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HISTORY OF GREEK

Angelo MERIANI HISTORY OF GREEK

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
2017/2018

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
ANGELO MERIANI T Curriculum
Objectives
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS:
1. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE KEY EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE, FROM VIII CENT. BCE TO VI CENT. CE; KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC METHODS AND TOOLS OF HISTORICAL-LINGUISTIC RESEARCH IN THIS PARTICULAR CHRONOLOGICAL PERIOD; ABILITY TO COPE WITH PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE GREEK HISTORY, AND TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, AND OF THESE LAST TO OTHER COMPONENTS OF CULTURE (SCIENCE, MUSIC, PHILOSOPHY, FINE ARTS), WITHIN THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
2. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: A) IN SPECIFIC CONTEXTS OF STUDY: ABILITY TO ANALYZE AND UNDERSTAND WITH ACCURACY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE; TO IDENTIFY PERSONAL THEME-BASED ROUTES, AND INITIATE SELF-LEARNING PROCESSES IN SPECIFIC FIELDS OF RESEARCH; B) IN MORE GENERAL STUDY AND / OR WORK CONTEXTS: TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO ANALYZE COMPLEX SITUATIONS.
Prerequisites
1. MASTERY OF WRITTEN AND ORAL ITALIAN (ABILITY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND WRITTEN TEXTS, TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND ORAL SPEECHES, TO SUMMARIZE THEM EXTEMPORANEOUSLY, AND WITH ADEQUATE LANGUAGE SKILLS, ORALLY AND / OR IN WRITING; ABILITY TO PRODUCE, WITH ADEQUATE LANGUAGE SKILLS, WRITTEN AND ORAL REPORTS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS);
2. CONFIDENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE GRAMMAR OF THE ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE (VOCABULARY, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX) AND THE ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE;
3. GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD OF THE ANCIENT WORLD;
4. ABILITY TO USE A HISTORICAL ATLAS.
5. ABITLITY TO USE THE PRINCIPAL ONLINE RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF CLASSICS AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELD.
Contents
OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK LITERARY LANGUAGES: EPIC POETRY, LYRIC POETRY (MONODIC AND CHORAL), ELEGY AND IAMBUS, TRAGEDY AND COMEDY, THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND PROSE HISTORIOGRAPHY; THE KOINÈ; HELLENISTIC LITERATURE.
Teaching Methods
22 LECTURES OF 2 HOURS EACH AND 1 LETURE OF 1 HOUR: 45 HOURS IN TOTAL; ATTENDANCE AT THESE LECTURES IS NOT COMPULSORY. THOSE STUDENTS WHO DECIDE NOT TO ATTEND THE LECTURES MUST ANYWAY STUDY THE CONTENTS OF THEM, AS WELL AS THE REFERENCE TEXTS. THE LECTURES WILL BE DELIVERED IN ITALIAN; DURING THEM NUMEROUS TEXTS IN ANCIENT GREEK WILL BE READ, TRANSLATED INTO ITALIAN AND COMMENTED ON.
CLARIFICATIONS AND EXPLANATION, COULD BE GIVEN, ON REQUEST OF THE STUDENTS, AT THE END OF THE LECTURES; STUDENTS COULD ALSO WRITE TO THE PROFESSOR VIA EMAIL: A.MERIANI@UNISA.IT.
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAM ON THE CONTENTS OF THE LECTURES AND THE ADOPTED TEXTS.
DURING THE EXAM, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE EVALUATED:
1. CORRECTNESS AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION;
2. ABILITY TO RESPOND WITH RELEVANCE AND ACCURACY TO QUESTIONS;
3. ABILITY TO SPEAK WITH CLARITY, ACCURACY AND ADEQUATE LANGUAGE SKILLS;
4. ABILITY TO ARTICULATE COMPLEX DISCUSSIONS IN A COHERENT WAY;
5. ABILITY TO PLACE THE HISTORICAL-LINGUISTIC PHENOMENA IN A WIDER HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT;
6. ABILITY TO SYNTESISE.
Texts
A. C. CASSIO (CUR.), STORIA DELLE LINGUE LETTERARIE GRECHE, LE MONNIER UNIVERSITÀ, FIRENZE 2016 (SECOND EDITION)

OTHER TEXTS AND STUDY MATERIALS WILL BE COMMUNICATED DURING THE LECTURES, AND MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT HTTP://DOCENTI.UNISA.IT/001411/DIDATTICA.
More Information
CLARIFICATIONS AND EXPLANATION COULD BE GIVEN, ON REQUEST OF THE STUDENTS, AT THE END OF THE LECTURES; STUDENTS COULD ALSO WRITE TO THE PROFESSOR VIA EMAIL: A.MERIANI@UNISA.IT.
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