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LETTERATURA GRECA

Angelo MERIANI LETTERATURA GRECA

0322200008
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
2017/2018

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
ANGELO MERIANI T Curriculum
Objectives
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS:
1. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE (VOCABULARY MORPHOLOGY SYNTAX), AS ATTESTED BY LITERARY TEXTS; THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE, FROM VIII CENT. BC TO VI CENT. AD; KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC RESEARCH METHODS AND TOOLS OF THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN THIS PARTICULAR CHRONOLOGICAL PERIOD;
ABILITY TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTIVES OF THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK LITERATURE AND TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, BETWEEN THESE LAST AND THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF GREEK 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, THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF GREEK CULTURE (SCIENCE, MUSIC, PHILOSOPHY, FINE ARTS) AND LITERATURE; ABILITY TO IDENTIFY PERSONAL THEME-BASED ROUTES, AND START 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 EXTEMPORISE SUMMARIES OF THEM WITH ADEQUATE LANGUAGE SKILLS, ORALLY AND / OR IN WRITING; ABILITY TO PRODUCE, WITH ADEQUATE LANGUAGE SKILLS, WRITTEN AND ORAL REPORTS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS);
2. KNOWLEDGE OF ANCIENT GREEK; ABILITY TO CONSTRUE AND INTERPRET GREEK LITERARY TEXTS.
3. ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD OF THE ANCIENT WORLD;
3. ABILITY TO USE A HISTORICAL ATLAS.
Contents
1. HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE FROM THE IV CENT. BC TO THE VI CENT AD (CF. REFERENCE TEXTS, 1); 2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE: LEXICON, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX (CF. REFERENCE TEXTS, 2);
3. READING, IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, TRANSLATION INTO ITALIAN, EXEGETICAL AND HISTORICAL-LITERARY COMMENTARY OF THE FOLLOWING TEXTS: A) ILIAS I.1-7; ODYSSEA 1.1-10; 8.133-185; 11.332-376; 17.453-527; HESIOD, WORKS AND DAYS 1-10; THEOGONY 1-115.
B) CALLINUS, 1 G.-P.; TYRTAEUS, 2-4, 5, 6-7 G.-P.; SOLON, 17 G.-P.; ARCHILOCHUS, 196, 196A W.; MIMNERMUS, 7, 8 G.-P.; SAPPHO, 1, 31, 34, 16, 48, 47 VOIGT, 30 CATENACCI; ALCAEUS, 140, 208, 347 VOIGT; ANACREON, 38, 13, 15, 33, 78, 36 GENTILI
C) CALLIMACHUS, FRR. 1, 2.1-5 PF., EPIGRAMS 27, 28 PF.; THEOCRITUS, IDYLL 7.1-51; APOLLONIUS OF RHODE, ARGONAUTICA 1.1-22, 3.1-5; ANTHOLOGIA PALATINA, 9.322, 323, 6.163; POLYPIUS, HISTORIES 1.1; NEW TESTAMENT: MT 6.5-15; PLUTARCH, LIFE OF ALEXANDER 1.1-3; LUCIAN, VERA HISTORIA 1.1-4, 1.29; ELIODORUS, ETYOPICA 1.1-2; ERODAS, MIMIAMBUS 8.
(VD. REFERENCE TEXTS, 3).
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 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
1. L. E. ROSSI - R. NICOLAI, LETTERATURA GRECA - STORIA, LUOGHI, OCCASIONI, LE MONNIER, FIRENZE 2014(E SUCCESSIVE RISTAMPE), VOL. 1 (L'ETÀ ARCAICA); VOL. 2 (L'ETÀ CLASSICA).
2. 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
3. AESCHYLUS, 'EUMENIDES': FOR THE TEXT, SEE MARTIN L. WEST: AESCHYLI TRAGOEDIAE CUM INCERTI POETAE PROMETHEO, EDIDIT M. L. WEST, TEUBNER, STUTTGART - LEIPZIG 1998, PP. 339-397; TWO ITALIAN EDITIONS COULD BE OF USE: ESCHILO, ORESTEA, INTRODUZIONE DI V. DI BENEDETTO, TRADUZIONE E NOTE DI E. MEDDA, L. BATTEZZATO, M. P. PATTONI, RIZZOLI (BUR), MILANO 2006, PP. 368-465 (BASED ON THE TEXT OF D. L. PAGE); ESCHILO, LE TRAGEDIE, TRADUZIONE, INTRODUZIONI E COMMENTO A CURA DI M. CENTANNI, MONDADORI (I MERIDIANI), MILANO 2003, PP. 512-593; 1033-1090 (BASED ON THE TEXT OF M. L. WEST)
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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