Filia piratae: a proposal to update the teaching and learning of Latin for Hispanists

Abstract

in the Gesta Romanorum (1342), to teach Latin at the University. Filia piratae is part of a collection of moralising examples originally designed to be used by preachers in sermons. Since the anecdotes in the text are told in a simplified Latin language, somehow similar to Spanish, the choice of this text in the classes of Latin for students of Spanish Studies is motivating as its study contributes to introduce Greco-Roman contents and classical tradition in subjects of the Degree in Spanish Language and Literature that often teach Latin in just a semester. Likewise, another relevant aspect of this story is that women acquire a protagonist role and have a word to say. Therefore, this is a very suitable text to analyse the consideration of women throughout history since gender studies as a tranversal issue in the domain of Hispanic Philology is gaining more importance.