Philology, literatures and history of the ancient world

Activity type

Fonti, tecniche e strumenti della ricerca storica e filologica

SSD

L-FIL-LET/05

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CFU

6

Hours distribution

42 classroom hours

Lecturers

MARIA BROGGIATO

Activity type

Fonti, tecniche e strumenti della ricerca storica e filologica

SSD

L-FIL-LET/05

Year

N/D

Semester

N/D

CFU

6

Hours distribution

42 classroom hours

Lecturers

MARIA BROGGIATO

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Classical Philology, that complete and/or reinforce those acquired in the first grade of studies. Moreover, it will make the students able to approach orginal themes in a research context, making more complex judgments, communicating knowledge and its process, and studying the subject in an independent and self-educational way. In particular, the course aims at providing students with advanced knowledge of an integrated framework of the main conceptual categories of the discipline and, at the same time, of some important empirical acquisitions related to this framework.

Students are expected to demonstrate their mastery of the texts, methodologies and secondary literature introduced during the course and/or listed in the program.A good knowledge of Latin and ancient Greek (intermediate level); a basic knowledge of Greek and Roman history and literature; a basic knowledge of textual criticism and of the history of classical philology. Students should also be able to read academic texts in English. Students are expected to demonstrate their ability to place the examined texts within the methodological and theoretical framework outlined during the course, dealing in detail with more practical issues such as textual reconstruction, ecdotic technique, history of tradition, and history of reception, with particular attention to literary, linguistic and metrical questions.

A good knowledge of Latin and ancient Greek (intermediate level); a basic knowledge of Greek and Roman history and literature; a basic knowledge of textual criticism and of the history of classical philology. Students should also be able to read academic texts in English.

Classes will discuss a selection of Greek and Latin texts, in order to introduce the main issues related to the history of the transmission and textual criticism of ancient literature. In particular, we will focus on texts exemplifying various literary genres and a variety of textual problems (medieval direct transmission; fragmentary papyrological transmission; indirect transmission): a) a selection of fragments of Sappho, Sappho’s Epistle to Phaon, texts of Latin lyric poetry; and b) sections from Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and Seneca’s Agamemnon.

For Sappho, the reference critical edition will be C. Neri, Saffo. Testimonianze e frammenti, De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2021.
For Aeschylus our starting point will be the critical edition of M.L. West, Aeschyli Agamemnon, Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, De Gruyter, Berlin/New York, 2008. Recommended bilingual annotated edition: E. Medda, L. Battezzato, M.P. Pattoni, Eschilo, Orestea. (BUR Classici Greci e Latini), Rizzoli, Milano, 2010.
For Seneca our starting point will be the critical edition of O. Zwierlein, L. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae, recognovit (...) O Zwierlein, Oxford Classical Texts, Oxford, 1986 (and later corrected reprints). Recommended bilingual annotated edition: L. Anneo Seneca, Agamennone, a c. di A. Perutelli e G. Paduano, (BUR Classici Greci e Latini), Rizzoli, Milano, 1995.
Further bibliographical material will be indicated during the course.

Module:
A. Ercolani, Omero, Roma, Carocci 2006
L. Del Corso, Il libro nel mondo antico, Roma, Carocci 2022




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Lectures; students’ presentations on agreed topics. Students who are unable to attend classes should contact the teacher.

Students who are unable to attend classes should contact the teacher.

There will be an oral test at the end of the course. The test will assess the degree of basic knowledge of the subject and the ability of the students to communicate the knowledge acquired and to use it to make personal judgments. The minimum threshold to pass the exam is 18/30: to achieve this score the student must demonstrate that he has reached a sufficient knowledge of all the topics of the course. To achieve the maximum score (30/30 cum laude), the student must demonstrate that they have acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course and that they are able to present them in appropriate language and to elaborate them in a personal and consistent way.

In the exam I shall ask you to read, translate and comment on the critical apparatus of some passages from the set texts. We shall also focus on some of the topics in the history of the transmission of the texts discussed during the lectures

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