20710258 - LETTERATURA GRECA: L'ATTUALITA' DELL'ANTICO

The course is aimed at students interested in the study of ancient Greek literature who do not have basic or preliminary linguistic knowledge of ancient Greek (i.e. not those in the Ancient Greek Literature curriculum); it will seek to provide general skills on the fundamental aspects of Greek literature that influenced and contributed to the formation of European culture, in order to be able to interpret and read it also in the light of the model provided by Greek literary civilisation in its various cultural interactions
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Mutuazione: 20710258 LETTERATURA GRECA: L'ATTUALITA' DELL'ANTICO in Lettere L-10 COZZOLI ADELE TERESA

Programme

‘Avenging the father, killing the mother. The Atrides story from Aeschylus to Euripides.

Core Documentation

Bibliography:
Eva Cantarella, Non sei più mio padre. Il conflitto tra genitori e figli nel mondo antico, Milano 2015, Feltrinelli; E. Stolfi, La Giustizia in scena. Diritto e potere in Eschilo e Sofocle, Bologna 2022, Il Mulino; D. Susanetti, L’Altrove della tragedia greca, Roma 2023, Carocci.
The greek edition with translation of Agamemnon, Orestes, Iphigeneia at Aulis from BUR.
adeleteresa.cozzoli@uniroma3.it
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Type of delivery of the course

Reading three tragedies, Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, Euripides’ Orestes and Iphigenia at Aulis the Students will be introduced to the study of how the Greek play the social conflicts on the stage in aim to state a new idea of Justice between the archaic anthropology and the modern Right.

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