ELEMENTS OF LATIN CULTURE

Degree course: 
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2021/2022
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2022/2023
Course type: 
Supplementary compulsory subjects
Seat of the course: 
Como - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Language: 
Italian
Credits: 
6
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
36
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (36 hours)
Requirements: 

None

oral examination

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The aim of the course is to introduce the basic elements of Latin culture, in its implications for Italian and European culture.

Birth and evolution of the Latin language.
The origin of the Romance languages.
Latinisms in Italian and in sectorial languages.
Milestones words of Roman civilization.
Bilingualism and biculturalism in the Roman world and the problem of vertere.
Permanence of literary themes and models in European civilization.

Convenzionale

frontal lessons

Professors