Greek Language
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
The course aims for the acquisition of in-depth, autonomous analysis skills of Ancient Greek texts, particularly both from a linguistic and stylistic point of view. A seminar might be added to the course. Particular attention will be paid to their originality, their historical and poetic or prosaic context and to the theory of literary genres.
Expected learning outcomes
Students are expected to acquire a thorough knowledge of Ancient Greek, its historical developments as well as its dialectal peculiarities, building upon the knowledge acquired during the B.A. program and referring to up-to-date scholarly literature. Students are expected to develop autonomous research skills as a preparatory work to the M.A. thesis. Linguistic fluency and knowledge of the vocabulary of the discipline are a prerequisite.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The Homeric language (40 h, 6 ECTS)
This course is addressed to all students of Classics.
The course will provide a presentation and discussion of the following topics:
- The making and growth of the Homeric poems
- Morphologic and lexical features of Homeric language
- Syntactical and metrical features of Iliad and Odyssey
This course is addressed to all students of Classics.
The course will provide a presentation and discussion of the following topics:
- The making and growth of the Homeric poems
- Morphologic and lexical features of Homeric language
- Syntactical and metrical features of Iliad and Odyssey
Prerequisites for admission
The course is addressed to MA students. A good knowledge of ancient Greek, classical philology, linguistics and Greek literature is a prerequisite.
Teaching methods
The number of students of this course is usually not large, and almost all students are already well known to the teacher. Therefore, even during the lectures, it is easy to establish in itinere a permanent exchange to ascertain students' knowledge and progress during the attendance at classes. This teaching method can also be enhanced through seminars. Attendance of classes is strongly recommended.
A written translation of a prose text of mid-high level is intended to further verify students' skills after the end of the course in order to develop their self-reliance in reading any literary text.
A written translation of a prose text of mid-high level is intended to further verify students' skills after the end of the course in order to develop their self-reliance in reading any literary text.
Teaching Resources
Teaching units A and B
1. Omero, Iliade (trad. di R. Calzecchi Onesti, Einaudi, Torino); or: Omero, Iliade (a cura di M. G. Ciani e E. Avezzù), Marsilio, Venezia 1992.
2. Omero, Odissea (trad. di R. Calzecchi Onesti, Einaudi, Torino); or: Omero, Odissea, a cura di G. A. Privitera, voll. 6, Mondadori-Valla, Milano 1981-1986.
3. A. Meillet, Lineamenti di storia della lingua greca, trad. it., Einaudi PBE, Torino 1976 (and subsequent reprints).
4. A. C. Cassio (a cura di), Storia delle lingue letterarie greche, Le Monnier, Firenze 2008.
More bibliographic suggestions will be offered by the teacher during the course and made available on the Ariel website (ariel.unimi.it)
Bibliographic information for non-attending students
Students, for whom it will be truly impossible to attend the course, will have to agree with the teacher an alternative programme, that will include added readings of original texts and critical essays, also in accordance with the individual interests of each student.
1. Omero, Iliade (trad. di R. Calzecchi Onesti, Einaudi, Torino); or: Omero, Iliade (a cura di M. G. Ciani e E. Avezzù), Marsilio, Venezia 1992.
2. Omero, Odissea (trad. di R. Calzecchi Onesti, Einaudi, Torino); or: Omero, Odissea, a cura di G. A. Privitera, voll. 6, Mondadori-Valla, Milano 1981-1986.
3. A. Meillet, Lineamenti di storia della lingua greca, trad. it., Einaudi PBE, Torino 1976 (and subsequent reprints).
4. A. C. Cassio (a cura di), Storia delle lingue letterarie greche, Le Monnier, Firenze 2008.
More bibliographic suggestions will be offered by the teacher during the course and made available on the Ariel website (ariel.unimi.it)
Bibliographic information for non-attending students
Students, for whom it will be truly impossible to attend the course, will have to agree with the teacher an alternative programme, that will include added readings of original texts and critical essays, also in accordance with the individual interests of each student.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Assessment consists of an oral exam, which every student is called to sit after passing a written test based on the translation of a prose text of average level. Passing the written test is not a prerequisite for access to the oral exam but still is taken into account with a view to the final mark of the oral exam. The latter aims to ascertain: clarity and explanatory effectiveness; competence in the essential features of the Homeric poems' language and metrics; skills in translation; critical knowledge acquired first and foremost through the reading of the recommended essays. Marks are out of 30. No mark is given for the written translation (only a pass or fail).
International or Erasmus incoming students are required to contact the teacher.
The assessments methods for disable and/or DSA students shall be agreed with the teacher, through the settlement with the competent office.
International or Erasmus incoming students are required to contact the teacher.
The assessments methods for disable and/or DSA students shall be agreed with the teacher, through the settlement with the competent office.
Unita' didattica A
L-FIL-LET/02 - GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-FIL-LET/02 - GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours