The monographic course aims to provide students with full knowledge of transmission processes as well as critical editing procedures of Classics, investigating transversal topics in Greek and Latin literature as laboratory for analysis, interpretation and textual criticism.
Curriculum
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The monographic course studies Archilochus’ fragments as a laboratory for analysis, interpretation and textual criticism.
- D. Obbink, A New Arhilochus Poem, «Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik» 156, 2006, pp. 1-9;
- photocopies provided by the teacher.
Programme
Archilochus: Indirect tradition and papyrus findingsThe monographic course studies Archilochus’ fragments as a laboratory for analysis, interpretation and textual criticism.
Core Documentation
- Iambi et Elegi Graeci ante Alexandrum cantati, edidit M.L. West, I. Archilochus. Hipponax. Theognidea, Editio altera aucta atque emendata, Oxonii, e typographeo Clarendoniano, 1989 (selection);- D. Obbink, A New Arhilochus Poem, «Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik» 156, 2006, pp. 1-9;
- photocopies provided by the teacher.
Reference Bibliography
- G. Morelli-P. d'Alessandro, Archiloco e la correptio Attica, Trieste, Università di Trieste, 2017; - A. Nicolosi, Ipponatte, Epodi di Strasburgo. Archiloco, Epodi di Colonia (con un’appendice su P.Oxy LXIX 4708), Bologna, Pàtron, 2007; - A. Nicolosi, Archiloco. Le elegie, Bologna, Pàtron, 2013.Type of delivery of the course
6 cfu, semester I, 4 hours every week, 10 weeks. During the lectures, some representative Archilochus’ fragments of direct and indirect tradition will be read, interpreted metrically and commented. Particular attention will be given to the papyrus tradition (Cologne Papyrus) and to the attribution problems of the Strasbourg Papyrus and of the so-called Tersites’ Papyrus. The textual material will be provided as a photocopy to the students and can also be downloaded from the teacher's internet page. Photographic reproductions of some papyrus will be projected and discussed.Attendance
The course requires the active participation of the students. Students unable to attend the lessons will replace the lessons with the texts indicated in the bibliography.Type of evaluation
Oral exam. The exam will start from the metric reading and commentary on some of the texts examined during the lessons; subsequently the discussion will extend to more general aspects linked to the covered topics. The student must demonstrate the acquired linguistic, metric and philological competences. The evaluation will take into account the following elements: metric reading and translation of the text , classification in the historical-literary context, philological analysis and interpretation, intra-textual and inter-textual links. teacher profile teaching materials
The monographic course studies Archilochus’ fragments as a laboratory for analysis, interpretation and textual criticism.
- D. Obbink, A New Arhilochus Poem, «Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik» 156, 2006, pp. 1-9;
- photocopies provided by the teacher.
Programme
Archilochus: Indirect tradition and papyrus findingsThe monographic course studies Archilochus’ fragments as a laboratory for analysis, interpretation and textual criticism.
Core Documentation
- Iambi et Elegi Graeci ante Alexandrum cantati, edidit M.L. West, I. Archilochus. Hipponax. Theognidea, Editio altera aucta atque emendata, Oxonii, e typographeo Clarendoniano, 1989 (selection);- D. Obbink, A New Arhilochus Poem, «Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik» 156, 2006, pp. 1-9;
- photocopies provided by the teacher.
Reference Bibliography
- G. Morelli-P. d'Alessandro, Archiloco e la correptio Attica, Trieste, Università di Trieste, 2017; - A. Nicolosi, Ipponatte, Epodi di Strasburgo. Archiloco, Epodi di Colonia (con un’appendice su P.Oxy LXIX 4708), Bologna, Pàtron, 2007; - A. Nicolosi, Archiloco. Le elegie, Bologna, Pàtron, 2013.Type of delivery of the course
6 cfu, semester I, 4 hours every week, 10 weeks. During the lectures, some representative Archilochus’ fragments of direct and indirect tradition will be read, interpreted metrically and commented. Particular attention will be given to the papyrus tradition (Cologne Papyrus) and to the attribution problems of the Strasbourg Papyrus and of the so-called Tersites’ Papyrus. The textual material will be provided as a photocopy to the students and can also be downloaded from the teacher's internet page. Photographic reproductions of some papyrus will be projected and discussed.Attendance
The course requires the active participation of the students. Students unable to attend the lessons will replace the lessons with the texts indicated in the bibliography.Type of evaluation
Oral exam. The exam will start from the metric reading and commentary on some of the texts examined during the lessons; subsequently the discussion will extend to more general aspects linked to the covered topics. The student must demonstrate the acquired linguistic, metric and philological competences. The evaluation will take into account the following elements: metric reading and translation of the text , classification in the historical-literary context, philological analysis and interpretation, intra-textual and inter-textual links.