Academic Year/course:
2017/18
426 - Degree in Classics
27951 - Humanism and Classical Tradition
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
27951 - Humanism and Classical Tradition
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
426 - Degree in Classics
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
579 - Degree in Classics: 4
579 - Degree in Classics: 3
426 - Degree in Classics: 4
426 - Degree in Classics: 3
Semester:
Second semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
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5.1. Methodological overview
See "Learning activities " and "Syllabus".
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.2. Learning tasks
Reading: Tomás Moro’s Vtopia.
Practices:
Translation and commentary of humanistic Latin texts of verse and prose.
Comment of survival of classical Latin texts in Spanish literature texts.
5.3. Syllabus
1. The Renaissance Latin Humanism. The humanistic Latin and his teaching.
2. The Humanism in Italy.
3. Erasmus of Rotterdam.
4. Other figures of European Humanism.
5. The classical survival of the Middle Ages to the present day.
6. The classical survival in Spanish literature.
5.4. Course planning and calendar
See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources
- Gil, Luis. Panorama social del humanismo español : (1500-1800) / Luis Gil Fernández . - 2a. ed Madrid : Tecnos, 1997
- Highet, Gilbert. La tradición clásica : influencias griegas y romanas en la literatura occidental / Gilbert Highet . - [1a. ed., 3a. reimp.] México : Fondo de cultura económica, 1996
- Hoven, René. Lexique de la prose latine de la Renaissance = Dictionary of Renaissance Latin from prose sources / René Hoven, avec la collaboration de Laurent Grailet ; traduction anglaise par Coen Maas, revue par Karin Renard-Jadoul . - 2e éd. rev. et considérablement augm. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006
- Pfeiffer, Rudolf. Historia de la filología clásica. V. II, De 1300 a 1850 / Rudolf Pfeiffer ; versión española de Justo Vicuña y Ma. Rosa Lafuente Madrid : Gredos, D.L. 1981