Teaching code

4S02266

Teacher

Andrea Rodighiero

Coordinator

Andrea Rodighiero

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

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

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.
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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.
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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.
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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

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