Latin Language and Culture II

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Establish the relationship between Latin and Portuguese fostering the understanding of the two linguistic systems.
Explore the texts on the reciprocity of its philological development (uerba) and its philosophical problematization (re)

Read a text starting from the overall apprehension of the meaning to the understanding of specific aspects: deductive reasoning
Promote tasks that lead students to organize their own conceptual schemes in the progressive construction of knowledge.
Broaden students vocabulary.

Learning Outcomes

1.

Recognizing the timeliness of Latin matrix in Portuguese culture

Enhance communication skills and the mastery of Portuguese language.

Confirm the lexical-semantic relationship between Portuguese and Latin

Critically evaluate the values transmitted to the present time

Analyze human dilemmas and complexities of today’s Man in translated works of Latin authors.

Deepen the linguistic structures and the knowledge of linguistic structures of Latin Language.

Promote the autonomy on analyzing and reading Latin

2.

Ability to independently read and understand a Latin text.

Ability to establish comparative analyzes between Latin and Portuguese language and culture.

Develop the hermeneutic and interpretive reasoning on literary contents, through the translation of Latin authors’ texts.

Proficiency in the analysis of the Latin text in a new scenario of translation.
Historical and lexical-semantic inferences to Portuguese.
Problematization and philosophical reflection of the authors.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

LATIN CULTURE(res)
1.Historical and cultural framework:
1.1.Authors for each period:
-Pre-literary Latin
-Ancient Latin
-Classical Latin
-Imperial Latin
-Late Latin
-Medieval Latin
-Latin Renaissance
2.Biography of authors and historical and cultural framework
a)Tito Lívio
b)Cicero
c)Phaedrus
d)Ovid
e)Seneca
f)Publílio Siro
g)Horace
3.Translation and philological analysis of excerpts from the authors works:
a)Ab urbe condita
b)De Republica,De Amicitia,De finibus,De natura deorum,De oratore,de senectute
c)As Fábulas
d)Ars Amatoria
e)Epistulae ad Lucilium
f)Sententiae
g)Ars Poetica
Latin language
1.Latin Declensions and nominal classes
2.Verbal conjugations and verbal inflection
3.Verb sum and its compounds
4.Irregular Verbs
5.Deponent and semi-deponent verbs
6.Infectum and Perfectum subjunctive mood
7.Passive voice from regular verbs
8.Subordinate clauses
9.Infinitive, past participle and gerund forms

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Isabel Correia Martins

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Assessment is continuous and formative making use of assessment tools that allow an objective record of the teaching / learning process: tests, text analysis, questionnaires, homework.: 100.0%

Bibliography

Boxus, Anne-Marie & Lavency, Marius (1993). CLAVIS. Grammaire latine pour la lecture des

auteurs. Louvain-la-Neuve: Duculot.

Cauquil, G. & Guillaumin, J.-Y. (1992). Vocabulaire essentiel du latin. Paris: Hachette.

Dicionário de Latim-Português, Porto Editora. 

Ernout, A. (1989). Morphologie historique du Latin. Paris: Éditions Klincksieck.

Ernout, A. & Thomas, F. (1959). Syntaxe latine. Paris: Éditions Klincksieck.

Figueiredo, Nunes de e Almendra, Maria Ana, Compêndio de Gramática Latina, Porto Editora.

Pereira, Maria Helena da Rocha (2000, 4ª ed.). Romana. Antologia da Cultura Latina. Coimbra:

Instituto de Estudos Clássicos.

Serbat, Guy (1994). Les Structures du Latin. Paris: Picard.