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Classical Latin Culture

Objectives

General:
To know the nuclear characteristics of Roman civilization and its foundational and cultural legacy, identifying material (in the arts in general) and immaterial traces in the fields of religion, law, oratory, philosophy, literature and, above all, in the moral values that contributed to the construction of European citizenship.
Specific:
a) To recognize the role of mediation and organization of Roman civilization in the Mediterranean and, in particular, in the West. (20%)
b) To acquire a panoramic knowledge of the nuc aspects of Roman civilization. (20%)
c) To understand the impact of the Aeneid on European culture, and on Portuguese culture in particular. (15%)
d) To value the cultural legacy of Rome. (15%)
e) To identify the space of ancient Rome in the Western imaginary and its subsquent influence on politics, science, literature, the arts and private life. (20%)
Cross-cuting out-:
a) Know how to write a class report. (5%)
b) To design and organize an oral exposure (5%)

General characterization

Code

01100487

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Inês Luísa de Ornellas de Andrade da Silva e Castro

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • ANTUNES, Manuel. S.J., Teoria da Cultura, re-editado em 1999, com revisão e notas de Maria Ivone de Ornellas de Andrade. Lisboa, Colibri, 1999.
  • ARIÈS, p. e DUBY, G. (org.), História da Vida Privada. Do Império Roman ao ano mil. Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1989 (1ª ed).
  • BRANDÃO, José Luís (coord.); OLIVEIRA, Francisco de (org.) História de Roma Antiga volume I: Das origens à morte de César. Coimbra, 2015 (online)
  • ______________ História de Roma Antiga volume II: Império e romanidade hispânica. Coimbra 2020 (online)
  • CALVINO, Italo, “Porquê ler os Clássicos”, in Porquê ler os Clássicos. (Trad. José Colaço Barreiros). Lisboa, Publicações D. Quixote, 2015, pp.9-16.
  • ELIOT, T.S., “O que é um clássico?”, in Ensaios escolhidos, Selecção, tradução e notas de Maria Adelaide Ramos, Cotovia, 1992, pp.129-146.
  • ROCHA PEREIRA, M. H., Estudos de História da Cultura Clássica. Cultura Romana. Lisboa, F. C. Gulbenkian, 2002 (3.ª ed.).


Web Sites: Classica digitalia
Perseus Digital Library

Teaching method

The classes will tend to be expository (60%) but providing the active intervention of the students for discussion and analysis of the themes of the program, based on texts and images provided by the teacher. The best way to keep students attentive and interested is to ask questions. The power points presented with images and reflections are animated, so the slide never appears in full, inviting us to think before providing our answer. The discussion, as we have had the opportunity to mention about the U.C. of Latin I, involves the student in learning and is more effective. The fact that we send optional questionnaires, to be filled out over fifteen days, allows students to self-regulate. The presentation of small works, placed on the platform before the content in which they are inserted is taught, mobilizes students with a more reflective profile who participate less in the discussions.
The class record, in the form of a report - there are usually two students mobilized, one for each half of the school term - allows a student who has missed a class to understand the next one.The lesson record, in form of a report, is either a feedback for the teacher and proves usefull for the class.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - A continuous evaluation regime without examination is adopted. It will taze into accont participation in classes, a small work and the report (30%), the results of the two frequencies (65%) and attendance (5%). In the end of the semester, self-assessment is also required.(100%)

Subject matter

I- Roman civilization: organization and mediation.
1. Geographical and historical framework.
1.1. Rome origin ofand the Roman Monarchy.
1.1.1. The Etruscan and Hellenic legacies.
1.1.2. The Roman Republic.
1.2. Augustus and the imperial model.
1.3 From the High Roman Empire to the Lower Empire.
1.4. The barbarian invasions and the "end" of the Western Roman Empire.
II- Roman Civilization Nuclear aspects .
1. Political ideas: imperium, potestas, maiestas, prouincia.
2. Religion: believing is doing.
2.1. Mythical theology and different numina.
2.2. The topography of the Beyond in the Italic tradition.
3. Moral ideals and conceptions.
4. Education.
5. The arts: architecture, sculpture and painting.
6. Theater and musical expression.
7. Literature.
8. Oratory.
III Aspects of private life
1. Sexuality: the testimonies of medicine, literature and iconography.
2. Marriage and the and the family.
3. Food.
IV E Roma Lux: Rome and Europe.