GREEK PHILOLOGY
cod. 22952

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Lingua e letteratura greca (L-FIL-LET/02)
Field
Lingue e letterature classiche
Type of training activity
Basic
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

The lecture part of the course will focus on collections of popular and convivial poems, on their complex tradition – indirect and direct – on their relationship with “mainstream” poetic production and finally modern editions of them. <br />
The course will continue the close examination of the philological method to which students were introduced in Professor G. Burzacchini’s Greek Literature course, in order to provide a historically aware approach to texts from Greek literature. Special emphasis will be placed on the history of tradition, textual criticism and the history of classical philology. In the lecture part of the course, images of Homeric papyruses and evidence from indirect tradition in digital and microfilm format will be provided, in order to acquaint students with the original documents and with papyrological and palaeographical issues. <br />

Prerequisites

An important requirement to attend the course are the competences acquired during the courses taught by Professor Gabriele Burzacchini, i.e. 12952 - Greek Literature I (10 learning credits), 13060 - Greek Literature (Module A, 5 learning credits), 16439 - Greek Literature (Module B, 5 learning credits) and by Professor M. Magnani, 19934 - Greek Literature II (Module B, 5 learning credits) for degree course 0243, Literary Civilisations and History of Civilisations.

Course unit content

Course title: Carmina popularia et convivalia.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Lecture part: notes provided during the course. <br />
Institutional part: H.G. Nesselrath (ed.), Introduzione alla filologia greca, Italian edition by Sotera Fornaro, presentation by L. Canfora, Roma (Salerno) 2004; for the history of the tradition: R. Pfeiffer, Storia della filologia classica: dalle origini alla fine dell’eta ellenistica, introduction by M. Gigante, Napoli (Macchiaroli) 1973; L.D. Reynolds-N.G. Wilson, Copisti e filologi. La tradizione dei classici dall’antichita ai tempi moderni, Padova (Antenore) 19873; for textual criticism: M.L. West, Critica del testo e tecnica dell’edizione, Palermo (L’Epos) 1998. <br />

Teaching methods

Teaching methods are based on classroom lectures, but may at times take the form of seminars. Lectures are accompanied by tutorial sessions. <br />
Assessment consists of an oral exam to ascertain that the course goals have been attained. <br />

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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