Programme

COURSE NAME
Ancient Greek Literature: the Modernity of the Past

BACHELOR’S /MASTER’S DEGREE
Bachelor’s Degree

SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR
L-Fil-Let/02

UNIT TITLE (NUMBER OF HOURS; NUMBER OF ECTS)
Oedipus’ Destiny: Hero and Outcast
36 hours; 6 ECTS

PROFESSOR
Adele-Teresa Cozzoli

SEMESTER
II semester

GOMP CODE

EXAMINATION TYPE (Written / Oral)
Oral

PRELIMINARY KNOWLEDGE
Preliminary knowledge of Greek language is not required. Original texts will be read in translation.
It is important that students attend as many classes as possible.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course aims at providing a global reading and analysis of Sophocles’ tragedies on Oedipus’ myth (Oedipus’ Tyrannus and Oedipus at Colonus). Other ancient sources and modern bibiliography will be examined in order to provide a wide perspective on this myth and its influence on ancient and modern thought.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
It is advised to read modern editions of Sophocles’ Oedipus tyrannus and Oedipus at Colonus including the text in its original language and a current translation.
In addition to this, students should read the following texts:
G. Guidorizzi, Edipo. Il gioco del destino (Grandi miti greci), Milano 2018;
J.-P. Vernant - P. Vidal Naquet, Mito e tragedia nell’Antica Grecia, Einaudi, Torino 1976.

PROFESSOR’S E-MAIL ADDRESS
adeleteresa.cozzoli@uniroma3.it

Core Documentation

BIBLIOGRAPHY
It is advised to read modern editions of Sophocles’ Oedipus tyrannus and Oedipus at Colonus including the text in its original language and a current translation.
In addition to this, students should read the following texts:
G. Guidorizzi, Edipo. Il gioco del destino (Grandi miti greci), Milano 2018;
J.-P. Vernant - P. Vidal Naquet, Mito e tragedia nell’Antica Grecia, Einaudi, Torino 1976.

Type of delivery of the course

This course aims at providing a global reading and analysis of Sophocles’ tragedies on Oedipus’ myth (Oedipus’ Tyrannus and Oedipus at Colonus). Other ancient sources and modern bibiliography will be examined in order to provide a wide perspective on this myth and its influence on ancient and modern thought.

Type of evaluation

EXAMINATION TYPE (oral) The type of examination is oral and evaluates: 1) the mastery of the subject 2) the ability in reading ancient Greek texts with translation 3) the critical capacities and the skills in identifying and formulating problems