Lettere | GREEK LITERATURE AND ITS MODERN RECEPTION

cod. 0312600085

GREEK LITERATURE AND ITS MODERN RECEPTION

	0312600085
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF6
	HUMANITIES
	2022/2023

CURRICULUM HUMANITIES

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
	AUTUMN SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-FIL-LET/02	6	30	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
APPELLO FEBBRAIO	06/02/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO FEBBRAIO	06/02/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO RISERVATO AI FUORI CORSO	15/05/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
RISERVATO STUDENTI CON ALMENO 162 CFU	15/05/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO MAGGIO	29/05/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO GIUGNO	19/06/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO LUGLIO	03/07/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO SETTEMBRE	11/09/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO DICEMBRE	11/12/2023 - 08:30	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE MAIN FORMS IN WHICH THE RECEPTION OF GREEK CULTURE HAS DEVELOPED IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND ART, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEK CLASSICS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND ARTS THE STUDENT: - KNOW THE MAIN LINES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE AND THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ITS LITERARY GENRES BY READING TEXTS BY THE MAIN AUTHORS IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION - INCLUDE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GREEK TEXTS AND THEIR REWORKING AND REWRITING IN THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGES ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: - EXAMINING A GREEK TEXT IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION, ANALYSING ITS MAIN FORMS AND THEMES - EXAMINING ONE OR MORE TEXTS OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE - IDENTIFYING REFERENCES TO GREEK CULTURE IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: - ASSESSING THE DEVELOPMENT LINES OF GREEK THOUGHT, SOCIETY AND CULTURE ALSO IN CONTEXTS OTHER THAN LITERARY COMMUNICATION SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: - COMMUNICATING - POSSIBLY ALSO IN WRITTEN FORM - WITH CLARITY AND LANGUAGE PROPERTIES THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF LITERARY TEXTS - REPRESENTING AND COMMUNICATING, BY MEANS OF VIRTUAL TEXTS OR INSTRUMENTS, THE RESULTS OF OWN RESEARCH OR PROCESSING. LEARNING SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: - PREPARE A SHORT PRESENTATION ON A PARTICULAR SUBJECT OF YOUR CHOICE; -- CONSULT DIGITAL LIBRARIES CONTAINING SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND PRODUCE A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON A PARTICULAR SUBJECT.

THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE MAIN FORMS IN WHICH THE RECEPTION OF GREEK CULTURE HAS DEVELOPED IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND ART, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEK CLASSICS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND ARTS

THE STUDENT:
- KNOW THE MAIN LINES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE AND THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ITS LITERARY GENRES BY READING TEXTS BY THE MAIN AUTHORS IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION
- INCLUDE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GREEK TEXTS AND THEIR REWORKING AND REWRITING IN THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGES

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- EXAMINING A GREEK TEXT IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION, ANALYSING ITS MAIN FORMS AND THEMES
- EXAMINING ONE OR MORE TEXTS OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
- IDENTIFYING REFERENCES TO GREEK CULTURE IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- ASSESSING THE DEVELOPMENT LINES OF GREEK THOUGHT, SOCIETY AND CULTURE ALSO IN CONTEXTS OTHER THAN LITERARY

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- COMMUNICATING - POSSIBLY ALSO IN WRITTEN FORM - WITH CLARITY AND LANGUAGE PROPERTIES THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF LITERARY TEXTS
- REPRESENTING AND COMMUNICATING, BY MEANS OF VIRTUAL TEXTS OR INSTRUMENTS, THE RESULTS OF OWN RESEARCH OR PROCESSING.

LEARNING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- PREPARE A SHORT PRESENTATION ON A PARTICULAR SUBJECT OF YOUR CHOICE;
-- CONSULT DIGITAL LIBRARIES CONTAINING SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND PRODUCE A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON A PARTICULAR SUBJECT.

	Prerequisites
	NONE. NO PRELIMINARY KNOWLEDGE OF GREEK LANGUAGE IS REQUIRED

	Contents
	MAIN TOPIC: WOMEN AND THE HERO. FROM ODYSSEUS TO "ME TOO". A) READING (IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION) AND COMMENTARY BY HOMER , ODISSEY, BOOKS: 5, 6, 10, 12, 19, 20, 23. B) READING IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION AND COMMENTING MADELINE MILLER "CIRCE" C) READING AND COMMENTING DI MARGARET ATWOOD "IL CANTO DI PENELOPE" [LESSON HOURS: 25] 2. FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERS OF THE ARCHAIC GREEK EPIC (HOMER, HESIOD, EPIC CYCLE) [LESSON HOURS: 5]

Contents

MAIN TOPIC: WOMEN AND THE HERO. FROM ODYSSEUS TO "ME TOO".
A) READING (IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION) AND COMMENTARY BY HOMER , ODISSEY, BOOKS: 5, 6, 10, 12, 19, 20, 23.
B) READING IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION AND COMMENTING MADELINE MILLER "CIRCE"
C) READING AND COMMENTING DI MARGARET ATWOOD "IL CANTO DI PENELOPE"
[LESSON HOURS: 25]
2.
FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERS OF THE ARCHAIC GREEK EPIC (HOMER, HESIOD, EPIC CYCLE)
[LESSON HOURS: 5]

	Teaching Methods
	LESSONS ARE CONDUCTED WITH A SEMINARIAN AND PARTICIPATED METHOD, WITH FURTHER INFORMATION AND CLASS DISCUSSIONS ON THE MAIN HISTORICAL-INTERPRETATIVE PROBLEMS. DISPENSE WILL BE SUPPLIED ON THE MOST IMPORTANT TEXTS. - EXECUTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE EXERCISE OF READING, TRANSLATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE GREEK TEXT IN THE HALL - ARE INTENDED LECTURES AND SEMINARS OF INSIGHT HELD BY STUDIOSIS EXPERTS OF CERTAIN ARGUMENTS SUBJECT OF STUDY WITH THE COMPRESENCE IN THE CLASSROOM OF THE PROFESSOR.

Teaching Methods

LESSONS ARE CONDUCTED WITH A SEMINARIAN AND PARTICIPATED METHOD, WITH FURTHER INFORMATION AND CLASS DISCUSSIONS ON THE MAIN HISTORICAL-INTERPRETATIVE PROBLEMS. DISPENSE WILL BE SUPPLIED ON THE MOST IMPORTANT TEXTS. - EXECUTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE EXERCISE OF READING, TRANSLATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE GREEK TEXT IN THE HALL - ARE INTENDED LECTURES AND SEMINARS OF INSIGHT HELD BY STUDIOSIS EXPERTS OF CERTAIN ARGUMENTS SUBJECT OF STUDY WITH THE COMPRESENCE IN THE CLASSROOM OF THE PROFESSOR.

	Verification of learning
	THE EXAM IS AN ORAL DISCUSSION AND IT IS AIMED TO VERIFY: - KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK LITERATURE - ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE GREEK TEXTS PROVIDED IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION - ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND COMMENT MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORKS EXAMINED DURING THE COURSE AND TO INDICATE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GREEK TEXTS.

	Texts
	1) A) DI BENEDETTO, VINCENZO (A CURA DI), OMERO: ODISSEA,BUR, MILANO, 2010 B) MILLER, MADELINE. CIRCE (ED.ITALIANA). ITALIA: MARSILIO, 2021. C) ATWOOD, MARGARET. IL CANTO DI PENELOPE. ITALIA, PONTE ALLE GRAZIE, 2018. 2) CANFORA, LUCIANO, STORIA DELLA LETTERATURA GRECA, LATERZA, ROMA-BARI 2013

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	STUDENTS WHO ARE PLANNING TO ACCESS THE EXAM WITHOUT ATTENDING CLASSES ARE KINDLY REQUIRED TO CONTACT THE TEACHER WELL IN ADVANCE TO THE EXAMINATION DATE, IN ORDER TO BUILD THEIR OWN PROGRAMME.

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