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GREEK HISTORY

Marina POLITO GREEK HISTORY

0322200054
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
2015/2016

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
MARINA POLITO T Curriculum
Objectives
INCREASING OF KNOWLEDGE OF GREEK HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY ACQUIRED DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS, ACQUISITION OF THE ABILITY TO READ DOCUMENTS AND TEXTS OF THE TRADITION, TO MAKE A CRITICAL USE OF THE ANCIENT SOURCES AND OF THE MODERN LITERATURE, TO SET A HISTORICAL RESEARCH WITH A RIGOROUS AND INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY, TO COMMUNICATE DATA AND RESULTS.
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE INSTITUTIONAL, POLITICAL AND MILITARY HISTORY OF THE GREEKS, OF THE GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE GREEK LANGUAGE.
Contents
MODULE I: INCREASING OF KNOWLEDGE OF GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY: THE PROBLEM OF THE ORIGINS OF HISTORY.
MODULE II: LUXURY IN GREEK POLEIS IN ARCHAIC AGE: THE STUDENTS WILL INVESTIGATE THE DYNAMICS OF LUXURY IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE ARCHAIC AGE AND THE PROGRESSIVE RISE OF THE REACTION TO THIS PRACTICE.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAMINATION. IT IS SCHEDULED AN MID-COURSE TEST (ORAL - I MODULE)
Texts
A - I MODULE: HISTORIOGRAPHY:
- S. MAZZARINO, IL PENSIERO STORICO CLASSICO, I, LATERZA EDITORI, ROMA-BARI 1990, PP. 1-52;
- A. MOMIGLIANO, LA STORIOGRAFIA GRECA, EINAUDI, TORINO 1982, PP. 1-94;
-K. MEISTER, LA STORIOGRAFIA GRECA, LATERZA EDITORI, ROMA-BARI 1992, PP. 7-22;91-118;
- L. PORCIANI, LE ORIGINI, IN M. BETTALLI (A CURA DI), INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIOGRAFIA GRECA, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA 2001, PP. 37-47.
- R. NICOLAI, PATER SEMPER INCERTUS. APPUNTI SU ECATEO, IN «QUADERNI URBINATI DI CULTURA CLASSICA» 56.2, 1997, PP.143-164

B. II MODULE: LUXURY IN GREEK POLEIS IN ARCHAIC AGE:
THE MATERIAL CONCERNING THE SOURCES AND OTHER BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE CLASSROOM.
TEXTS FROM WHICH WILL START THE SEARCH:
- G. NENCI, TRYPHE E COLONIZZAZIONE, IN FORME DI CONTATTO E PROCESSI DI TRASFORMAZIONE NELLE SOCIETÀ ANTICHE. ATTI DEL COLLOQUIO DI CORTONA (24-30 MAGGIO 1981), PISA-ROMA 1983, PP. 1019-1031;
- M. LOMBARDO, HABROSYNE E HABRA NEL MONDO GRECO ARCAICO, IN FORME DI CONTATTO E PROCESSI DI TRASFORMAZIONE NELLE SOCIETÀ ANTICHE. ATTI DEL COLLOQUIO DI CORTONA (24-30 MAGGIO 1981), PISA-ROMA 1983, PP. 1077-1103.
More Information
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT DONE AN EXAMINATION OF GREEK HISTORY DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS WILL HAVE TO AGREE THE PROGRAM WITH THE TEACHER.
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