FLT066N - ANCIENT GREEK LITERARY CRITICISM

courses
ID:
FLT066N
Duration (hours):
63
CFU:
9
SSD:
Lingua e letteratura greca
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2026
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2026?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2027 - 31/05/2027)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


The course contributes to achieve the learning objectives of the MA degree course in Philology, Linguistics and Literary Traditions. It aims to consolidate and broaden the knowledge and methodologies acquired over the BA course in line with the professional positions and job opportunities that this MA envisages.

Finally, the course aims to prepare students for postgraduate education both in Italy and abroad (Ph.D, specializing courses, etc...).

SKILLS

On completion of the course the student should possess a solid and wide knowledge of Greek literary culture, grounded in direct reading of ancient texts in the original. The student will have moreover acquired knowledge of the fundamental critical tools, IT included, for the study of classical disciplines.

Independence of Judgement

The student should have acquired adequate skills in translation, understood as a personal and original act of text comprehension. Moreover, the student will have built up a valid philological method for critical reading of classical texts and be able to interpret, in an autonomous key, authors, works and genres of Greek literature in relation to their historical-cultural context and to the dynamics of the textual tradition, also in the light of the most recent research directions.

Communications Skills

The student must be able to communicate the outcome of study results, orally and in writing, clearly, coherently and in an articulate manner. The student must also have a sure grasp of the specialised terminology proper to the discipline.


Course Prerequisites


Good knowledge of ancient Greek.


Teaching Methods


Lectures, seminars by Italian and foreign specialists; direct interaction with the students.


Assessment Methods

Written (translation from ancient Greek to Italian) and oral exam with final overall marks out of thirty. The aim is to assess students’ skills and in particular, an understanding of the issues discussed during the course, an appropriate knowledge of the bibliography in the course programme, a correct command of the specific language as well as critical and methodological abilities will be evaluated. The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25- 27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent. To take the oral exam students have to pass the written exam first.

Students with disabilities, Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs), or other special educational needs may be granted individualized arrangements during examinations, in accordance with current legislation and with the provisions of the University Charter of Services (https://urlsand.esvalabs.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unich.it%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2024-02%2Fcarta_dei_servizi_0.pdf&e=8eedb6e7&h=907eddc9&f=y&p=y&m=4hZld02wftzMl9d), subject to prior agreement with the course instructor.

In order to request compensatory and exemption measures, students must contact the CON_TE_STO Service and follow the procedure set out in the Charter of Services.

Students are advised to contact the instructor during the teaching period, or in any case well in advance of the examination date, in order to obtain information about the examination format and the measures that may be granted.

For guidance and information about the various services offered by the University, students may contact the Departmental Faculty Representative, Prof. Ilaria Zamuner (ilaria.zamuner@unich.it).

Texts


- Aristophanes, Peace, N.G. Wilson (ed.), Aristophanis fabulae, I, Oxford 2007, pp. 275-338.
- Plato, Symposium (any edition).
- Theocritus, Idylls I, VII, XI, recommended edition A.S.F. Gow (ed.), Bucolici Graeci, OUP, Oxford 1952; recommended Italian trans. B.M. Palumbo Stracca (ed.), Teocrito. Idilli e epigrammi, BUR, Milano 1993.


Contents


Linguistic, critical-textual, metrical-rhythmical and Historical-literary exegesis of ancient Greek texts; comprehensive and thorough study of historical grammar, dialectology and history of Greek literature.


Course Language

Italian

More information


Non-attending students are required to contact Prof. Catenacci. Attendance is optional but advised. All students will take the same kind of final exam.


Degrees

Degrees

PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS 
Master’s Degree
2 years
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