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GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY

Lucio DEL CORSO GREEK PALAEOGRAPHY

0322200035
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
2022/2023

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
LUCIO DEL CORSO T Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO DEEPEN SOME ASPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF THE HISTORY OF GREEK HANDWRITING, FOCUSING ON ITS FIRST STEPS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE HANDWRITINGS WHICH WERE USED FOR BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS IN EGYPT, FROM THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE ARABS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE:
-TO THE STUDY OF THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF CLASSICAL AUTHORS;
- TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF GREEK WRITTEN CULTURE DURING THE ANTIQUITY;
-TO THE FIELD OF CONSERVATION OF THE GREEK MANUSCRIPT HERITAGE.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-EVALUATE THE ROLE OF MANUSCRIPT HERITAGE AND ESPECIALLY GREEK PAPYRI;
-COMPLETE THE ACADEMIC EDUCATIONAL PROCESS FOR CLASSICAL LANGUAGES TEACHING.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
USE A GOOD STANDARD TECHNICAL VOCABULARY;
ACQUIRE THE ABILITY IN FRAMING THE FACED PHENOMENA WITHIN THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF WHICH THEY ARE AN EXPRESSION.

LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
USE STANDARD BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND DATABASES;
CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND COMPLEX TEXTS;
UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
Prerequisites
AN ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL GREEK IS REQUIRED.
Contents
WRITING GREEK IN EGYPT: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PALEOGRAPHY OF GREEK PAPYRI.
THE COURSE WILL EXAMINE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GREEK HANDWRITINGS TRANSMITTED BY EXTANT PAPYRI, FROM EARLY HELLENISTIC AGE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE ARABS (3RD C. BC – VII C. AD).
AFTER SOME METHODOLOGICAL AND GENERAL LESSONS (PHYSICAL FEATURES OF GREEK BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS IN EGYPT; HOW TO DATE PAPYRI ON PALAEOGRAPHIC GROUNDS; PALAEOGRAPHIC TERMINOLOGY; LIMITS OF EXTANT EVIDENCE), THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPING OF GREEK ‘GRAPHIC TYPOLOGIES’ AS ATTESTED BY EXTANT PAPYROLOGICAL EVIDENCE. BESIDES OFFERING A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT HANDWRITINGS, THE LESSONS WILL AIM TO REFLECT ON BROADER HISTORICAL PROBLEMS: IS IT POSSIBLE TO RECONSTRUCT THE SOCIAL DIFFUSION OF THE GREEK SCRIPT IN GRAECO-ROMAN EGYPT, AND WHAT DOES IT IMPLY? HOW FAR CAN PAPYROLOGICAL EVIDENCE BE CAST ON A LARGER SCALE, AND ENLIGHTEN THE GENERAL EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF GREEK CULTURE IN ALL THE HELLENIZED WORLD? WHICH WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ‘CENTER’ AND ‘PERIPHERAL AREAS’ IN ANCIENT WRITING PRACTICES?
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LESSONS, WITH STUDY OF (PRINTED AND DIGITAL) IMAGES OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS. REPRODUCTIONS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN A COLLECTIVE DIMENSIONS. MOREOVER, THERE WILL BE VISITS TO SOME MAJOR LIBRARIES (AS THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NAPLES AND/OR THE BIBLIOTECA MEDICEA LAURENZIANA AT FLORENCE), BUT ONLY AFTER A SURVEY OF THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE MANUSCRIPTS AND ACCORDING TO THE ACTUAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE STUDENTS TO COME.
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAMS. THE ORAL EXAM IS AIMED TO CHECK THAT THE STUDENTS CORRECTLY UNDERSTAND THE BASILAR PRINCIPLES AND INFORMATIONS GIVEN DURING THE COURSE; MOREOVER, IT WILL ALLOW THE TEACHER TO JUDGE HOW THE STUDENT IS ABLE TO EXPRESS COMPLEX REASONINGS ON THE PAPYROLOGICAL MATERIALS DISCUSSED, THROUGH HER/HIS PREVIOUS HISTORICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGES.
THE EXAM USUALLY IS APPROX. 30 MINUTES LONG, AND CONSISTS OF FIVE QUESTIONS: THREE ON THE MANUSCRIPTS EXAMINED DURING THE LESSONS, TWO ON THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE DISCIPLINE.
STUDENTS WILL BE EXAMINED FOLLOWING THE ORDER OF THEIR INSCRIPTIONS TO THE EXAMS; THE ORDER, ANYWAY, CAN BE CHANGED ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC REQUESTS AND NECESSITIES.
Texts
G. CAVALLO, LA SCRITTURA GRECA E LATINA DEI PAPIRI. UNA INTRODUZIONE, PISA-ROMA, FABRIZIO SERRA, 2008
L. DEL CORSO, LA SCRITTURA GRECA DI ETÀ ELLENISTICA NEI PAPIRI GRECO-EGIZI. CONSIDERAZIONI PRELIMINARI, IN «ANALECTA PAPYROLOGICA», 18-20, 2006-2008, PP. 207-267.
L. DEL CORSO, IL LIBRO NEL MONDO ANTICO. ARCHEOLOGIA E STORIA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2002, PP. 213-257.
TRANSCRIPTIONS AND REPRODUCTIONS OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS DISCUSSED DURING THE LESSONS.
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT KNOW ITALIAN LANGUAGE ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO CONTACT ME, IN ORDER TO SELECT ALTERNATIVE READINGS.
More Information
FOLLOWING THE LESSONS IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, THOUGH NOT COMPULSORY. EVENTUAL STUDENTS WHO CANNOT ATTEND THE LESSONS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO CONTACT ME, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMME.
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