Classical Culture II

Code:

LLC020

Acronym:

CC2

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EPL	26	Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	5	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The study of political, social, religious and moral ideas of Romans, visible in their literary works, aims to enhance the knowledge of the models of European culture and the recognition of the educational and informative value of classical culture. 

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester, students must be able to: - Situate the figures and events of Roman history; - Discuss the relationships between rhetoric and politics, literature and ideology; - Identify and interpret the literary sources selected; - Present, critically, essential literature recommended for each topic.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The origins of Rome. 2. The Roman expansion and the Hellenisation of culture. 3. Rhetoric and political theory in the work of Cicero. 4. Augustus and the creation of a universal civilisation. 5. The Aeneid by Virgil. 6. Christianity and pagan culture. 7. The idea of Rome and the imperial ideology.

Mandatory literature

AGOSTINHO (Stº); A cidade de Deus, ed. e trad. J. Dias Pereira, Lisboa, Gulbenkian, 2008.
AGOSTINHO (Stº); De doctrina christiana, ed., transl., notes by R. P. H. Green, Oxford, Clarendon Press,, 1994.
CÍCERO; A República, introd., trad. e notas de Francisco de Oliveira, Lisboa, Temas e Debates, 2008. ISBN: 9789896440114
HORÁCIO; Odes, introd. trad. e notas de P. B. Falcão, Lisboa, Cotovia, 2008
TITO LÍVIO; História de Roma, Livro I, introd., trad. e notas de P. Farmhouse Alberto, Lisboa, Inquérito, 1993
VIRGÍLIO; Eneida, trad. L. Cerqueira, A. Alves de Sousa, C. Guerreiro, Lisboa, Bertrand, 2003
VIRGÍLIO; Bucólicas, introd., trad. e notas de M. I. Rebelo Gonçalves, Lisboa, Verbo, 1996

Complementary Bibliography

CONTE, G. B.; Virgilio: l' epica del sentimento, Torino, Einaudi, 2007 (2º ed.).
HABINEK, Thomas (ed.); The Roman Cultural Revolution, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998
GRANDAZZI, A.; La fondation de Rome, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2004
CITRONI, M. et alii; Literatura da Roma Antiga, Lisboa, Gulbenkian, 2006
HARDIE, Philip (ed.); Virgil: Critical Assessments of Classical Authors, 4 vols., London, Routledge, 1999
ALBRECHT, Michael von; Historia de la Literatura Romana, 2 vols., Barcelona, Herder, 1999
ANDRÉ, J. M.; La Philosophie à Rome, Paris, PUF, 1977
KENNEDY, G.; A New History of Classical Rhetoric, Princeton (NJ), Princeton University Press, 1994
CORNELL, T. J.; The Beginnings of Rome, London, Routledge, 1995
DOREY, T. A. (ed.); Cicero, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965
LOURENÇO, J. D.; Cícero, Lisboa, Editorial Inquérito, 1999.
MAY, J. (ed.); Brill's Companion to Cicero: Oratory and Rhetoric, Leiden, Brill, 2002
CONTE, Gian Biagio; Virgilio: Il genere e i suoi confini, Milano, Garzanti, 1984
COMMAGER, S. (ed.); Virgil. A Collection of Critical Essays, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1966
GALINSKY, K.; Augustan Culture: An Interpretive Introduction, Princeton (NJ), Princeton University Press, 1996
GRANSDEN, K. W.; Virgil's Iliad: an essay on epic narrative, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991
HARRISON, S. J. (ed.); Oxford Readings in Vergil's 'Aeneid', Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1990
MICHEL, A.; Histoire des doctrines politiques à Rome, Paris, PUF, 1971
MICHEL, A.; Rhétorique et Philosophie dans l'oeuvre de Cicéron, , Paris, P.U.F., 1960
GRIMAL, P.; Le siècle des Scipions, Paris, Aubier, 1975 (2ª ed.)
MARTINDALE, C. (ed.); The Cambridge Companion to Virgil, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997
MEDEIROS, W. - ANDRÉ, C. - PEREIRA, V.; A Eneida em contraluz, Coimbra, IEC, 1992
MILLAR, F. - SEGAL, E., (ed.); Caesar Augustus. Seven Aspects, Oxford, OUP, 1985
PARATORE, E.; História da Literatura Latina, Lisboa, Gulbenkian, 1987
PÖSCHL, V.; The Art of Vergil, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1962
RODRIGUES, Nuno Simões; Mitos e Lendas: Roma Antiga, Lisboa, Livros e Livros, 2005
CONTE, G. B.; Letteratura latina: manuale storico dalle origini alla fine dell'impero romano, Firenze, Le Monnier, 1993
CAIRNS, F.; Virgil's Augustan Epic, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1989
DELLA CORTE, F. (ed.); Enciclopedia Vergiliana, 6 vols., Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1996
FANTHAM, E.; The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004
FLASHAR, H. (ed.); Le Classicisme à Rome au Ier siècle avant et après J.-C., Genève, Droz, 1979
HARDIE, Philip; Virgil's Aeneid: Cosmos and Imperium, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998
HEINZE, R.; Virgil?s Epic Technique, London, Bristol Classical Press, 1993
BONNER, Stanley F.; Education in Ancient Rome, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1977
DOMINIK, W. ? HALL, J. (eds.); A Companion to Roman Rhetoric, Oxford, Blackwell, 2007
GRIMAL, P.; Cicéron, Paris, Fayard, 1986
McKENDRICK, P.; The Philosophical Books of Cicero, London, Duckworth, 1989
STROH, Wilfried (ed.); Eloquence et rhétorique chez Cicéron, Genève, Droz, 1982
CAMPS, W.; An Introduction to Virgil?s Aeneid, , Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1969
GRIMAL, P.; O Império Romano, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1999
GRIMAL, P.; O século de Augusto, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1997
BORDET, M.; Síntese de História Romana, Porto, Asa, 1995
CONTE, Gian Biagio; The Rhetoric of Imitation, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1996
HORSFALL, N. (ed.); A Companion to the Study of Virgil, Leiden, Brill, , 1995
JOST, W (ed.); A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004
LYNE, R. O. M.; Further voices in Vergil's Aeneid, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992
CLAUSEN, W.; Vergil's Aeneid: Decorum, Allusion and Ideology, , Munich, K.G. Saur Verlag, 2002
TEIXEIRA, Cláudia; Estrutura da viagem na épica de Virgílio e no romance latino, Lisboa, Gulbenkian, 2007
WISEMAN, T. P.; The Myths of Rome, Devon, University of Exeter Press, 2004.
WOODMAN, Tony – WEST, David (eds.); Poetry and Politics in the Age of Augustus, Cambridge, CUP, 1984.
WHITE, P.; Promised Verse. Poets in the Society of Augustan Rome, Princeton, Harvard University Press, 1993.
PEREIRA, M. H. Rocha; Estudos de História da Cultura Clássica, II vol., Lisboa, Gulbenkian, 2009 (4ª ed.)
PEREIRA, M. H. Rocha; Romana. Antologia da Cultura Latina, Porto, Asa, 2005 (5ª ed.)
PEREIRA, Virgínia Soares (ed.); O além, a ética e a política: em torno do Sonho de Cipião, Braga, Universidade do Minho, 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

- theory exposition of programme contents; - analysis and interpretation of texts. - discussion of themes prepared by students.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assignments /reading reports: 50% Written tests and exam: 50%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.