Filologia, Letterature e Storia dell'Antichità | GREEK LITERATURE

cod. 0322200008

GREEK LITERATURE

	0322200008
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF7
	ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
	2022/2023

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	AUTUMN SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-FIL-LET/02	9	45	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
APPELLO GIUGNO	19/06/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO LUGLIO	18/07/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO SETTEMBRE	20/09/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO DICEMBRE	19/12/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS AT PROVIDING AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE GREEK ANCIENT LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE AND TO OFFERS THE TOOLS TO CRITICALLY INTERPRET GREEK LITERARY TEXTS AND TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT: -WILL DEEPLY KNOW THE ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE (VOCABULARY, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAXIS, PROSODY, METRICS), AS ATTESTED BY LITERARY TEXTS -WILL DEEP KNOW OF THE HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE, FROM VIII CENT. BCE TO VI CENT. CE, IN THE FRAME OF ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE OCCASIONS AND MODES OF PERFORMANCES, GENRES, CONTENTS AND FORMS, EVOLUTION OF THE COMMUNICATIONAL AND HISTORIC-LITERARY CONTEXTS -WILL KNOW THE BASIC RESEARCH METHODS AND TOOLS OF THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN THIS CHRONOLOGICAL PERIOD, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ONLINE RESOURCES -WILL COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTIVE OF THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK LITERATURE AND TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LITERATURE AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF GREEK CULTURE (SCIENCE, MUSIC, PHILOSOPHY, FINE ARTS), WITHIN THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: -DEEPLY ANALYZE AND INTERPRET GREEK LITERARY TEXTS, PUT THEM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR’S WORKS, OF THE LITERARY GENRE AND OF THE HISTORICAL PERIOD, ALSO WITH REFERENCE TO INTERTEXTUALITY -ACT PROFESSIONALLY IN THE FIELD OF CLASSICAL STUDIES, USING TOOLS FROM SPECIAL DISCIPLINES -FACE THE SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR ACCESS TO THE TEACHING OF GREEK IN CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL -USE THE MAIN ICT TOOLS FOR STUDYING GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - ANALYZE COMPLEX SITUATIONS IN STUDY AND/OR WORK CONTEXTS MAKING JUDGEMENTS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: -AUTONOMOUSLY APPROACH THEMES AND PROBLEMS OF THE GREEK LITERATURE (ALSO IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE), WITH A CRITICAL USE OF EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHY -PROPOSE NEW AND PERSONAL INTERPRETATION OF GREEK TEXTS AND OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE GREEK LITERATURE - CRITICALLY REFLECT ON THE METHODOLOGIES USED IN INTERPRETING GREEK TEXTS AND ON THE POSSIBLE PUBLIC EFFECTS OF HIS INTERPRETATIVE PROPOSALS COMMUNICATION SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: -EXPLAIN A GREEK TEXT IN A CORRECT AND UNDERSTANDABLE WAY, ALSO IN RELATION WITH DIFFERENT AUDIENCE TYPES - PRESENT LITERARY GENRES AND PERIODS OF THE GREEK LITERATURE IN A CLEAR WAY

THE COURSE AIMS AT PROVIDING AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE GREEK ANCIENT LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE AND TO OFFERS THE TOOLS TO CRITICALLY INTERPRET GREEK LITERARY TEXTS AND TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT:
-WILL DEEPLY KNOW THE ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE (VOCABULARY, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAXIS, PROSODY, METRICS), AS ATTESTED BY LITERARY TEXTS
-WILL DEEP KNOW OF THE HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE, FROM VIII CENT. BCE TO VI CENT. CE, IN THE FRAME OF ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE OCCASIONS AND MODES OF PERFORMANCES, GENRES, CONTENTS AND FORMS, EVOLUTION OF THE COMMUNICATIONAL AND HISTORIC-LITERARY CONTEXTS
-WILL KNOW THE BASIC RESEARCH METHODS AND TOOLS OF THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN THIS CHRONOLOGICAL PERIOD, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ONLINE RESOURCES
-WILL COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTIVE OF THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK LITERATURE AND TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LITERATURE AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF GREEK CULTURE (SCIENCE, MUSIC, PHILOSOPHY, FINE ARTS), WITHIN THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
-DEEPLY ANALYZE AND INTERPRET GREEK LITERARY TEXTS, PUT THEM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUTHOR’S WORKS, OF THE LITERARY GENRE AND OF THE HISTORICAL PERIOD, ALSO WITH REFERENCE TO INTERTEXTUALITY
-ACT PROFESSIONALLY IN THE FIELD OF CLASSICAL STUDIES, USING TOOLS FROM SPECIAL DISCIPLINES
-FACE THE SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR ACCESS TO THE TEACHING OF GREEK IN CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL
-USE THE MAIN ICT TOOLS FOR STUDYING GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- ANALYZE COMPLEX SITUATIONS IN STUDY AND/OR WORK CONTEXTS

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
-AUTONOMOUSLY APPROACH THEMES AND PROBLEMS OF THE GREEK LITERATURE (ALSO IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE), WITH A CRITICAL USE OF EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHY
-PROPOSE NEW AND PERSONAL INTERPRETATION OF GREEK TEXTS AND OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE GREEK LITERATURE
- CRITICALLY REFLECT ON THE METHODOLOGIES USED IN INTERPRETING GREEK TEXTS AND ON THE POSSIBLE PUBLIC EFFECTS OF HIS INTERPRETATIVE PROPOSALS

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
-EXPLAIN A GREEK TEXT IN A CORRECT AND UNDERSTANDABLE WAY, ALSO IN RELATION WITH DIFFERENT AUDIENCE TYPES
- PRESENT LITERARY GENRES AND PERIODS OF THE GREEK LITERATURE IN A CLEAR WAY

	Prerequisites
	ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. ABILITY TO CONSTRUE AND INTERPRET GREEK LITERARY TEXTS

	Contents
	1.DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF ANCIENT GREEK: VOCABULARY, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, METRE (CF. REFERENCE TEXTS 2. CHORAL LYRIC. TRAGEDY. FIFTH-CENTURY ORATORY. READING, IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, TRANSLATION INTO ITALIAN, LINGUISTIC, EXEGETICAL AND HISTORICAL-LITERARY COMMENTARY OF THE FOLLOWING TEXTS: A. ALCMAN, 26, 39, 89 P.-DAV., STESICHORUS, 192 P.-DAV., IBYCUS 286 P.-DAV., SIMONIDES, 531, 543 P., PINDARUS, OLYMPIAN 12. B. AESCHYLUS, PERSIANS, 155-531. C. LYSIAS, AGAINST ERATOSTHENES, 4-23.

Contents

1.DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF ANCIENT GREEK: VOCABULARY, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, METRE (CF. REFERENCE TEXTS
2. CHORAL LYRIC. TRAGEDY. FIFTH-CENTURY ORATORY.

READING, IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, TRANSLATION INTO ITALIAN, LINGUISTIC, EXEGETICAL AND HISTORICAL-LITERARY COMMENTARY OF THE FOLLOWING TEXTS:
A. ALCMAN, 26, 39, 89 P.-DAV., STESICHORUS, 192 P.-DAV., IBYCUS 286 P.-DAV., SIMONIDES, 531, 543 P., PINDARUS, OLYMPIAN 12.
B. AESCHYLUS, PERSIANS, 155-531.
C. LYSIAS, AGAINST ERATOSTHENES, 4-23.

	Teaching Methods
	45 HOURS OF LECTURES, THAT WILL BE DEVOTED TO READING, IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, TRANSLATION INTO ITALIAN LINGUISTIC, CONTENT AND FORMAL ANALYSIS, EXEGETICAL AND HISTORICAL-LITERARY COMMENTARY OF THE TEXTS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME. THE LESSONS ARE CONDUCTED WITH PARTICIPATORY METHOD AND CLASSROOM DISCUSSION ON TEXTS AND THEIR PROBLEMS.

	Verification of learning
	ORAL EXAM (LASTING ABOUT 40 MINUTES) TO TEST THE ABILITY TO TRANSLATE, ANALYZE AND COMMENT (BOTH ON LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY LEVEL) THE GREEK TEXTS OBJECT OF TE COURSE AND TO PLACE THEM WITHIN THEIR HISTORICAL-CULTURAL CONTEXT. EVALUATION WILL BE UNSATISFACTORY IF THE STUDENT DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE TO BE SUFFICIENTLY COMPETENT WITH THE THREE ABOVE MENTIONED ASPECTS. IN THE EVENT OF SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE, MARKS WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 30 CUM LAUDE, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOPICS AND THE PERSONAL IN-DEPTH STUDY; 30 CUM LAUDE INDICATES VERY GOOD SKILLS AND OWN PERSONAL INTERESTS..

Verification of learning

ORAL EXAM (LASTING ABOUT 40 MINUTES) TO TEST THE ABILITY TO TRANSLATE, ANALYZE AND COMMENT (BOTH ON LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY LEVEL) THE GREEK TEXTS OBJECT OF TE COURSE AND TO PLACE THEM WITHIN THEIR HISTORICAL-CULTURAL CONTEXT. EVALUATION WILL BE UNSATISFACTORY IF THE STUDENT DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE TO BE SUFFICIENTLY COMPETENT WITH THE THREE ABOVE MENTIONED ASPECTS. IN THE EVENT OF SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE, MARKS WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 30 CUM LAUDE, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOPICS AND THE PERSONAL IN-DEPTH STUDY; 30 CUM LAUDE INDICATES VERY GOOD SKILLS AND OWN PERSONAL INTERESTS..

	Texts
	1. F. MICHELAZZO, NUOVI ITINERARI ALLA SCOPERTA DEL GRECO ANTICO. LE STRUTTURE FONDAMENTALI DELLA LINGUA GRECA: FONETICA, MORFOLOGIA, SINTASSI, SEMANTICA, PRAGMATICA, FIRENZE UNIVERSITY PRESS, FIRENZE 2006. 2. B. GENTILI, POESIA E PUBBLICO NELLA GRECIA ANTICA. DA OMERO AL V SECOLO, MILANO, FELTRINELLI, 2006, PP. 186-236 A. RODIGHIERO, LA TRAGEDIA GRECA, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2013, TWO OF THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS: II, III, IV E V. M. PELLEGRINO, INTRODUZIONE ALL'ORATORIA GRECA, CAROCCI, ROMA, 2021, CAP. 1. 3A. G. PERROTTA - B. GENTILI, POLINNIA. POESIA GRECA ARCAICA, TERZA EDIZIONE A CURA DI B. GENTILI E C. CATENACCI, CASA EDITRICE D'ANNA, MESSINA-FIRENZE 2007 3B. AESCHYLUS, PERSAE, WITH INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY BY A.F. GARVIE, OXFORD 2009 (THE TEXT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER). ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TRANSLATIONS: ESCHILO, PERSIANI - SETTE CONTRO TEBE - SUPPLICI A CURA DI F. FERRARI, MILANO, BUR, 1987 ESCHILO, PERSIANI - SETTE CONTRO TEBE, A CURA DI G. IERANÒ, MONDADORI, MILANO, 1997. ESCHILO, I PERSIANI, A CURA DI M. CENTANNI, FELTRINELLI, MILANO, 2014. 3C. LISIA, ORAZIONI I-XV, A CURA DI E. MEDDA, I, BUR, MILANO, 1991.

Texts

1. F. MICHELAZZO, NUOVI ITINERARI ALLA SCOPERTA DEL GRECO ANTICO. LE STRUTTURE FONDAMENTALI DELLA LINGUA GRECA: FONETICA, MORFOLOGIA, SINTASSI, SEMANTICA, PRAGMATICA, FIRENZE UNIVERSITY PRESS, FIRENZE 2006.
2. B. GENTILI, POESIA E PUBBLICO NELLA GRECIA ANTICA. DA OMERO AL V SECOLO, MILANO, FELTRINELLI, 2006, PP. 186-236
A. RODIGHIERO, LA TRAGEDIA GRECA, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2013, TWO OF THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS: II, III, IV E V.
M. PELLEGRINO, INTRODUZIONE ALL'ORATORIA GRECA, CAROCCI, ROMA, 2021, CAP. 1.

3A. G. PERROTTA - B. GENTILI, POLINNIA. POESIA GRECA ARCAICA, TERZA EDIZIONE A CURA DI B. GENTILI E C. CATENACCI, CASA EDITRICE D'ANNA, MESSINA-FIRENZE 2007
3B. AESCHYLUS, PERSAE, WITH INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY BY A.F. GARVIE, OXFORD 2009 (THE TEXT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER).
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TRANSLATIONS:
ESCHILO, PERSIANI - SETTE CONTRO TEBE - SUPPLICI A CURA DI F. FERRARI, MILANO, BUR, 1987
ESCHILO, PERSIANI - SETTE CONTRO TEBE, A CURA DI G. IERANÒ, MONDADORI, MILANO, 1997.
ESCHILO, I PERSIANI, A CURA DI M. CENTANNI, FELTRINELLI, MILANO, 2014.
3C. LISIA, ORAZIONI I-XV, A CURA DI E. MEDDA, I, BUR, MILANO, 1991.

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