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GREEK LITERATURE

Angelo MERIANI GREEK LITERATURE

0322200008
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
2020/2021

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
SECONDO 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, PROSODY, METRE), AS ATTESTED BY LITERARY TEXTS; THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE 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; KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC RESEARCH METHODS AND TOOLS OF THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN THIS PARTICULAR CHRONOLOGICAL PERIOD, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ONLINE RESOURCES; ABILITY TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTIVES OF THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK LITERATURE AND TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LITERATURE AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF GREEK CULTURE (SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, MUSIC, 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 ANALYSE AND UNDERSTAND WITH ACCURACY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF GREEK CULTURE (SCIENCE, MUSIC, PHILOSOPHY, FINE ARTS); 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 ANALYSE 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. ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF ANCIENT GREEK (VOCABULARY, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, PROSODY, METRE); ABILITY TO CONSTRUE AND INTERPRET GREEK LITERARY TEXTS; 3. KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD; 4. ABILITY TO USE A HISTORICAL ATLAS; 5. ABILITY TO USE THE PRINCIPAL ONLINE RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN CLASSICS AND HUMANITIES IN GENERAL.
Contents
1. HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE FROM THE IV CENT. BC TO THE VI CENT AD (CF. REFERENCE TEXTS, 1); 2. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF ANCIENT GREEK: VOCABULARY, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, METRE (CF. REFERENCE TEXTS, 2); 3. READING, IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, TRANSLATION INTO ITALIAN, EXEGETICAL AND HISTORICAL-LITERARY COMMENTARY OF THE FOLLOWING TEXTS: A) HESIOD, WORKS AND DAYS; THEOGONY 1-115.
B) CALLINUS, 1 G.-P.; TYRTEUS, 2-4, 5 G.-P.; SOLON, 2, 15, 17, 26-28 G.-P.; MIMNERMUS, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 G.-P.; THEOGNIS, 19-26 YOUNG; ARCHILOCHUS, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 19, 196, 196A WEST; HPPONAX, 43, 44 DEGANI; SAPPHUS, 1, 5, 16, 31, 34, 47, 48 VOIGT, 30 GENTILI-CATENACCI; ALCAEUS, 140, 208A, 347 VOIGT; ANACREON, 10, 13, 15, 33, 36, 78 GENTILI; ALCMAN, 4, 8, 12, 90, 91, 140, 143, 148, 159 CALAME;
STESICHORUS, S 15, 192 DAVIES;
IBYCUS, 286, 287, S151 DAVIES;
SIMONIDES, 515, 542, 543 PAGE;
PINDAR, OLYMPIAN ODE 12; PYTHIAN ODE 3, FRR. 33C-D, 43, 127 MAEHLER;
BACCHYLIDES, EPINICIANS 3; 6 MAEHLER;
C) ISOCRATES, PANATHENAICUS, 30-32; TO NICOCLES, 40-54; PANEGYRICUS, 1-14; 154-159;
PLATO, APOLOGY, 20C-23B; 28E-30C; REPUBLIC, 5. 464 B5-465 C7; ION, 533C-535A; 535A-536D; PHAEDRUS, 258D-259B;
ARISTOTELES, POETICS, 1447A 8-18; POLITICS, 1274B 32-1275B 21; RHETORIC, 1358A-1359A;
MENANDER, PERIKEIROMENE, 337-397; MISANTHROPUS, 1-49;
CALLIMACHUS, FRR. 1; 2.1-5 PFEIFFER; EPIGRAMMS, 1, 27, 28 PFEIFFER; HYMN TO APOLLO, 100-112; AITIA, FR. 110, 1-64 PFEIFFER
THEOCRITUS, IDYLLS, 6; 7.1-51;
APOLLONIUS RHODIUS, ARGONAUTICA, 1.1-22; 3.1-5; 3.616-635; 3.948-965; 3.1008-1021;
ANTHOLOGIA PALATINA, 9.322, 323, 6.163;
ERODAS, MIMIAMBS, 4, 20-78; 8.1-79;
POLYBIUS, HYSTORIES, 1.1-3.5; 3.54-56; 11.18-19; 3.3-4; 6.57.1-9;
THE NEW TESTAMENT: MATTHEW, 5, 1-48; 6.5-15; 13.1-9; MARCUS, 4.1-9; LUCAS, 8, 4-8; IOANNES, 1.1-18;
PLUTARCHUS, LIFE OF ALEXANDER, 1.1-3; LIFE OF BRUTUS, 36; LIFE OF DION, 2.3-6; LIFE OF ANTONIUS, 4.1-9;
LUCIAN, ALEXANDER, 22-24; TRUE HISTORY, 1.1-4, 1.29-33;
HELIODORUS, ETHIOPICA, 1.1-2.
(VD. REFERENCE TEXTS, 3). N. B. FOR POETIC TEXTS RHYTHMICAL READING IS REQUIRED.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO 22 LECTURES OF 2 HOURS EACH AND 1 LECTURE OF 1 HOUR (45 HOURS IN TOTAL); THE LECTURES WILL BE DEVOTED TO READING, IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, TRANSLATION INTO ITALIAN, TEXTUAL AND LITERARY ANALYSIS, EXEGETICAL AND HISTORICAL-LITERARY COMMENTARY OF THE TEXTS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME (SEE “CONTENUTI DEL CORSO, 3.”). DURING THE LECTURES, STUDENTS WILL BE REQUESTED TO TAKE PART IN DISCUSSIONS ON TEXTS AND TEXTUAL PROBLEMS. 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 (AND, ON OCCASION, IN LATIN) WILL BE READ, TRANSLATED INTO ITALIAN AND COMMENTED ON. THE ANALYSIS AND EXPLANATION OF THE METRIC STRUCTURE WILL BE AN INTEGRAL - AND INDISPENSABLE - PART OF THE READING AND INTERPRETATION OF THE POETIC TEXTS. CLARIFICATIONS AND EXPLANATION COULD BE GIVEN, ON REQUEST OF THE STUDENTS, AT THE END OF THE LECTURES; STUDENTS COULD ALSO CONTACT THE PROFESSOR VIA EMAIL: A.MERIANI@UNISA.IT.
Verification of learning
IN ORDER TO CERTIFY THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TEACHING OBJECTIVES, IT IS REQUIRED TO PASS AN EXAM, WHICH WILL CONSIST IN A DISCUSSION OF ABOUT 40 MINUTES ON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE AND ON THE ADOPTED TEXTS (SEE THE SECTION “TESTI ADOTTATI”). METRICAL READING OF THE POETIC TEXTS IS MANDATORY. GRADES ARE EXPRESSED ON A SCALE OF 30: THE MINIMUM SCORE TO PASS THE EXAM IS 18/30. DURING THE EXAM, THE FOLLOWING WILL BE EVALUATED: 1. CORRECTNESS AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION; 2. ABILITY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS PERTINENTLY AND ACCURATELY; 3. ABILITY TO RELATE CLEARLY, SHOWING ACCURACY AND ADEQUATE LANGUAGE SKILLS; 4. ABILITY TO ARTICULATE COMPLEX DISCUSSIONS COHERENTLY; 5. ABILITY TO PLACE THE HISTORICAL-LITERARY PHENOMENA IN WIDER HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS; 6. ABILITY TO SYNTESISE. STUDENTS WHO WON’T HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS ADDRESSED DURING THE COURSE, WITH REFERENCE TO THE PARAMETERS LISTED ABOVE, WON’T PASS THE EXAM. THOSE WHO WILL HAVE DEMONSTRATED SUCH A KNOWLEDGE, WILL BE AWARDED WITH GRADES FROM 18/30 TO 30/30 CUM LAUDE, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOPICS AND OF PERSONAL CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT; THE ‘CUM LAUDE’ GRADE WILL BE AWARDED TO THOSE WHO WILL HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENT MASTERY AND GIVEN PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE TOPICS.
Texts
1. L. E. ROSSI - R. NICOLAI, LETTERATURA GRECA - STORIA, LUOGHI, OCCASIONI, LE MONNIER, FIRENZE 2014(E SUCCESSIVE RISTAMPE), VOL. 3 (L'ETÀ ELLENISTICA E ROMANA).
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; A. C. CASSIO (A CURA DI), STORIA DELLE LINGUE LETTERARIE GRECHE, SECONDA EDIZIONE, LE MONNIER UNIVERSITÀ, FIRENZE 2016, PP. X-XIX; 3-133; M. C. MARTINELLI, GLI STUMENTI DEL POETA. ELEMENTI DI METRICA GRECA, CAPPELLI EDITORE, BOLOGNA 1997 (E SUCCESSIVE RISTAMPE).
3. FOR HESIOD, WORKS AND DAYS, SEE ESIODO, OPERE E GIORNI, INTRODUZIONE, TRADUZIONE E COMMENTO DI A. ERCOLANI, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA 2010; THE TEXT OF THE THEOGONY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE A: HTTP://DOCENTI.UNISA.IT/001411/RISORSE?CATEGORIA=335&RISORSA=15688; FOR THE TEXTS UNDER B), SEE 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; THE TEXTS UNDER C) ARE AVAILABLE IN L. E. ROSSI - R. NICOLAI, LETTERATURA GRECA - STORIA, LUOGHI, OCCASIONI, LE MONNIER, FIRENZE 2014 (AND FURTHER REPRINTS), VOL. 3: L'ETÀ ELLENISTICA E ROMANA.
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CLARIFICATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS COULD BE GIVEN, ON REQUEST OF THE STUDENTS, AT THE END OF THE LECTURES; STUDENTS COULD ALSO CONTACT THE PROFESSOR VIA EMAIL: A.MERIANI@UNISA.IT.
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