The aim of the course is the acquisition of advanced knowledge and the improvement of the skills previously acquired in the field of Greek literature. Through the study and translation of a text or a selection of different texts in the original language according to a research and investigation path presented on the same from various points of view (historical, literary, philological and performative or dramaturgical), also through laboratory or seminar experiences, the student will be able to acquire a wide-ranging critical and philological methodological competence that allows him to face the exegesis of any other Greek literary text, from the archaic age to the Hellenistic age.
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Programme
Justice and the city: a reading of Plato, Republic I. After an introduction to the context and overall characteristic of Plato's Republic, the course will offer a full analysis of book I of this work.Core Documentation
Any edition of Plato’s Republic will do, provided that it includes the Greek text. Suggested reading: M. Vegetti, Guida alla lettura della Repubblica di Platone (Laterza: Rome-Bari 1999).Type of delivery of the course
The exam is oral. Students will answer a few questions on the subjects covered in the course.Type of evaluation
The exam is oral. Students will answer a few questions on the subjects covered in the course. Students will read, translate and comment on one or two passages from Plato, Republic I; they will also answer one or two questions on the character of the work (narrative structure, characters, themes, interconnections with contemporary Athenian culture). teacher profile teaching materials
Programme
Justice and the city: a reading of Plato, Republic I. After an introduction to the context and overall characteristic of Plato's Republic, the course will offer a full analysis of book I of this work.Core Documentation
Any edition of Plato’s Republic will do, provided that it includes the Greek text. Suggested reading: M. Vegetti, Guida alla lettura della Repubblica di Platone (Laterza: Rome-Bari 1999).Type of delivery of the course
The exam is oral. Students will answer a few questions on the subjects covered in the course.Type of evaluation
The exam is oral. Students will answer a few questions on the subjects covered in the course. Students will read, translate and comment on one or two passages from Plato, Republic I; they will also answer one or two questions on the character of the work (narrative structure, characters, themes, interconnections with contemporary Athenian culture).