Latin Literature - 1st semester
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 Latin Literature.
b) To recognize the significant role of some authors in the history of Literature in Rome.
c) To analyze some significant texts from the works of these authors.
d)To identify the classical heritage in European literature, especially in the Portuguese literature.
e) To report orally and in writing the acquired knowledge with accuracy and coherent argumentation.
Prerequisites
Not applied.
Subject matter
1. Background and periodization of Latin literature.
2. The origins and the first authors. Plautus.
3. The Hellenization. The circle of Scipio. Lucilius.
4. The eloquence. Cicero.
5. The lyric poetry. The poetae novi. Catullus.
6. The historiography. Sallust and Livy.
7. The epic, elegiac and didactic poetry . Virgil, Ovid and Horace.
8. The imperial age. Seneca, Martial, Tacitus, 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.
Sítios- web:
Classica digitalia
Perseus Digital Library
THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGIE - Exploring Mythologie in Classical Literature & Art
Teaching method
Lectures and student short essays with oral presentation on subjects related to the syllabus.
Evaluation method
The final evaluation will be based on the average grade between an individual essay and a final test, counting each one 50%.