Filologia, Letterature e Storia dell'Antichità | BYZANTINE PHILOLOGY

cod. 0322200017

BYZANTINE PHILOLOGY

	0322200017
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF7
	ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
	2018/2019

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-FIL-LET/07	6	30	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE THE CRITICAL TOOLS BY WHICH THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO STUDY THE LINGUISTIC, EXEGETICAL AND/OR METRICAL ASPECTS OF A GREEK MEDIEVAL WORK, IN ITS HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CONTEXT. THE ABILITIES TO BE ACQUIRED ARE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GREEK MEDIEVAL LANGUAGE (THE HIGH-LEVEL REGISTER, THE SO CALLED HOCHSPRACHE), THE ANALYSIS OF A BYZANTINE TEXT'S MANUSCRIPT TRADITION AND OF ITS EDITING TECHNIQUE.

THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE THE CRITICAL TOOLS BY WHICH THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO STUDY THE LINGUISTIC, EXEGETICAL AND/OR METRICAL ASPECTS OF A GREEK MEDIEVAL WORK, IN ITS HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CONTEXT. THE ABILITIES TO BE ACQUIRED ARE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GREEK MEDIEVAL LANGUAGE (THE HIGH-LEVEL REGISTER, THE SO CALLED HOCHSPRACHE), THE ANALYSIS OF A BYZANTINE TEXT'S MANUSCRIPT TRADITION AND OF ITS EDITING TECHNIQUE.

	Prerequisites
	A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL GREEK LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND METRICS IS REQUIRED. STUDENTS, WHO DO NOT HAVE SUCH A COMPETENCE, ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO ATTEND AN ELEMENTARY GREEK COURSE, ACTIVATED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

	Contents
	FOR THE GENERAL PART: INTRODUCTION TO BYZANTINE PHILOLOGY; SHORT ACCOUNT OF BYZANTINE LITERATURE BY PERIODS AND GENRES; THE PRONUNCIATION OF MEDIEVAL GREEK; MEDIEVAL GREEK LANGUAGE: MORPHOLOGICAL AND SYNTACTICAL NOTES; BYZANTINE DODECASYLLABLE (THE ACCENTUAL TYPE OF METRICS). FOR THE SEMINAR: EPIGRAMS CONCEIVED FOR ART WORKS: READING, ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY OF SELECTED TEXTS.

	Teaching Methods
	ORAL EXPOSITION OF THE TOPICS. READING, TRANSLATION, COMMENTARY, LITERARY, LINGUISTIC AND/OR METRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TEXTS TO BE READ DURING THE COURSE.

	Verification of learning
	ORAL EXAMINATION (FULL MARKS: 30/30 WITH HONOURS). FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE COURSE: BYZANTINE LITERATURE (330-1453); LECTURE, COMMENTARY, LINGUISTIC, LITERARY AND/OR METRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TEXTS SELECTED FOR THE LESSONS. FOR STUDENTS WHO WON'T BE ATTENDING THE COURSE: GENERAL EXAMINATION ABOUT BYZANTINE LITERATURE (330-1453) AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY BOOKS TO BE STUDIED FOR THE PROGRAMME.

Verification of learning

ORAL EXAMINATION (FULL MARKS: 30/30 WITH HONOURS).
FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE COURSE: BYZANTINE LITERATURE (330-1453); LECTURE, COMMENTARY, LINGUISTIC, LITERARY AND/OR METRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TEXTS SELECTED FOR THE LESSONS.
FOR STUDENTS WHO WON'T BE ATTENDING THE COURSE: GENERAL EXAMINATION ABOUT BYZANTINE LITERATURE (330-1453) AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY BOOKS TO BE STUDIED FOR THE PROGRAMME.

	Texts
	FOR THE GENERAL PART: 1) C. MANGO, LA CIVILTÀ BIZANTINA, ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY P. CESARETTI, LATERZA, ROMA-BARI 1991 (OR LATER EDITIONS), WHOLE. 2) A. KAMBYLIS, COMPENDIO DELLA LETTERATURA BIZANTINA, ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY S. FORNARO, IN INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DELLA FILOLOGIA, ED. BY H.-G. NESSELRATH, SALERNO EDITRICE, ROMA 2004, PP. 446-478 (HAND-OUT AVAILABLE DURING LESSONS). FOR THE SEMINAR: 3) BYZANTINISCHE EPIGRAMME IN INSCHRIFTLICHER ÜBERLIEFERUNG, ERSTELLT VON A. RHOBY U.A., VOLL. I-IV, WIEN 2009-2018 (SELECTED POEMS, TO BE READ AND ANALYSED DURING THE COURSE). STUDENTS, WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE COURSE, WILL REPLACE THE TEXT AT POINT 3 ABOVE WITH THE FOLLOWING ONE: 3) M.D. LAUXTERMANN, LA POESIA BIZANTINA, IN LO SPAZIO LETTERARIO DEL MEDIOEVO, 3. LE CULTURE CIRCOSTANTI, VOL. I, LA CULTURA BIZANTINA, ED. BY G. CAVALLO, SALERNO EDITRICE, ROMA 2004, PP. 301-343 (HAND-OUT AVAILABLE).

Texts

FOR THE GENERAL PART:
1) C. MANGO, LA CIVILTÀ BIZANTINA, ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY P. CESARETTI, LATERZA, ROMA-BARI 1991 (OR LATER EDITIONS), WHOLE.
2) A. KAMBYLIS, COMPENDIO DELLA LETTERATURA BIZANTINA, ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY S. FORNARO, IN INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DELLA FILOLOGIA, ED. BY H.-G. NESSELRATH, SALERNO EDITRICE, ROMA 2004, PP. 446-478 (HAND-OUT AVAILABLE DURING LESSONS).

FOR THE SEMINAR:
3) BYZANTINISCHE EPIGRAMME IN INSCHRIFTLICHER ÜBERLIEFERUNG, ERSTELLT VON A. RHOBY U.A., VOLL. I-IV, WIEN 2009-2018 (SELECTED POEMS, TO BE READ AND ANALYSED DURING THE COURSE).

STUDENTS, WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE COURSE, WILL REPLACE THE TEXT AT POINT 3 ABOVE WITH THE FOLLOWING ONE:
3) M.D. LAUXTERMANN, LA POESIA BIZANTINA, IN LO SPAZIO LETTERARIO DEL MEDIOEVO, 3. LE CULTURE CIRCOSTANTI, VOL. I, LA CULTURA BIZANTINA, ED. BY G. CAVALLO, SALERNO EDITRICE, ROMA 2004, PP. 301-343 (HAND-OUT AVAILABLE).

	More Information
	HAND-OUT WILL BE PROVIDED DURING LESSONS. ATTENDANCE AT THE COURSE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, DUE TO THE SPECIFICITY OF ARGUMENTS TO BE TREATED. LESSONS WILL BE HELD IN THE SECOND PART OF THE FIRST ACADEMIC SEMESTER.

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