Latin Tutorial I: Masterpieces of Latin Literature 03-AP-LTM

Course learning content:
- "Roman" elements in Latin Literature,
- lyric poetry: Catullus, Horace and Ovid,
- epic poetry: Vergil's "Aeneid" and Ovid's "Metamorphoses",
- drama: Seneca's "Phadra" and Plautus' "Pseudolus",
- novel: Petronius' Satyricon,
- interactions of genres, recurrent themes, motifs and ideas,
- the afterlife of Roman literary masterpieces.

Cele kształcenia

Course aims: - to gain knowledge about the most prominent literary works of ancient Rome (drama, epic and lyric poetry, novel) and their sociocultural and historical context, - to gain knowledge about the particular character of the ancient Roman literature, its transmission and (selected) reception in later European culture, - to develop research skills in the field of diverse levels of intertextual relationships: genres, motifs, and selected problems, - to develop the ability to read a Classical text (in translation) with a broader context and with aid of (selected) modern research on literary studies.

Metody prowadzenia zajęć umożliwiające osiągnięcie założonych EK

Lecture with a multimedia presentation, interactive lecture, discussions, text-based work, creative methods.

Nakład pracy studenta (punkty ECTS)

Rodzaj przedmiotu

fakultatywne

Wymagania wstępne w zakresie wiedzy, umiejętności oraz kompetencji

General familiarity with antiquity and mythology.

Efekty kształcenia

On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- characterize the masterpieces of Roman literature and evaluate its outstanding artistic features,
- be aware of the particular problems of production transmission, edition, and translation of ancient literature,
- see the influence of social and political situation on form and content of masterpieces of Roman literature,
- see and evaluate the interactions between genre, theme, composition and register in a given literary work,
- see and evaluate the evolution of aesthetics, images, and ideology against the background of their times,
- account for the contribution of ancient literature and culture into the formation and development of modern literature and culture.

Kryteria oceniania

Grade system:

very good (bdb; 5,0): very good knowledge and understanding of intertextual relationships in ancient literature; ability to provide examples; very high skill at critical reading and at evaluating the influence of antiquity, as well as its role in individual works; very good knowledge of relationships of subject matter, ideas and genre obtaining in ancient literature.

good plus (+db; 4,5): as above, except for minor inefficiencies and inaccuracies.

good (db; 4,0): good knowledge and understanding of intertextual relationships in ancient literature; ability to provide examples; rather high skill at critical reading and at evaluating the influence of antiquity, as well as its role in individual works; good knowledge of relationships of subject matter, ideas and genre obtaining in ancient literature.

satisfactory plus (+dst; 3,5): satisfactory knowledge and understanding of intertextual relationships in ancient literature; ability to provide examples; satisfactory skill at critical reading and at evaluating the influence of antiquity, as well as its role in individual works; satisfactory knowledge of relationships of subject matter, ideas and genre obtaining in ancient literature.

satisfactory (dst; 3,0): basic knowledge and understanding of intertextual relationships in ancient literatures; ability to provide examples; basic skill at critical reading and at evaluating the influence of antiquity, as well as its role in individual works; basic knowledge of relationships of subject matter, ideas and genre obtaining in ancient literature.

unsatisfactory (ndst; 2,0): unsatisfactory knowledge and understanding of intertextual relationships in ancient literature; unsatisfactory skill at critical reading and at evaluating the influence of antiquity, as well as its role in individual works; unsatisfactory knowledge of relationships of subject matter, ideas and genre obtaining in ancient literature.

Literatura

Reading list:
Ancient texts in English translation+selection of secondary literature:
Wender, D. (Ed.). (1991). Roman Poetry: from the Republic to the Silver Age. SIU Press.
Johnson, W. A., & Parker, H. N. (Eds.). (2009). Ancient Literacies: the Culture of Reading in Greece and Rome. OUP USA.
Habinek, T. N. (2001). The Politics of Latin Literature: Writing, Identity, and Empire in Ancient Rome. Princeton University Press.
Keith, A. M. (2000). Engendering Rome: women in Latin epic. Cambridge University Press.
Sharrock, A. (2009). Reading Roman Comedy: Poetics and Playfulness in Plautus and Terence. Cambridge University Press.
Harrison, Stephen J., ed. Oxford Readings in the Roman Novel. Oxford University Press, 1999.

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