13328 - Greek Literature (1)

Learning outcomes

The student will become acquainted with philological methods applyed to many literary texts , regarded within their historical and social background.

Course contents

Homer in Plato and Aristoteles:

mod. a) 30 h. (6cfu):Hymn to Apollo, Xenophanes, Theagenes, Plato

 

mod. b 30 h. (6cfu): Aristoteles, scholia Homerica

Readings/Bibliography

mod.a) Texts with translation of Hymn to Apollo and Xenophanes. Excerpta of Plato, Republic III, X.

mod.b) Excerpta of Aristoteles, Poetics and Rhetorics. Scholia in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey

 The reading of one of following books is required (further readings, if need be, will be recommended during the course):

J. L Ackrill, Aristotle the Philosopher, Oxford 1981

G.M. Ledbetter, Poetics before Plato, Princeton-Oxford 2003

R. Nunlist, The Ancient Critic at Work: Terms and Concepts of Literary Criticism in Greek Scholia, Cambridge 2009

R. Meijering, Literary and Rhetorical Theories in Greek Scholia, Groningen 1987

J. Svenbro, La Parole et le marbre: aux origines de la poétique grecque, Lund 1976

 

To the non attending students will be indicated the file with handouts of the lessons 

 

 

 

Teaching methods

Classroom sessions and seminars

Assessment methods

Oral exam (with test of translation only for 12cfu, a+b; the knowledge of Greek language is not required for 6 cfu).
It is required a close, critical investigation of the texts examined at lesson and of those proposed during the course. The students who will prove to achieve a thorought and complete knowledge of the topics discussed during the lessons will gain excellent marks; the students who will not prove to achieve such a knowledge will gain good marks or a fail, depending on the importance of the subject.  

Teaching tools

Texts and materials about ancient and modern literature will be circulated at lesson

Office hours

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