Greek Literature (advanced)
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
The advanced course of Greek Literature aims to offer students the opportunity to further expand the critical knowledge of texts, themes and problems of Greek literature from its origins up to the Late Antiquity and Early Byzantine era.
Expected learning outcomes
Students are expected to demonstrate an autonomous and complete knowledge of themes, authors and genres covered in the course, in their historical and cultural contexts: forms, chronological development, geographical location, fortune. As learning outcomes, is also expected a full familiarity with linguistic and dialectal aspects, with stylistic and rhetorical levels, with metric structures and with the main bibliographical and research tools.
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
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Any health emergency will affect the course as described below.
1) Programme and reference materials
No change. If parts of the materials will be not available due to the closure of the libraries and the suspension of the expeditions, the teacher will provide alternative materials on the Ariel site of the discipline, together with an explanation file ("Extraordinary program")
All the materials will be provided on the on the Ariel site and/or shared with the students in a Dropbox folder.
2) Teaching methods
Parts A, B and C: the lessons in attendance will be replaced by a synchronous mode of telematic teaching delivery on the Teams platform. These synchronous lessons will be recorded and left available to students in the repository of the platform itself or in Ariel. The calendar of all synchronous lessons will be the same as that of the lessons in attendance. If some change will be necessary because of the health emergency, the new calendar will published in Ariel as soon as the emergency arises.
Ariel will also be the reference place for any organizational communication.
3) Methods of learning verification
The exams will be conducted orally on the Teams platform.
1) Programme and reference materials
No change. If parts of the materials will be not available due to the closure of the libraries and the suspension of the expeditions, the teacher will provide alternative materials on the Ariel site of the discipline, together with an explanation file ("Extraordinary program")
All the materials will be provided on the on the Ariel site and/or shared with the students in a Dropbox folder.
2) Teaching methods
Parts A, B and C: the lessons in attendance will be replaced by a synchronous mode of telematic teaching delivery on the Teams platform. These synchronous lessons will be recorded and left available to students in the repository of the platform itself or in Ariel. The calendar of all synchronous lessons will be the same as that of the lessons in attendance. If some change will be necessary because of the health emergency, the new calendar will published in Ariel as soon as the emergency arises.
Ariel will also be the reference place for any organizational communication.
3) Methods of learning verification
The exams will be conducted orally on the Teams platform.
Course syllabus
The dialogue in the history of Greek literature
(60 h, 9 cfu)
Part A (20 h, 3 cfu): Classical age (Plato and the Anonymous Oligarch)
Part B (20h, 3 cfu): Imperial age (Plutarch and Lucian)
Part C (20h, 3 cfu): Early Byzantium (Menae patricii cum Thoma referendario de scientia politica dialogus)
The course will study the birth and the development of the literary dialogue in the history of Greek literarure from the classical age to early Byzantium. Some of the most significant and interesting examples of this literary genre will be read and commented.
Non-attending students must prepare an individualised syllabus, with more readings and critical essays, following a colloquium with prof. Martinelli Tempesta.
(60 h, 9 cfu)
Part A (20 h, 3 cfu): Classical age (Plato and the Anonymous Oligarch)
Part B (20h, 3 cfu): Imperial age (Plutarch and Lucian)
Part C (20h, 3 cfu): Early Byzantium (Menae patricii cum Thoma referendario de scientia politica dialogus)
The course will study the birth and the development of the literary dialogue in the history of Greek literarure from the classical age to early Byzantium. Some of the most significant and interesting examples of this literary genre will be read and commented.
Non-attending students must prepare an individualised syllabus, with more readings and critical essays, following a colloquium with prof. Martinelli Tempesta.
Prerequisites for admission
The aim of the course is to providing students of the three-year degree programme (curriculum: Classics) with a more in-depth preparation in Ancient Greek Literature, with a second exam. A prerequisite exam is required: Greek Literature (12 cfu, prof. Giuseppe Lozza). Knowledge of both Ancient Greek language and literature at university level is also required.
Teaching methods
In addition to traditional lectures, alternative teaching methods will be practiced: students will be invited to present papers in the classroom following an exegetical schema that will be previously presented and discussed. These teaching methods are aimed at structuring and favouring the autonomous analysis of literary texts in their complexity using the proper tools for providing textual analysis, commentary, translation and scientific bibliography.
Texts, iconographic materials and documentation will be available on the Ariel web platform.
Attendance at the course is strongly recommended
Texts, iconographic materials and documentation will be available on the Ariel web platform.
Attendance at the course is strongly recommended
Teaching Resources
1. An anthology of texts in critial editions will be available on the Ariel website of the course. Further bibliographical indications for a more in-depth study will be given in class, together with references for autonomous bibliographical research and for the scientific study of the proposed texts.
2. Lecture notes.
2. Lecture notes.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The oral exam will aim to ascertain that the student has read the original texts and knows how to comment on them with critical autonomy, putting them in relation with the underlying literary problems. The presentation should be clear and the student shoud use the specialized vocabulary in a competent way. The work presented in the classroom will contribute to the final evaluation following the same criteria, with particular attention to critical reasoning skills.
Marks will be out of 30.
Marks will be out of 30.
Modules or teaching units
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
Unita' didattica C
L-FIL-LET/02 - GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor(s)