Linguistics

MARIA BROGGIATO
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 the capacity to investigate a classical literary work from an historical, linguistic and critical point of view.

At the end of the course, students will know the most important moments of the transmission of Greek and Latin texts and in particular the tradition of the authors read during the classes. They will also be able to read independently the critical apparatus of a modern edition and will be able to present the results of their research appropriately in short reports in front of other students.

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 and French.

We shall read, translate and discuss book 4 of the Odyssey and a selection of fragments from Attic tragedies, in order to introduce the main issues related to the transmission of ancient literature.
We shall also study some periods in the history of classical philology.

Homer, Odissey, book 4, ed. a cura di A. Heubeck, trad. di G. A. Privitera, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla, 1983 e successive edizioni
G. Cavallo, Scrivere e leggere nella città antica, Roma, Carocci 2019.
Students who have not previously taken undergraduate courses in Classical philology should read also L.D. Reynolds and N.G. Wilson, Scribes and Scholars, Oxford 2013 (fourth ed.)
The remaining Greek set texts will be made available in the handouts.
Further bibliography will be provided during the classes.

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

Lectures; students’ presentations on agreed topics.

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 students must have reached a sufficient knowledge of all the topics of the course. To achieve the maximum score (30/30 cum laude), the students 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.
We shall also study some periods in the history of classical philology.