Classical Latin Culture - 2nd semester
Code
711091002
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) Ter consciência da importância do legado romano na civilização europeia.
b) Adquirir um conhecimento panorâmico da Cultura Clássica Latina.
c) Identificar as matrizes mentais greco-romanas do renascimento.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. The geographical and historical context of Rome.
1.1. Peoples and civilizations of the ancient Italy.
1.1.1. The Etruscan legacy.
1.1.2. The Greek legacy.
1.2. The general ideas and the new theories about the origins of Rome.
1.3. The moral conceptions and the significant political ideas.
2. The education.
3. The religion.
4. The theatre.
5. The lyric, the epic and the satirical poetry.
6. The Roman law and oratory.
7. The historiography.
8. The economy and the Roman society.
Bibliography
ALARCÃO, J., Portugal romano. Lisboa, Ed. Verbo, 1983 (3.ª ed.).
DYSON, L. S., Rome, A living portrait of an ancient city. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
GRIMAL, P., A vida em Roma na Antiguidade (Tradução portuguesa). Mem Martins, Publicações Europa-América, 1995.
GRIMAL, P., História de Roma (Tradução portuguesa). Lisboa, Texto & Grafia, 2013.
ROCHA PEREIRA, M. H., Estudos de História da Cultura Clássica Cultura Romana. Lisboa,
F. C. Gulbenkian, 2002 (3.ª ed.).
ROCHA PEREIRA, M. H., Romana. Antologia de cultura latina. Porto: Asa, 2005.
Sítios-Web:
Classica digitalia
Perseus Digital Library
THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGIE - Exploring Mythologie in Classical Literature & Art
Teaching method
Lectures (60%), practical classes of discussion and analysis of texts, presentation and discussion of individual essays (40%).
Evaluation method
The final evaluation will be based on the average grade between an individual essay and a final test, counting each 50%.