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Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale in Tradizione e interpretazione dei testi letterari - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
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One course to be chosen among the following2 course to be chosen among the followingCertificate of the CLA at level B2 in Italian for students of the University of Augsburg and in German for students of the University of Verona2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
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One course to be chosen among the following2 course to be chosen among the followingCertificate of the CLA at level B2 in Italian for students of the University of Augsburg and in German for students of the University of Verona| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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One course to be chosen among the followingLegend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
History of Classical Philology (m) (2017/2018)
Teaching code
4S001347
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- History of Classic Tradition (m) [Sede VR] of the course Master's degree in Arts (interuniversity)
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-FIL-LET/05 - CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
Period
First half of Semester 2 , Second half of Semester 2
Learning outcomes
The course aims to launch through paradigmatic cases the knowledge and understanding of the relationship between antiquity and modernity.
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate:
1) knowledge of the meaning of the concepts of philology and classical tradition;
2) knowledge of Sophocles’ "Oedipus at Colonos" and of the main hermeneutic problems associated with this tragedy;
3) knowledge of the main interpretative models and modern adaptations of the Sophoclean drama.
Program
The Oedipus at Colonus of Sophocles in the Twentieth Century: interpretations, reworks and stagings.
Prerequisites: a basic knowledge of the classical languages is desirable but not necessary
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Sofocle | Edipo a Colono, a cura A. Rodighiero | Marsilio | 1998 | ||
| Sofocle | Edipo a Colono, a cura G. Avezzù, G. Guidorizzi, trad. di G. Cerri | Mondadori, collana Scrittori greci e latini "Lorenzo Valla" | 2008 | ||
| Paduano, Guido | Edipo. Storia di un mito | Carocci | 2008 | ||
| Rodighiero, Andrea | La tragedia greca | Il Mulino | 2012 | ||
| Ugolini, Gherardo | Sofocle e Atene. Vita politica e attività teatrale nella Grecia classica | Carocci | 2011 | ||
| Lanza Diego, Ugolini Gherardo (a cura di), | Storia della filologia classica | Carocci | 2016 | ||
| Rodighiero, Andrea | Una serata a Colono. Fortuna del secondo Edipo | Carocci | 2008 |
Examination Methods
Expected knowledge and skills will be verified through an oral exam.
Preparation will be considered adequate if the student demonstrates the following abilities:
1) accurate and thorough exposure of the topics learned in the module, mastering the vocabulary and the terminology relating topics of the module;
2) articulated re-elaboration of the contents of the module;
3) ability to interpret and comment on the passages of the "Oedipus at Colonos" and the other texts examined in the module.
