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RELIGIONS IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD

PAOLA CORRENTE RELIGIONS IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD

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

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
PAOLA CORRENTE T Curriculum
ExamDate
APPELLO FEBBRAIO06/02/2025 - 08:30
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C.22/05/2025 - 08:30
APPELLO STUDENTI CON 94 CFU22/05/2025 - 08:30
APPELLO MAGGIO29/05/2025 - 08:30
APPELLO GIUGNO17/06/2025 - 08:30
APPELLO LUGLIO10/07/2025 - 08:30
APPELLO SETTEMBRE11/09/2025 - 08:30
APPELLO DICEMBRE15/12/2025 - 08:30
Objectives
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
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY (OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, IN PARTICULAR) AND GEOGRAPHY. ELEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN AND GREEK. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL CULTURE.
Contents
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF THREE MODULES: 1) INTRODUCTION 2) GENERAL PART 3) MONOGRAPHIC PART

INTRODUCTION (6 HOURS):
- DEFINITIONS
- HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS (IN PARTICULAR, OF ANCIENT RELIGIONS)
- POLYTHEISM. GENERAL CHARACTERS. HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXTS: THE COMPARISON.

GENERAL PART. POLYTHEISMS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (12 HOURS):

- MESOPOTAMIA
- GREECE
- ROME


MONOGRAPHIC PART. ECONOMY AND RELIGION (12 HOURS):

- GENERAL CHARACTERS: THE ECONOMY IN ANCIENT TIMES; ECONOMY AND RELIGION
- ECONOMIC ASPECTS IN MYTHS
Teaching Methods
LECTURES; SEMINARS; DEBATES
Verification of learning
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
-P. BORGEAUD E F. PRESCENDI (A CURA DI), RELIGIONI ANTICHE, ROMA: CAROCCI 2008
-P. MANDER, LA RELIGIONE DELL'ANTICA MESOPOTAMIA, ROMA: CAROCCI 2009

FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN BY THE PROFESSOR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE
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