STAR12 - STORIOGRAFIA GRECA

The course contributes to achieving 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 The course aims to provide students with the notions and method necessary to acquire the ability to critically analyze the sources from which it is possible to derive the historical reality of the political, social and economic transformations of Sparta, in the transition from the late Archaic to the Classical period. The methodological criterion is that of direct reading and commenting on the most significant sources and appropriate reflection on the comparison of the data offered by tradition. SELF ASSESSMENT Students must manifest the ability to critically and comparatively analyse the contents of the sources and their genesis. COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS In historical and critical framing, the student must demonstrate versatility in supplying clear and exhaustive communication.