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.
teacher profile teaching materials
(A) a series of lectures aimed at illustrating the hermeneutic perspectives of the most recent criticism in its various articulations;
(B) the reading, translation and classroom commentary of a selection of texts from Callimachus' Aetia.
Course attendance is optional. Attending students must guarantee attendance at least two-thirds of the lessons (27 out of 40 hours). There is a reduced syllabus for attending students (see section C in Bibliography).
Mutuazione: 20710349 LETTERATURA GRECA I LM in Didattica dell’Italiano come Lingua Seconda (DIL2) LM-39 GIUSEPPETTI MASSIMO
Programme
The "Greek Literature I LM" course is intended for students who wish to combine the deepening of their knowledge of ancient Greek with the acquisition of valid critical tools for the interpretation of literary texts. The course comprises:(A) a series of lectures aimed at illustrating the hermeneutic perspectives of the most recent criticism in its various articulations;
(B) the reading, translation and classroom commentary of a selection of texts from Callimachus' Aetia.
Course attendance is optional. Attending students must guarantee attendance at least two-thirds of the lessons (27 out of 40 hours). There is a reduced syllabus for attending students (see section C in Bibliography).
Core Documentation
(A) an essential bibliography will be indicated by the lecturer at the beginning of the course; (B) a translation of Callimachus' Aetia with the Greek text is required, e.g. G. B. D'Alessio, Callimachus (BUR: Milan 1996); (C) M. Fantuzzi - R. L. Hunter, Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry (CUP: Cambridge 2004). Attending students are not required to prepare for this volume.Type of delivery of the course
Lectures, workshops, seminars.Type of evaluation
The examination is oral. Students may take a written exemption on the linguistic analysis of the text being examined (maximum mark 20/30). Written examinations are scheduled, the results of which will not affect the final assessment.