GREEK PHILOLOGY
cod. 1005220

Academic year 2017/18
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Lingua e letteratura greca (L-FIL-LET/02)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Integrated course unit module: GREEK AND LATIN PHILOLOGY

Learning objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge, both exegetical and textual criticism, of the discipline. The student will acquire:

1.Knowledge and understanding:
- he/she will become acquainted with textual tradition and criticism;
- he/she will become acquainted with bibliographical sources of the topics.

2.Knowledge and understanding skills applied:
- well-rounded knowledge regarding exegetical abilities an textual criticism; he/she will develop the skill required to develop scientific researches;
- the student will develop skills regarding to read and to know primary sources, and to translate and comment critical editions of Greek texts.

3.Making judgments:
- students develop the ability to collect and explain data to state independent judgments within the discipline.

4.Communication skills:
- students will be able to communicate and express methodological conclusions inherent to the discipline in a comprehensible way and supported by the acquired knowledge.

5. Ability to learn:
- students will enhance the learning skills necessary to keep on to study, in an autonomous way, the developments of the discipline.

Prerequisites

Good knowledge of Greek language and literature is recommended prerequisite for the course.

Course unit content

Textual tradition of Ancient Greek Iambography.
Ancient Greek iambus was carefully studied by ancient scholars. Reading, translations and commentary on Archilochus’ and Hipponax’s fragments with particular attention to the text tradition.
A) Reading, translations and commentary on Archilochus and Hipponax’s fragments.
B) 1. knowledge of ancient Greek textual tradition and textual criticism; 2. a selection of texts.
The extended program is available on the Elly platform of Dept. DUSIC.

Full programme

The extended program is available on the Elly platform of Dept. DUSIC.

Bibliography

A) M.L. West, Iambi et elegi Graeci, I, 2 ed., Oxford 1989; Greek Iambic Poetry, ed. and transl. by D.E. Gerber, Cambridge (Mass.)-London 1999. Additional essay will be assigned during the course.
B) 1. L.D. Reynolds-N.G. Wilson, Copisti e filologi. La tradizione dei classici dall’antichità ai tempi moderni, 4 ed., Roma-Padova (Antenore) 2016 (ISBN 9788884556967) Ancient Greek philology and textual criticism. Are also recommended: Fausto Montana, La filologia ellenistica: lineamenti di una storia culturale, Pavia (Pavia University Press) 2012 (ISBN 9788896764374); AA.VV., Introduzione alla filologia greca, Salerno Editrice (Roma) 2004 (ISBN 8884024625), pp. 21-165.
B) 2. Archiloco. Testimonianze e frammenti, traduzione e note di commento di A. Nicolosi, Roma (Arcane) 2017 (ISBN 9788825508550); A. Nicolosi, Archiloco. Elegie, Bologna (Pàtron) 2013 (ISBN 9788855532365); A. Nicolosi, Ipponatte, Epodi di Strasburgo. Archiloco, Epodi di Colonia. Con un’appendice su P. Oxy. LXIX 4708, Bologna (Pàtron) 2007 (ISBN 9788855529143); Ipponatte. Frammenti, introd., trad. e note di E. Degani, premessa di G. Burzacchini, aggiornamenti di A. Nicolosi, Bologna (Pàtron) 2007 (ISBN 9788855529174). Additional critical essay will be assigned during the course.

Teaching methods

The teaching method in use is appropriate to the specific needs of the subject which requires the communication of the main course content through classes (reading, translation and commentary of texts); the teaching material will be available at the beginning of the lessons. Discussion with students about textual and exegetical problems; seminars.

Assessment methods and criteria

The final examination will include an oral exam to ascertain familiarity with course material. The exam is divided into a series of 3 types of questions:
- the student will prove to be able to read, translate, analyze and comment (textual tradition and criticism) texts studied during the course (A);
- the student will prove to have linguistic knowledge and skills (B.2);
- the student will prove to have acquired knowledge of the topics (B.1).
The pass mark (in thirtieth) is achieved if the student proves to be able to answer to the three typology of questions. The outcome will be communicated immediately to the student.

A fail is determined by the lack of an understanding of the minimum content of the course, and the inability to express oneself adequately. A pass (18-21) are assigned to the student who will be able to exhibit with ownership the concepts and terms of the discipline, Middle-range scores (22-26) are assigned to the student who will show critical approach, Higher scores (27-30 e praise) are assigned to the student who will have deepened knowledge of the subject in an autonomous way, for example by consulting critical editions or by making comparisons on single editions of texts or different edition criteria.
The preparation, in agreement with the teacher, of a short essay, from which will start the exam, is required.

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