Modern Curriculum

3 CFU

Lecturers: Andrea Barabino and Nicoletta Marini

Duration: one academic year (1st and 2nd semesters)

Target audience: this course is compulsory for first-year students on the Modern Curriculum and serves as a preparatory course for the Latin Literature module scheduled for the second year.

For further information, please refer to the course description

classical curriculum

Tutor: Serena Ferrando

Term: 1st semester

Start of lectures: 7 October 2026

Lecture schedule (any changes during the academic year will be communicated directly by the lecturer to those attending): 

• Wednesday    7 October 2026    17:00–19:00, Room 9 (Via Balbi 2)
• Wednesday    14 October 2026    5.00–7.00 pm, Room 9 (Via Balbi 2)
• Tuesday    20 October 2026    5.00–7.00 pm, Room 9 (Via Balbi 2)
• Wednesday    28 October 2026    17:00–19:00, Room 9 (Via Balbi 2)
• Wednesday    4 November 2026    5.00–7.00 pm, Room 9 (Via Balbi 2)
• Wednesday    11 November 2026    5.00–7.00 pm, Room 9 (Via Balbi 2)
• Wednesday    18 November 2026    5.00–7.00 pm, Room 9 (Via Balbi 2)
• Wednesday    25 November 2026    17–19, Room 9 (Via Balbi 2)
• Wednesday    2 December 2026    5.00–7.00 pm, Room 9 (Via Balbi 2)
• Friday    4 December 2026    5.00–7.00 pm, Room 9 (Via Balbi 2)
• 9 December 2026,  5.00–7.00 pm, Lecture Theatre 9 (Via Balbi 2): mock exam
• 13 January 2027: student consultation and review of the mock exam results
• 20 January 2027 final course examination
• 27 January 2027: student consultation and viewing of exam results

To enrol log in to Aulaweb https://2026.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6530 and follow the instructions (the portal does not send a confirmation email once you have registered).

The workshop’s Aulaweb site, where lecturers make teaching materials available, can be accessed via the following link: https://2026.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6517

Target audience: this lecture series is primarily, though not exclusively, aimed at students enrolled on the Classics programme who have been assigned an Additional Educational Requirement (OFA) following the Latin entrance assessment.

Classical Studies

1 CFU

Lecturer: Lisa Longoni

Period: 1st semester

Start of lectures: 30 September 2026

Time and venue: Wednesdays, 5–7 pm, Room M (Via Balbi 4)

To enrol log in to Aulaweb https://2026.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6530 and follow the instructions  (the portal does not send a confirmation email once you have registered).

The workshop’s Aulaweb, where lecturers make teaching materials available, can be accessed via the following link: https://2026.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=6515

Target audience: This seminar is aimed at all students who already have a good grounding in Latin and wish to improve their translation skills, and in particular at students on the ‘History of the Latin Language’ course (code 64890) in the second year of the Classics programme.

INTRODUCTION

Translating an ancient literary text is a complex task, requiring the student to navigate between the source and target languages, between rules and exceptions, and between form and content, in order to identify the most suitable solution from a range of acceptable options. The workshop-based and dialectical approach of the course will enable participants to tackle this challenge with confidence.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The activities of the Advanced Latin Translation Course are designed to equip students with the analytical skills required to translate and interpret texts from Latin literature of medium to high complexity.

Participation in the activities of the Reading Course will enable students to acquire:

• the ability to analyse the morphosyntactic structures of texts from ancient Latin literature of medium-to-high complexity
• the ability to understand the meaning of passages of Latin prose of medium-to-high difficulty
• the ability to recognise and interpret the linguistic and stylistic characteristics characteristic of the main authors and genres of Latin prose
• the ability to render appropriately into Italian, in terms of syntactic and lexical choices, texts from ancient Latin literature of medium-to-high complexity.
• a greater awareness of one’s own translation choices

PREREQUISITES

The Latin course requires a good prior knowledge of Latin, which students will have acquired during their previous schooling or by attending the basic-level Latin course.

TEACHING METHODS

The Latin course will be organised in a workshop format: the Latin passages provided will be discussed and translated collaboratively, with the aim of distinguishing between unacceptable, acceptable and optimal translations. The focus will be not only on morphosyntactic structures (which, if necessary, will be reviewed), but also on the lexical and stylistic-rhetorical dimensions.

The Latin Reading Course will utilise an AulaWeb page, on which participating students are invited to register.

Students must actively attend at least 75 per cent of the sessions to obtain a certificate of attendance for the Latin Reading Course.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course will be devoted to the analysis, discussion and collaborative translation of prose passages of increasing difficulty, drawn from the main genres and authors of the Latin language.

TEXTS/BIBLIOGRAPHY

All texts to be translated will be provided by the lecturer via the AulaWeb platform.

Students must have a Latin dictionary and a reference Latin grammar book, such as Marco Fucecchi and Luca Graverini’s La lingua latina. Fondamenti di morfologia e sintassi, Le Monnier / Mondadori Education.

EXAMINATION PROCEDURES

There is no examination at the end of the course. Students who actively attend at least 75 per cent of the sessions will be issued with a certificate of attendance, which can be used for ‘Other activities’.