Philology, literatures and history of the ancient world

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the discipline, with particular regard to the material characters of manuscript witnesses, the figures of both copyists and readers, and the role that all these aspects played in the history of Greek texts, whose preservation and loss from Antiquity to the Humanism will also be focused. The course also 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.