Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

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Laurea in Beni culturali - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
To be chosen between
6
A
L-FIL-LET/02
6
A
L-FIL-LET/04
6
A
L-FIL-LET/09
Foreign language
6
E
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Other activities
6
F
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Teaching code

4S02107

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/05 - CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY

Period

First half of Semester 2 , Second half of Semester 2

Learning outcomes

The course aims to launch the knowledge and understanding of the relationship between antiquity and modernity

Program

Title of the Course: first part: Auto da fé (the “purifying” fire)
second part: the Nazis’ book burnings and the degenerated art

The first part of the course will focus on the often troublesome relationships between literature, art, and power: from Protagoras, the Greek author of a book “On gods” burnt in Athens’s public square in the 5th century, to Anaxagoras, who was charged with impiety by a certain Cleon; from Cremutius Cordus, forced to commit suicide in the early imperial Roman age, to the book burnings carried out by the Inquisition and the Nazis.
The second part of the course will be devoted to the more specific relationship between the Nazism and the classical culture, to the burnings of banned books (from Freud to Thomas Mann), and to the degenerated art (entartete Kunst), whose masterpieces will be thoroughly described.

The final programme will be provided before the course starts.

The following books are strongly suggested to the students who will attend the lectures:
Ray Bradbury, Farenheit 451 (any edition),
J. Chapotout, Il nazismo e l'antichità (pages to be fixed)
A. Fattori, Il cavaliere dell'apocalisse. George Grotz, il dada a Berlino e la mostra nazista dell'arte degenerata (Biblioteca d'Orfeo)
Elias Canetti, Auto da fé (Adelphi)

Examination Methods

oral exam

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE