Programme

Problems of Greek and Latin philology.
The monographic course focuses on Greek and Latin texts of the Archaic, Classical, Late Antiquity and recent periods, proposing itself as a laboratory for analysis, interpretation and textual criticism of the texts.

Core Documentation

- Paul Maas, La critica del testo, Traduzione a cura di Giorgio Ziffer, Roma, Edizioni di Storia e letteratura, 2017; 2th ed. 2021;
- photocopies provided by the teacher.

Reference Bibliography

General Bibliography Paul Maas, La critica del testo, Translated by Giorgio Ziffer, Roma, Edizioni di Storia e letteratura, 2017 ("Opere Varie", ISBN 9788893590495); - Leighton D. Reynolds e Nigel G. Wilson, Copisti e filologi: La tradizione dei classici dall’Antichità ai tempi moderni, Traduzione di Mirella Ferrari con una premessa di Giuseppe Billanovich, Quarta edizione riveduta e ampliata, Roma-Padova, Editrice Antenore, 2016 (ISBN 9788884556967); - R. Kannicht, Metrica greca, in Introduzione alla filologia greca, Direttore H-G. Nesselrath, Edizione italiana, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2004, pp. 479-507; - S. Boldrini, La metrica dei Romani, in Introduzione alla filologia latina, Direttore F. Graf, Edizione italiana, Roma, Salerno editrice, [2003], pp. 475-511.

Type of delivery of the course

Didactic articulation: 6 cfu, semester I, 4 hours every week, 10 weeks. Reading, metric interpretation and commentary in the form of lectures and seminar discussions will cover Greek and Latin texts of different ages, literary genres and mode of transmission (direct and indirect tradition, papyrus tradition, epigraphic tradition, etc.), taking into consideration the main problems that the philologist must face in the phases of stemmatic reconstruction of the tradition, constitutio textus, drafting of the critical apparatus. Particular attention will be given to the contribution provided to the critical editor by the possible metric form of the text, by the author's usus scribendi, by the linguistic and literary context, by the intratextual and intertextual relations. The textual material will be provided as a photocopy to the students and will also be downloadable from the teacher's internet page.

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.

Programme

Problems of Greek and Latin philology.
The monographic course focuses on Greek and Latin texts of the Archaic, Classical, Late Antiquity and recent periods, proposing itself as a laboratory for analysis, interpretation and textual criticism of the texts.

Core Documentation

- Paul Maas, La critica del testo, Traduzione a cura di Giorgio Ziffer, Roma, Edizioni di Storia e letteratura, 2017; 2th ed. 2021;
- photocopies provided by the teacher.

Reference Bibliography

General Bibliography Paul Maas, La critica del testo, Translated by Giorgio Ziffer, Roma, Edizioni di Storia e letteratura, 2017 ("Opere Varie", ISBN 9788893590495); - Leighton D. Reynolds e Nigel G. Wilson, Copisti e filologi: La tradizione dei classici dall’Antichità ai tempi moderni, Traduzione di Mirella Ferrari con una premessa di Giuseppe Billanovich, Quarta edizione riveduta e ampliata, Roma-Padova, Editrice Antenore, 2016 (ISBN 9788884556967); - R. Kannicht, Metrica greca, in Introduzione alla filologia greca, Direttore H-G. Nesselrath, Edizione italiana, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2004, pp. 479-507; - S. Boldrini, La metrica dei Romani, in Introduzione alla filologia latina, Direttore F. Graf, Edizione italiana, Roma, Salerno editrice, [2003], pp. 475-511.

Type of delivery of the course

Didactic articulation: 6 cfu, semester I, 4 hours every week, 10 weeks. Reading, metric interpretation and commentary in the form of lectures and seminar discussions will cover Greek and Latin texts of different ages, literary genres and mode of transmission (direct and indirect tradition, papyrus tradition, epigraphic tradition, etc.), taking into consideration the main problems that the philologist must face in the phases of stemmatic reconstruction of the tradition, constitutio textus, drafting of the critical apparatus. Particular attention will be given to the contribution provided to the critical editor by the possible metric form of the text, by the author's usus scribendi, by the linguistic and literary context, by the intratextual and intertextual relations. The textual material will be provided as a photocopy to the students and will also be downloadable from the teacher's internet page.

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.