Classics

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes geographical areas and sectorial perspectives in which related projects are activated; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide basic elements of the discipline; it enables the student to master the subjects in order to use it and apply it in other fields of study with the correct use of the specific technical language. With the acquired knowledge the student is able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical-cultural epochs.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide basic elements of the discipline; it enables the student to master the subjects in order to use it and apply it in other fields of study with the correct use of the specific technical language. With the acquired knowledge the student is able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical-cultural epochs.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Philology of Italian Literature, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course aims at an introduction to the methods of textual philology and textal criticism: source (manuscripts and ancient printings), recontruction of the process of transmission, the critical edition, the textual tradition of Italian classics, problems of attribution.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide basic elements of the discipline; it enables the student to master the subjects in order to use it and apply it in other fields of study with the correct use of the specific technical language. With the acquired knowledge the student is able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical-cultural epochs.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Modern-Greek Language and Literature with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course will provide students with the essential notions of Modern-Greek Language and Literature.

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This advanced course in Indo-European linguistics is an optional course for students of the degree program in Classics with a good knowledge of Greek and Latin. The course aims at offering students the scientific and methodological tools necessary to correctly apply the comparative-reconstructive method, in all of its potentialities and taking into account its limits. The course has an "empirical" cut, such that the students will find themselves reconstructing the phonological and morphological systems of the Proto-Indo-European based on the direct application of the comparative-reconstructive method to the lexical correspondences lists.
The topics covered in this course are the most technical, but also the most exciting part of Historical Linguistics. For students it is a unique opportunity to acquire an appropriate and rigorous heuristic method in
ascertaining the kinship between languages, accurately distinguishing what is genealogically inherited from what depends on borrowings, linguistic contact or chance. Indo-European Linguistics does not usually
constitute a degree course because it is a discipline considered too old-fashioned and too difficult, since it presupposes the knowledge of at least two or three ancient languages; however, only advanced courses of this kind allow students to independently continue their studies in the field of Historical Linguistics.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Byzantine Civilization, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, students will acquire basic skills to use critical and methodological tools related to general aspects of the history of the Byzantine civilization. Students will be able to read literary texts of the Byzantine era (starting from philological, linguistic, stylistic, historical and literary point of view) from a critical perspective and interpret them through modern methodology related to scientific discussion.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Medieval Latin Literature, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the acquisition of language skills, historical-cultural and critical categories and bibliographical directing that are indispensable for the study of a subject which, by chronological extension (V sec.-XV sec.), quantity and quality of texts produced, stands as the foundation of Western culture.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of AEGEAN CIVILIZATIONS, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.

The course concerns archaeological and philological studies on Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. The deciphering of Linear B (1952), the sillabographic system created during the II millennium by the Mycenaean palaces to write Greek language, opened a new line of research on Aegean topics to be added to archeology: the Mycenaean philology. Archeology and philology differ because of their methodologies and analytic strategies, but together they represent an essential and fundamental instrument of the study of the phenomenon of Minoan and Mycenaean civilization.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Greek and Roman Archaeology, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course, based on the primary evidence from the material culture and excavations, introduces to the monumental architecture of Greek and Roman world: the aim is to explore the different aspects of the decorative system and the typological forms used in the public and sacred space as well as in the domestic sphere.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Roman Law, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, students are required to acquire: 1) knowledge about Roman political and constitutional events, sources of law, law enforcement and criminal procedure; 2) instruments of research in Roman law (fontes, lexicon, bibliography, digital archives).

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Greek Epigraphy, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the basic notions of Greek Epigraphy.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Latin Epigraphy, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course will provide students with the essential notions of Latin Epigraphy.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Civilization of pre-Roman Italy, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course offers an organic synthesis of the development of the different civilizations existing in pre-Roman Italy, based on historical sources, landscape analysis and archaeological evidence.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of General Linguistics, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, students will acquire a knowledge of the main currents of modern linguistics and issues discussed, highlighting problematic aspects, allowing the acquisition of a reliable methodology for operational analysis.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of the Didactics of Greek with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course will provide students with some more advanced notions of Greek Language, Grammar and Literature and with competences and skills, that are necessary for school teaching, and up-to-date methodologies in teaching Greek. Through a close study of highly significant texts of Greek literature, students will be able to learn the principles on which didactics have been carried out in the past and what resources modern didactics offer to improve the quality of teaching.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Latin Language and Literature, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course will provide students with some more advanced notions of Latin Language, Grammar and Literature, with particular attention to some study cases.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Classical Philology, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, formulating autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course will provide students with some more advanced notions of Classical Philology, with particular attention to some case studies, chiefly with regard to the history of Greek and Latin language, Greek dialectology, and the creation of literary languages.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Ancient Christian Literature, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course will provide students with an introduction to the study of the discipline, posing the authors in the historical and religious context of their era and highlighting the diversity of literary genres they use in their work (with a wonderful blend of traditional elements and specific contents of the Christian kerygma).

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Byzantine Civilization, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, students will acquire basic skills to use critical and methodological tools related to general aspects of the history of the Byzantine civilization. Students will be able to read literary texts of the Byzantine era (starting from philological, linguistic, stylistic, historical and literary point of view) from a critical perspective and interpret them through modern methodology related to scientific discussion. The course will address the analysis of some important case studies.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the essential notions of Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of History of the Ancient Near Eaest, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the methodological and conceptual bases of the History of the Ancient Near East and dealing with its general development, from the formative periods to the Achaemenid Persian conquest, in order to offer a clear chronological and geographical frame related to the main documentary sources.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Hebrew Language and Literature, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular,
the course aims at providing students with philological and literary analysis of Hebrew texts and questions of transmission and study of these texts.

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The course aims to provide an overview of Armenian literary culture, analyzing the historical context
in which it originated and developed, highlighting its connections with neighboring literary traditions,
particularly Greek and Latin. Starting with the introduction of the alphabet, the main literary genres and
most significant works will be presented, with a particular focus on historiography. Students will gain a
solid understanding of Armenian literature and its relationships with neighboring cultures, and will be
able to analyze excerpts from some of the most significant Armenian texts, interpreting them within the
historical and cultural context in which they were produced. They will develop a critical ability that
will allow them to address issues of dating and attribution of works. Additionally, they will be able to
present, clearly and with appropriate language, even to a non-expert audience, the fundamental
concepts of Armenian literature and their analysis of the texts studied. Students will also develop
independent research skills in the field of Armenian literature, using bibliographic resources and
primary sources.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of History of Ancient Philosophy, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, prime target will be the contact and direct knowledge of the texts under consideration, to enable the student to understand and discuss them with philological accuracy and appropriate expertise hermeneutic, even against the backdrop of appropriate referrals to mainstream historiography on ancient thought.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Greek Palaeography, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, the course will provide students with a basic knowledge of the palaeographical method and the history of Greek handwriting – from the 4th century B.C. to the European Renaissance –, by using examples of Greek handwritings that students will be able to read, date and locate.

Educational objectives

In the first part of the course, the student will acquire the basic notions relating to the history of Latin writing in the ancient world and in the medieval West up to the early modern age, with particular attention to the evolution of handwriting in the ages of historical and linguistic transition. culturally and in different areas of use. He will therefore acquire the basic ability to read, identify and technically and historically contextualize the writings in the Latin alphabet used until the advent of printing.
In the second part, the student will acquire advanced level knowledge and ability to interpret the historical-cultural dynamics in the field of Latin Paleography, with attention to the most recent developments in the debate and disciplinary bibliography; he/she must also be able to collect and interpret the data on which to base a judgment that is critically aware, also in the ethical-social dimension underlying the discipline.
Overall, therefore, the student must be able to use the knowledge acquired in reading and analyzing documents, in addressing open questions, in implementing study and research methods, communicating the results of their work with the appropriate vocabulary also to specialists in the subject.
More specifically, the course aims to provide the essential elements of the historical-graphic development of writing in Latin characters, with appropriate references to the history of the manuscript book in its material and technical aspects, and with particular attention to the most widespread book scripts in the Italian peninsula.
The understanding of these elements is functional to the ability to read, date and contextualize all writings in the Latin alphabet, in any language used, as well as the ability to read and understand cataloging descriptions of manuscripts from the medieval and modern ages. They will also be able to critically analyze the manuscripts in their graphic and material aspects, actively participating in the seminar activities included in the course.