Students of this course will acquire advanced knowledge on Greek literature, improving their competence. Reading and translating a text (or a selection of texts) in original language, they will acquire exegetical competence, in order to examine Greek literature in many respects, including linguistic, historical, philological, performative, and dramaturgic issues. This course also includes workshops in order to provide students with a very diversified philological competence, making them able to read complex Greek texts, dealing with textual reconstruction and philological problems.
Curriculum
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Reading the Theocritus’ Idylls and Epigramms the Students will be introduced to the study of this Literary Hellenistic genre and to the constitution of the Theocritus bucolic liber, the so called Theocritus Vergilanus. The students could also improve their knowledge of the Greek Metric, especially of Greek esameter.
Adele Teresa Cozzoli, Poeta e Filologo. Studi di poesia ellenistica, Roma 2012 (Herder edizioni) B. Gentili- L. Lomiento, Metrica e ritmica. Storie delle forme poetiche nella Grecia antica, Mondadori Università 2003, 3-95; Maria Chiara Martinelli, Gli Strumenti del Poeta, Cappelli editore 1995
Programme
The Theocritus Bucolic PoetryReading the Theocritus’ Idylls and Epigramms the Students will be introduced to the study of this Literary Hellenistic genre and to the constitution of the Theocritus bucolic liber, the so called Theocritus Vergilanus. The students could also improve their knowledge of the Greek Metric, especially of Greek esameter.
Core Documentation
B. M. Palumbo, Teocrito Idilli ed Epigrammi, Milano 1993, BUR.Adele Teresa Cozzoli, Poeta e Filologo. Studi di poesia ellenistica, Roma 2012 (Herder edizioni) B. Gentili- L. Lomiento, Metrica e ritmica. Storie delle forme poetiche nella Grecia antica, Mondadori Università 2003, 3-95; Maria Chiara Martinelli, Gli Strumenti del Poeta, Cappelli editore 1995
Reference Bibliography
B. M. Palumbo, Teocrito Idilli ed Epigrammi, Milano 1993, BUR. Adele Teresa Cozzoli, Poeta e Filologo. Studi di poesia ellenistica, Roma 2012 (Herder edizioni) B. Gentili- L. Lomiento, Metrica e ritmica. Storie delle forme poetiche nella Grecia antica, Mondadori Università 2003, 3-95; Maria Chiara Martinelli, Gli Strumenti del Poeta, Cappelli editore 1995Type of delivery of the course
Traditional lessonsType of evaluation
EXAMINATION TYPE (oral) The type of examination is oral and evaluates: 1) the mastery of the subject 2) the ability in translating ancient Greek texts 3) the critical capacities and the skills in identifying and formulating philological and textual problems