- Docente: Eleonora Cavallini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-FIL-LET/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in History, preservation and enhancement of artistic and archaeological heritage and landscape (cod. 9218)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to give an accurate knowledge of Greek culture and civilization, in their historical relationship with other ancient Mediterraenean cultures. The students will be able to analyze literary texts in order to point out: the relationship between oral culture and written systems; the social, political, and ritual function of literary communication; the myth and its narrative renditions; the religious thought and the social, economic, and juridical institutions; the making of collective imagination and agreement.
Course contents
According with the complexity of the subject, the contents of the course may change year by year. Anyway, Greek Epics, Tragedy and later mythographic sources are always being considered.
Readings/Bibliography
The knowledge of at least two of the following texts is required: J. G. Frazer, Il ramo d'oro , trad. it., Roma (Newton & Compton) 1992; P. Philippson, Origini e forme del mito greco , trad. it., Torino (Boringhieri) 1983; M. Untersteiner,Fisiologia del mito , Milano (Bocca) 1946 (rist. Torino [Boringhieri] 1991); C. Pavese, Dialoghi con Leucò , Torino (Einaudi) 1947; K. Kerényi, Dioniso. Archetipo della vita indistruttibile , trad. it., Milano (Adelphi) 1992; R. B. Onians, Le origini del pemsiero europeo, trad. it., Milano (Adelphi) 1998; W. Burkert, Mito e rituale in Grecia , trad. it., Roma-Bari (Laterza) 1991; Claude Calame, Mito e storia nell'Antichità greca , trad. it., Bari (Dedalo) 1999; AA.VV., Omero Mediatico. Aspetti della ricezione omerica nella civiltà contemporanea , a cura di Eleonora Cavallini, Bologna (Dupress) 2010; Giulio Guidorizzi, Ai confini dell'anima. I Greci e la follia , Milano (Cortina Editore) 2010; Carmine Catenacci, Il tiranno e l'eroe . Storia e mito nella Grecia antica, Roma, Collana Lingue e Letterature Carocci , 2012; La Musa nascosta: mito e letteratura greca nell'opera di Cesare Pavese , a cura di E. Cavallini, Bologna (Dupress) 2014.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons, seminars
Assessment methods
Oral examination. Votes equal or over 27 imply an accurate and deep knowledge of the subjects treated. We will also consider the quality of the delivering.
Teaching tools
Frontal lessons, seminars, multimedia support
See the website of Eleonora Cavallini [https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/eleonora.cavallini/en]
Office hours
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