Philology, literatures and history of the ancient world

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Mediolatin Literature, that complete and/or reinforce those acquired in the first grade of studies. Moreover, it will make the students able to approach orginal themes in a research context, making more complex judgments, communicating knowledge and its process, and studying the subject in an independent and self-educational way. In particular, the course focuses on specific aspects of medieval and humanistic Latin literature (authors, genres, themes, etc.) to provide students with knowledge and understanding which extend and strengthen the skills acquired in the first cycle. Students will be able to make a critical reading of the literary works, to interpret them in the light of the most modern critical and methodological acquisitions, to read the medieval Latin texts in their original language, analyzed from a philological, linguistic, stylistic and historical-literary point of view. A further objective is to develop awareness of the value of the Latin medieval culture - the synthesis of classical, christian and germanic / celtic cultures - as the true foundation of modern European culture.