Latin Language Ma

The course aims at providing students with a deep linguistic education, concerning in particular the Latin language and its history. Such education will enable students to understand and make critical use of original sources (both literary and documentary ones); furthermore, it is needed in order to have a deep and critical knowledge of Italian, and of all romance languages.

Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of: (1) Latin phonology, morphology, syntax, even concerning their more complex and problematic aspects; (2) the general categories of linguistic description and analysis, which apply both to Latin and to other (ancient and modern) languages.

Skills: The students are able to: (1) grasp the linguistic and stylistic features of texts pertaining to different times and genres, based also on comparison between different texts; (2) understand and translate into Italian any text, however difficult it is; (3) when possible, place texts in their socio-linguistic context; (4) make a careful use of critical editions, commentaries, studies. Students are actively involved in class activities and are asked to present texts, so that they get accustomed to face texts autonomously, both finding and taking advantage of any bibliographical instrument that is useful in view of linguistic analysis.