Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Type D and Type F activities
This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:
Laurea magistrale in Tradizione e interpretazione dei testi letterari - Enrollment from 2025/2026| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° 2° | Program for the celebrations of the 850th anniversary of the conversion of Valdo di Lione | F | Not yet assigned |
Greek Literature (m) (2024/2025)
Teaching code
4S02266
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-FIL-LET/02 - GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Period
CuCi 1 A, CuCi 1 B
Courses Single
Authorized
Learning objectives
The course «Greek Literature» aims at offering a deeper knowledge of the literary and linguistic aspects within the frame of the history of Greek Literature; during the teaching classes Students will translate and comment literary texts (poetry and/or prose), also considering philological aspects and using the usual ‘tools’ of the literary hermeneutic (metrical analysis, textual philology, study of the figures of style, as well as narratology, sociolinguistic, history of the interpretation). At the end of the course students should have acquired deep knowledge of the language, the literary and generic aspects of the texts analyzed, and they should be able to date, analyze and comment even other texts of the Greek literary tradition via different interpretive approaches and hermeneutic categories. Knowledge of Greek language is mandatory.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Knowledge of the Ancient Greek Language
Program
Hellenistic Poetry and Literary genres: Callimachus, Apollonius, Theocritus, Lykophron, Ezekiel, Posidippus, and others.
**
Critical editions
R. Pfeiffer, Callimachus, I-II, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1949-1953.
G. Massimilla, Callimaco, Aitia, libri primo e secondo, Giardini, Pisa 1996.
G. Massimilla, Callimaco, Aitia, libro terzo e quarto, Fabrizio Serra, Pisa-Roma 2010.
A.M. Harder, Callimachus, Aetia, I-II, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
H. Fränkel, Apollonii Rhodii Argonautica, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1961.
A.S.F. Gow, Theocritus, I-II, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1952[2].
S. Hornblower, Lykophron, Alexandra, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015.
P. Lanfranchi, L’Exagoge d’Ezéchiel le Tragique, Brill, Leiden-Boston 2006.
C. Austin, G. Bastianini, Posidippi Pellaei quae supersunt omnia, LED, Milano 2002.
Other references will be offered later on.
**
Highly recommended:
G.B. D’Alessio (a cura di), Callimaco, Inni, Epigrammi, Ecale, Aitia, Giambi e altri frammenti, I-II, BUR, Milano 1997[2].
S.C. Calzascia (a cura di), Apollonio Rodio, Argonautiche, Rusconi, Santarcangelo di Romagna 2019.
B.M. Palumbo Stracca (a cura di), Teocrito, Idilli e epigrammi, BUR, Milano 1993.
V. Garulli (a cura di), Posidippo di Pella, Epigrammi, frammenti e testimonianze, Rusconi, Santarcangelo di Romagna 2022.
*
G.O. Hutchinson, Hellenistic Poetry, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1988.
M. Fantuzzi, R. Hunter, Muse e Modelli. La poesia ellenistica da Alessandro Magno a Augusto, Roma-Bari, Laterza 2002
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Seminars
Learning assessment procedures
Oral examination
Evaluation criteria
The oral examination aims at evaluating the student's knowledge, with special reference to the texts read during the lectures and to the general, philological, and literary aspects.
Erasmus students will be informed during the lectures about the oral examination.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
15 + 15 for each of the two halves of the oral examination (history of literature, papers and essays + translation and knowledge of the language)
Exam language
Italiano
