Latin Literature
Code
711091128
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Maria do Rosário Laureano Santos
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To identify the diachronic evolution of the Latin literature.
b) To recognize the main role of some authors in the Latin literature.
c) To analyse some significant texts of these authors.
d) To identify the classical legacy in the European literatures, mainly the Portuguese.
e) To communicate, orally and in writing, clearly, properly and with coherent and critical arguments, acquired knowledge.
Prerequisites
Not applied.
Subject matter
1. Overview and periodization of the Latin literature.
2. The origins and the first authors. Plautus.
3. The hellenization. The grex Scipionis. Lucilius.
4. The eloquence. Cicero.
5. The lyric poetry. The poetae noui. Catullus.
6. The historiography. Sallust and Livy.
7. The epic, elegiac and didactic poetry. Vergil, Ovid and Horace.
8. The imperial age. Seneca, Martial, Tacite, Apuleius.
Bibliography
CITRONI, M. et alii, Literatura de Roma Antiga. Lisboa: F. C. Gulbenkian, 2006.
FEDELI, P., Storia Letteraria di Roma. Napoli: Fratelli Ferraro Editori, 2004.
GRIMAL, P., A vida em Roma na Antiguidade. (Tradução de Victor Jabouille, João Daniel Lourenço e Maria Cristina Pimentel). Mem Martins, Publicações Europa-América, 1995.
PARATORE, E, História da Literatura Latina. Lisboa: F. C. Gulbenkian, 1983.
ROCHA PEREIRA, M. H., Romana. Antologia de cultura latina. Porto: Asa, 2005.
Teaching method
Lectures and individual work of students, presented orally, related with the topics of the programme.
Evaluation method
The final evaluation consists of the arithmetic mean between the marks of the written essay and the final test, counting each 50%.