LET021 - INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY

courses
ID:
LET021
Duration (hours):
63
CFU:
9
SSD:
FILOLOGIA CLASSICA
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
HUMANITIES/LETTERE CLASSICHE Year: 3
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

Instruction in Filologia classica contributes, by means of the study of the transmission of ancient texts and their critical editions, of which an exemplary case is investigated, to the the wider task of the course of study in Lettere to build up intellectual pesonnel with deep humanistic characterization.

Course Prerequisites

knowledge of both classical languages

Teaching Methods

The course consists in 63 hours of lecturing including various forms of formative and summative assessment.

Assessment Methods

The final assessment consists in one oral examination in which students will demonstrate their acquistion of the class content and the ability to analyze an ancient text. The grade scale goes from 1 to 30 cum laude: 1-17 insufficient, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 cum laude excellent.

Texts

1. T. Braccini, La scienza dei testi antichi. Introduzione alla filologia classica, Milano (Le Monnier Università) 2017; 2. Philostratos. Über Gymnastik, von J. Jüthner, Leipzig und Berlin, B. G. Teubner, 1909; (per la traduzione italiana) Filostrato. Sull'allenamento, a cura di P. Madella, Viterbo, Sette Città, 2015 Further mandatory readings and other helpful information will be communicated during the semester and attached to the bureau’s door for students..

Contents

1. The trasmission of ancient texts. Papyri, parchments, rolls and codices. Modern critical editions. 2. The text of Philostratus' Gymnasticus

Course Language

Italian

More information

Students can arrange an appointment by e-mail.

Degrees

Degrees

HUMANITIES 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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