poesia leggera di Catullo tra cultura letteraria, epigrafica e 'mondana', in «Atene & Roma» n.s. 46, 2001, pp. 59-79; Id., L'uno e il molteplice: su Catull. 5, in Venuste noster, Scritti offerti a Leopoldo Gamberale. A c. di M. De Nonno, M. Passalacqua, A.M. Morelli, Hildesheim-Zürich-New York 2012, pp. 105-126; more bibliography and didactic materials will be given during the course (for attending students). Non attending students have to contact the professor for a programme.
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