Teaching code

4S000913

Teacher

Anna Maria Grazia Rita Maganuco

Coordinatore

Anna Maria Grazia Rita Maganuco

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/02 - GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Period

CuCi IIA dal Feb 15, 2021 al Apr 1, 2021.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars

Learning outcomes

The Greek Language (p) course aims to complement the introductory course by further focusing on aspects of language and Greek dialectology, as well as by introducing Students to other literary genres than those focused on in the introductory course.
By reading and analyzing a selection of highly significant literary documents, at the end of the course Students will be able to analyze and identify features that are peculiar to Greek literary languages, with specific focus on their phonological/morphological features and their diachronic/diatopic variance.

Program

Main themes of the course:
1. Birth, diffusion and differentiation of the Greek koiné
2. The legacy of archaic literary dialects in Hellenistic poetry

1. Birth, diffusion and differentiation of the Greek koiné:
– A.C. Cassio (ed.), "Storia delle lingue letterarie greche. Seconda edizione", Firenze, Le Monnier, 2016, chapter 13 (La koiné, S. Kaczko);
– A. Meillet, "Lineamenti di storia della lingua greca", It. trans. Torino, Einaudi, 1976, part III (La formazione di una lingua comune).
Texts: Aristotle, "Athenaion Politeia" 5-6, 11; Polybius, "Histories" I, 1-2; New Testament, Mark 2, 1-12 and Luke 5, 17-26; Pseudo-Longinus, "On the Sublime" 33.

2. The legacy of archaic literary dialects in Hellenistic poetry:
With special reference to archaic and classical literary languages:
– A.C. Cassio (ed.), "Storia delle lingue letterarie greche. Seconda edizione", Firenze, Le Monnier, 2016, chapters 5.10 (L’epica. La lingua epica dopo Omero ed Esiodo, E. Passa), 15 (Callimaco e la poesia alessandrina, C. Vessella), 16 (Eronda, E. Passa), 17 (Teocrito, C. Vessella).
Texts: Apollonius of Rhodes, "The Argonauts" II 549-606; Herodas V; Theocritus XV and XXIX.

For further reading in Greek language:
– A.C. Cassio (ed.), "Storia delle lingue letterarie greche. Seconda edizione", Firenze, Le Monnier, 2016, chapters 1, 2, 3 e 4 (Introduzione generale, A.C. Cassio)
– D. Pieraccioni, "Morfologia storica della lingua greca", Messina-Firenze, D‘Anna, 1975[3];
– P. Chantraine, "Morphologie historique du grec", Paris, Klincksieck, 1961;
– M. Lejeune, "Phonétique historique du mycénien et du grec ancien", Paris, Klincksieck, 1972.

Further bibliographical references and other materials will be provided during lectures.

Examination Methods

The examination aims at evaluating the students' knowledge of the texts read during the lectures and autonomously: they will be asked to read and translate a decent amount of verses from multiple texts, and to discuss them through an in-depth analysis.
Particular emphasis will be placed on the morphological and phonological aspects of the Greek texts.
The students' critical competence will be tested as well, especially in the ability to link specific linguistic aspects with the general development of Greek language and the different features of styles and genres.

The exam will consist of an oral examination (both for regularly attending students and non attending students).
Erasmus students will be given the possibility of different examination arrangements.