PAOLA CORRENTE | RELIGIONS IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD
PAOLA CORRENTE RELIGIONS IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD
cod. 0322200040
RELIGIONS IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD
| 0322200040 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| EQF7 | |
| ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY | |
| 2023/2024 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-STO/06 | 6 | 30 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THE COURSE AIMS TO EXPAND THE VISION OF CLASSICAL CULTURE IN ITS HISTORICAL-RELIGIOUS ASPECTS BY PROVIDING INDISPENSABLE NOTIONS OF THEORY AND METHOD KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF CLASSICAL CULTURE WITH REGARD TO THE HISTORICAL-RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN SOCIETIES. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: -ANALYZE ANCIENT SOCIETIES THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF THE INDISPENSABLE NOTIONS OF THEORY AND METHOD IN THE STUDY OF THE TEXTS AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILIZATIONS. -PROCESS AND/OR APPLY ORIGINAL APPROACHES AND INSIGHTS ON THEMES AND TOPICS OF CLASSICAL CULTURE. MAKING JUDGEMENTS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL CULTURE BY APPROACHING WITH ORIGINALITY THE TOPICS COVERED. THEY WILL EXPAND THEIR AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT DEVELOPED THROUGH THE REASONED STUDY AND THE USE OF THE PROPOSED TEXTS. THEY CAN EASILY RELATE TO THE REALITY AND HISTORICAL-RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS. COMMUNICATION SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO EXPRESS ONE'S OWN IDEAS USING AN APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY. LEARNING SKILLS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, FORM AUTONOMOUS JUDGMENTS AND CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY (OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, IN PARTICULAR) AND GEOGRAPHY. ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN AND GREEK. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL CULTURE. |
| Contents | |
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| THE COURSE CONSISTS OF THREE MODULES: 1) INTRODUCTION 2) GENERAL PART 3) MONOGRAPHIC PART INTRODUCTION (6 HOURS): - DEFINITIONS - METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS - POLYTHEISM. GENERAL CHARACTERS. HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXTS: COMPARISON. GENERAL PART. POLYTHEISMS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (14 HOURS): - NEAR EAST (MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT) - IRAN - GREECE - ROME - POLYTHEISM AND MONOTHEISM MONOGRAPHIC PART. MYTHS OF ORIGIN OF POLYTHEISM (10 HOURS): - GENERAL CHARACTERS - DEFINITIONS - JAMES G. FRAZER AND THE GOLDEN BOUGH - THE DYING GODS |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| LECTURES; SEMINARS; DEBATES |
| Verification of learning | |
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| FINAL EXAM (ORAL). THE EXAM WILL ASSESS: 1) THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL THEMES OF GREEK AND ROMAN RELIGIONS AND, IN GENERAL, OF ANCIENT POLYTHEISM 2) THE ACQUISITION OF THEORETICAL NOTIONS OF METHODOLOGY IN THE STUDY OF ANCIENT RELIGIONS 3) THE QUALITY OF EXPOSITION AND THE ABILITY TO ANALYSE AND ELABORATE AN AUTONOMOUS CRITICAL THOUGHT (I.E. NOT THE MERE REPETITION OF EXPLANATIONS AND/OR READINGS) ON THEMES AND TOPICS CONCERNING RELIGIONS AND, IN GENERAL, CLASSICAL AND ANCIENT CULTURES. |
| Texts | |
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| RECOMMENDED TEXTS: M. STAUSBERG, ZARATHUSTRA E LO ZOROASTRISMO, ROMA: CAROCCI, 2013 G. DE SANCTIS, LA RELIGIONE A ROMA. LUOGHI, CULTI, SACERDOTI, DEI, ROMA: CAROCCI, 2012. P. CORRENTE, DIONISO E GLI DEI MORENTI. STORIA DELLA MORTE E RESURREZIONE DIVINA NELLE ANTICHE MITOLOGIE MEDITERRANEE, MILANO-UDINE: MIMESIS, 2021 (SELECTED CHAPTERS, INDICATED BY THE PROFESSOR) LESSON NOTES FURTHER INDICATIONS WILL BE GIVEN BY THE PROFESSOR DURING THE COURSE |
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| ATTENDANCE IS RECOMMENDED |
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