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CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY

Stefano GRAZZINI CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
STEFANO GRAZZINI T Curriculum
ExamDate
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C.09/01/2025 - 08:30
APPELLO STUDENTI CON 94 CFU09/01/2025 - 08:30
APPELLO GENNAIO21/01/2025 - 08:30
APPELLO FEBBRAIO13/02/2025 - 08:30
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF THE PHILOLOGICAL METHOD APPLIED TO CLASSICAL TEXTS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.
BY THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED:
- TO BE ACQUAINTED WITH THE METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY, MOST NOTABLY THE TECHNIQUES FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION, THE CONSTITUTIO TEXTUS AND THE RELEVANT CRITICAL APPARATUS;
- TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT STAGES IN THE HISTORY OF CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE ALEXANDRIAN AGE TO THE PRESENT, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE MAKING OF THE PHILOLOGICAL METHOD FROM THE HUMANISTIC AGE ONWARDS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
WITH REGARD TO BOTH GREEK AND LATIN TEXTS, STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED:
- TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF STEMMATICS;
- TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE THEORY OF SIGNIFICANT ERRORS;
- TO BE ABLE TO COLLATE A TEXT HANDED DOWN BY MANUSCRIPTS OR PAPYRI;
- TO RECONSTRUCT THE RELATIONS AMONG MANUSCRIPTS;
- TO DRAW A STEMMA CODICUM;
- TO COMPILE A CRITICAL APPARATUS;
- TO EVALUATE THE GENESIS OF ERRORS AND IDENTIFY THE CORRECT LECTIO;
- TO EMEND A CORRUPT TEXT (GREEK OR LATIN, IN PROSE OR POETRY) PUTTING TO USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, PROSODY, AND METRICS.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED:
- TO IDENTIFY THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE LITERARY GENRE TO WHICH ANY GIVEN WORK BELONGS;
- TO RECOGNISE THE STYLISTIC FEATURES OF ANY GIVEN AUTHOR;
- TO CHOOSE AMONG VARIANT READINGS FOLLOWING AN ASSESSMENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE ERRORS.

COMMUNICATION
STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED:
- TO DELIVER A SCHOLARLY PAPER IN STANDARD ITALIAN OR ENGLISH (OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE THEY MIGHT KNOW);
- TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THEIR SCHOLARLY ENDEAVOURS;
- TO RESORT TO THE MOST COMMON IT TOOLS (PPT, AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION, ETC.) IN ORDER TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF THEIR SCHOLARLY INVESTIGATIONS.

LIFELONG LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED:
- TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND DIGITAL RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AREA OF CLASSICAL STUDIES;
- TO CARRY OUT THEIR RESEARCH PROJECTS WITHOUT NEGLECTING THE MOST SOPHISTICATED FORMS OF TECHNICAL SCHOLARSHIP, SUCH AS THOSE ADDRESSING LINGUISTIC OR PHILOLOGICAL ISSUES;
- TO EMPLOY STATE-OF-THE-ART PAGE LAYOUT PROGRAMS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL EDITIONS;
- TO UPDATE AND EXPAND THEIR SCHOLARSHIP BY KEEPING TRACK OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS.
Prerequisites
AN EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF GREEK AND LATIN IS REQUIRED, MOST NOTABLY AN ABILITY TO TRANSLATE CORRECTLY (WITH THE AID OF A DICTIONARY) ANY CLASSICAL TEXT REGARDLESS OF ITS LITERARY GENRE. STUDENTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE MAIN TENETS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL METHOD, INCLUDING BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEXTUAL HISTORY OF THE CLASSICS IN BOTH THE GREEK AND THE LATIN WORLD.
Contents
THE COURSE IS DEVOTED TO THE GREEK AND LATIN AESOPIC FABLE; ITS MAIN AIM IS TO OUTLINE THE HISTORY OF THIS FORM OF FOLK LITERATURE FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE MIDDLE AGES. A GOOD SELECTION OF AESOP’S FABLES (ED. CHAMBRY), AND PHAEDRUS’ FABLES (ED. ZAGO) , ARE TO BE READ., ALONG WITH THE SO "VITA AESOPI" RED. G (ED. FERRARI).
Teaching Methods
THE COURSEWORK CONSISTS OF CLASSROOM-TAUGHT LECTURES, IN WHICH VARIOUS MATERIALS ARE PRESENTED (IN DIGITAL FORMS AS WELL AS PPT FORMAT) TO ILLUSTRATE THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF THE PHILOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEIR BEARING ON THE CASE IN POINT, THAT IS, THE AESOPIC FABLE. AMONG THE TOPICS ADDRESSED: THE MATERIAL ASPECTS OF THE TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION (PAPYRI, CODICES, INCUNABULA, AND PRINTED EDITIONS) AND THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A CRITICAL EDITION (FROM THE INITIAL STAGE OF RECENSIO, THROUGH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GENEALOGICAL RELATIONS AMONG THE WITNESSES, TO THE CONSTITUTIO TEXTUS AND EMENDATIO). OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE HOW TO DRAFT A CRITICAL APPARATUS (INCLUDING THE RELEVANT TECHNICAL VOCABULARY), HOW TO APPLY THE PRINCIPLES OF EDITORIAL TECHNIQUE, AND HOW TO CLASSIFY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ERROR. BESIDES THE LECTURES, THE COURSE INCLUDES SEMINAR SESSIONS IN WHICH ALL STUDENTS ARE TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE; MORE SPECIFICALLY, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PRESENT A PAPER ON A TOPIC RELATED TO THE MAIN SUBJECT OF THE COURSE, IN WHICH THEY MAKE USE OF BOTH THE TECHNICAL METHODS AND THE SCHOLARLY LEARNING THEY HAVE ACQUIRED.
Verification of learning
THE ASSESSMENT TAKES PLACE IN TWO STAGES: (1) A MIDTERM EXAM REVOLVING AROUND THE PAPER AND DESIGNED TO ALLOW A FIRST ASSESSMENT OF THE STUDENT’S SKILLS AND COMPETENCES, WHILE ALSO BRINGING OUT ANY PROBLEM OR DEFICIENCY; (2) A FINAL ASSESSMENT IN THE FORM OF AN ORAL EXAMINATION COVERING THE WHOLE COURSEWORK.
EXAMINATIONS ARE GRADED ACCORDING TO A SCALE RANGING FROM 0 TO 30, WITH 18 AS A PASS MARK. THE MINIMUM PASSING GRADE (18/30) IS AWARDED TO ANY STUDENT WHO DEMONSTRATES A BARELY ADEQUATE FAMILIARITY WITH THE BASICS OF CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP ON BOTH THE LINGUISTIC AND PHILOLOGICAL LEVEL, AS WELL AS BETRAYING A SUPERFICIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEXTS AND QUESTIONS ADDRESSED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE, OR FAILING TO ARTICULATE THEM ADEQUATELY EITHER IN ORAL OR WRITTEN FORM. THE MAXIMUM GRADE (30/30, POSSIBLY CUM LAUDE) IS AWARDED TO ANY STUDENT WHO DEMONSTRATES A THOROUGH AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH METHODS AND MATTERS, AS WELL AS SUCCEEDING IN ARTICULATING THE TOPICS UNDER DISCUSSION WITH AN OUTSTANDING COMMAND OF LANGUAGE AND A CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT THINKING, ALSO IN REFERENCE TO CONTEXTS NOT IMMEDIATELY RELATED TO THOSE ADDRESSED BY THE TEACHER.
Texts
MANDATORY READINGS ARE MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK. TO ENCOURAGE FURTHER ANALYSIS, NON-MANDATORY READINGS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE, ALTHOUGH ONLY PARTIALLY.

TEXTBOOKS:
*P. MAAS, LA CRITICA DEL TESTO, TRADUZIONE A CURA DI G. ZIFFER, ROMA, EDIZIONI DI STORIA E LETTERATURA, 2017.
*S. TIMPANARO, LA GENESI DEL METODO DEL LACHMANN, PADOVA, LIVIANA, 1985 (O EDIZIONI SUCCESSIVE): APPENDICE C: STEMMI BIPARTITI E PERTURBAZIONI DELLA TRADIZIONE MANOSCRITTA.
*E. J. KENNEY, TESTO E METODO. ASPETTI DELL’EDIZIONE DEI CLASSICI LATINI E GRECI NELL’ETÀ DEL LIBRO A STAMPA, EDIZIONE ITALIANA RIVEDUTA A CURA DI A. LUNELLI, ROMA, GEI, 1995, CAP. 3: "L'ARTE DELL'EMENDAZIONE: PRASSI", PP. 61-96.
*A. LA PENNA, FILOLOGIA E STUDI CLASSICI IN ITALIA TRA OTTOCENTO E NOVECENTO, A CURA DI S. GRAZZINI E G. NICCOLI, VOL. I, PISA 2023: "LA FILOLOGIA IN ITALIA NEL NOVECENTO", PP. 91-127; VOL. II, PISA 2024.

CRITICAL EDITIONS:
*AESOPI FABULAE, RECENSUIT AEMILIUS CHAMBRY. VOL. 1: PARS PRIOR; VOL. 2: PARS ALTERA, PARIS, LES BELLES LETTRES, 1925-1927.
*PHAEDRUS, FABULAE AESOPIAE, RECENSUIT ET ADNOTAVIT G. ZAGO, BIBLIOTHECA SCRIPTORIUM GRAECORUM ET ROMANORUM TEUBNERIANA, BERLIN-BOSTON, DE GRUYTER, 2020.
L. HERVIEUX, LES FABULISTES LATINS DEPUIS LE SIÈCLE D'AUGUSTE JUSQU'À LA FIN DU MOYEN ÂGE, PARIS, FIRMIN-DIDOT, 1899.
*ROMANZO DI ESOPO, INTRODUZIONE E TESTO CRITICO A CURA DI F. FERRARI, TRADUZIONE E NOTE DI G. BONELLI E G. SANDROLINI, MILANO, RIZZOLI, 1997.

TRANSLATIONS:
ESOPO, FAVOLE, INTRODUZIONE DI G. CELLI, A CURA DI C. MARCHESI, I ED. COLIP, MILANO 1951; MILANO, I CLASSICI FELTRINELLI, 1992 (E SUCCESSIVE RISTAMPE).
ESOPO, FAVOLE, INTRODUZIONE DI G. MANGANELLI, TRADUZIONE DI E. CEVA VALLA, MILANO, RIZZOLI, 1976 (E SUCCESSIVE RISTAMPE)
FEDRO, FAVOLE, INTRODUZIONE, TRADUZIONE E NOTE DI E. MANDRUZZATO, MILANO, RIZZOLI, 1979 (E SUCCESSIVE RISTAMPE).

STUDIES:
*A. LA PENNA, LA FAVOLA ANTICA. ESOPO E LA SAPIENZA DEGLI SCHIAVI, A CURA DI G. NICCOLI E S. GRAZZINI, PISA, DELLA PORTA, 2021: INTRODUZIONE (PP. 15-59); CAP. I (PP. 67-88), IV (PP. 132-182), V (183-235), VII (257-332)..
*M. D. REEVE, ERRORI IN AUTOGRAFI, IN MANUSCRIPTS AND METHODS. ESSAYS ON EDITING AND TRANSMISSION, ROMA, EDIZIONI DI STORIA E LETTERATURA, 2011, PP. 3-23.
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