Imperial Latin Literature

Code:

LLC096

Acronym:

LLPI

Instance: 2017/2018 - 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
LLC	4	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- Understand the political-cultural contexts of the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D.; - Situate Petronius and Apuleius in the Greek-Latin history; - Understand the genetic "corpus" of fictional narratives; - Apply the poetic-rhetoric knowledge to the analysis and interpretation of classical texts.

Learning outcomes and competences

- At the end of the semester, students must demonstrate mastery of the aesthetics of the fictional works studied, the politic and cultural context in which they were composed, the Greek origins and Roman peculiarities.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Literary genre: the “old novel”. 1.1. From the Menippus satire and "fabula milesia" to fiction. 1.2. Imitation, parody and criticism. 2. Petronius, "Satyricon". 3. Apuleius, "Metamorphoses".

Mandatory literature

CITRONI, M. et alii; Literatura da Roma Antiga, Gulbenkian, 2006
GARCÍA GUAL, C.; Los Orígenes de la Novela, Ediciones Istmo, 1988
FERREIRA, Paulo Sérgio; Os elementos paródicos no Satyricon de Petrónio e o seu significado, Colibri, 2000
GAGLIARDI, D.; Petronio e il romanzo moderno, La Nuova Italia, 1993
APULEIO; O burro de ouro, introd., trad. e notas de Delfim Leão, Cotovia, 2007
COURTNEY, E.; «Parody and Literary Allusion in Menippean Satire», Philologus 106, (1962), pp. 86-100
CALLEBAT, L.; «Le Satyricon de Pétrone et l’Âne d’Or d’Apulée sont-ils des Romans?», Euphrosyne 20, (1992) 149-164
HÄGG, T.; The Novel in Antiquity, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1983
PETRÓNIO; Satyricon, introd., trad. e notas de Delfim Leão, Cotovia, 2005
HOLZBERG, N.; The Ancient Novel: An Introduction, London, Routledge, 1995
CONTE, Gian Biagio; The Hidden Author: An Interpretation of Petronius’s Satyricon, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1996
ANDERSON, Graham; Ancient Fiction. The Novel in the Graeco-Roman World, Croom Helm, 1984
Luciano; Eu, Lúcio, memórias de um burro, Editorial Inquérito, 1992

Complementary Bibliography

CÁRITON; Quéreas e Calírroe, introd., trad. e notas de Maria de Fátima de Sousa e Silva, Lisboa, Cosmos, 1996
XENOFONTE DE ÉFESO; As Efesíacas, introd., trad. e notas de Vítor Ruas, Lisboa, Cosmos, 2000
BOWERSOCK, G.; Fiction as History: Nero to Julian, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1994
ERNOUT, A.; Pétrone. Le Satiricon, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1982 (8ª ed.)
ROBERTSON, D. S.; Apulée. Les métamorphoses, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2002 (7ª ed.)
MARMORALE, E.; Petronii Arbitri Cena Trimalchionis, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1970 (5º ed.)
GARRIDO GALLARDO, M. A.; Teoría de los Géneros Literarios, Madrid, Arco, 1998
AQUILES TÁCIO; Os Amores de Leucipe e Clitofonte, introd., trad. e notas de Abel Pena, Lisboa, Cosmos, 2005
WALSH, P. G.; Apuleius. The Golden Ass, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994
ALBRECHT, Michael von; Historia de la Literatura Romana, 2 vols., Barcelona, Herder, 1999
CONTE, G. B.; Letteratura latina: manuale storico dalle origini alla fine dell'impero romano, Firenze, Le Monnier, 1993
HOFMANN, H. (ed.); Latin Fiction. The Latin Novel in Context, London, Routledge, 1999
LAUSBERG, H., ; Manual de retórica literária, 3 vols., Madrid, Gredos, 1980
FANTHAM, E.; Roman Literary Culture From Cicero to Apuleius, Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996
GAILLARD, J.; Introdução à Literatura Latina. Das origens a Apuleio, Lisboa, Inquérito, 1994

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory classes, practical classes and tutorials

keywords

Humanities > Literature > European literature > Latin literature

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	25,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	81,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

- Participation in class: 50% - Research paper (oral and written): 50%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.