Teaching code

4S007393

Teacher

Andrea Rodighiero

Coordinatore

Andrea Rodighiero

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

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

Period

1 B dal Nov 14, 2022 al Dec 22, 2022.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars

Learning objectives

The course «Homeric and epic language and poetry» aims at offering to Students a large perspective on literary Greek, with special reference to lexical and morphological aspect of the archaic language; the course will also provide the Students with some methodological knowledge to read and comment analytically Greek literary texts. The main topics are Homer and the archaic epic, the so-called ‘Homeric Question’, the concepts of orality and formularity, as well as Homeric reception in other literary genres. At the end of the course students should have acquired deep knowledge of the language, the metrics, and the main themes of the Homeric and epic poetry. They should also be able to analyze, to comment and to translate Greek texts (with special reference to the Homeric language). Knowledge of Greek language is mandatory.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Knowledge of ancient Greek language is mandatory.

Program

1. The origins of the Greek epic
2. Phonology and morphology of the Homeric language
3. The Odyssey (with special reference to books 16-18)

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Main instruments:
M. Finkelberg (Ed.), The Homer Encyclopedia, Chichester, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011; P. Chantraine, Morphologie historique du grec, Paris, Klincksieck, 1961; M. Lejeune, Phonétique historique du mycénien et du grec ancien, Paris, Klincksieck, 1972; P. Chantraine, Grammaire homérique I-II, nuovelle édition revue et corrigée par M. Casevitz, Paris, Klincksieck, 2013-2014; P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque, Paris, Klincksieck, 2009(2); Lexikon des frühgriechischen Epos, begründet von B. Snell, Göttingen, Vandenhoeck&Ruprecht, 1955-2010; A.-F. Christidis (Ed.), A History of Ancient Greek. From the Beginnigs to late Antiquity, Cambridge, CUP, 2007.

Further readings:
M. Parry, The Traditional Epithet in Homer, in: The Making of Homeric Verse. The Collected Papers of Milman Parry, ed. by A. Parry, Oxford, Clarendon Press 1971, pp. 1-190.

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P. von der Mühll, Homeri Odyssea, Basel, Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 1962.
Homerus, Odyssea, recensuit et testimonia congessit M.L. West, Berlin-Boston, De Gruyter, 2017.
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Odissea, voll. I-VI, a cura di S. West, J.B. Hainsworth, A. Heubeck, A. Hoekstra, J. Russo, M. Fernández-Galiano, trad. it. di G.A. Privitera, Milano, Mondadori (Fondazione Lorenzo Valla), 1981-1986.
Odissea, a cura di V. Di Benedetto, trad. di V. Di Benedetto e P. Fabrini, Milano, BUR, 2010.
Homer, Odyssey, Books XVII and XVIII, edited by D. Steiner, Cambridge, CUP, 2010.

(More material will be made available during the lessons)

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Lectures (36 hours)

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 aspects of Greek epic (cf. the Companion in the Syllabus).

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Erasmus students will be informed during the lectures about the oral examination.

Exam language

Italiano