CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

LTS525

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS

Disciplinary Sector:

Clasical Philology

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BRAVI Luigi

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

108

Prerequisites:

Good knowledge of both Ancient Greek and Latin

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 Filologia linguistica e tradizioni letterarie to bring students nearer to the field of philological research and to a well grounded teaching.
The expected learning goals are:
• Knowledge of the transmission of the text in the ancient world and of its critical edition, through the most up-to-date instruments;
• Skill in linking the general elements with the particular and detailed analysis of an ancient text;
• Autonomy in the treating of ancient texts, enabling one also to suggest interventions on the critical structure of the text;
• Skill in communicating the contents of this topic through the use of field-specific terms and lexicon.

Contents

1. The trasmission of ancient texts. Papyri, parchments, rolls and codices. Modern critical editions. Practice in reading Greek and Latin documents for a conscious critical edition;
2. History of the tradition and criticism of Aristophanes’ Frogs.

Extended Syllabus

The program is divided in two main parts. The first part will introduce the circumstances of the transmission of texts and the process followed in critical editions, in particular Aristophanes’Frogs; reading and discussing on an ancient text in its original language and with its critical apparatus, will introduce to a wider historical and cultural contextualization. The presence of the two poet-characters Aeschylus and Euripides will give the occasion to focus on poetry and music of the end of 5th century BC, its critical parts and esthetic-musical revolutions.
The second part involves the detailed study and a more critical review of the knowledge of the elements of classical philology already reached in the Laurea triennale, through the reading on fac-simile of Greek and Latin manuscripts and the simulation of a critical edition.

Recommended Bibliography

1. T. Braccini, La scienza dei testi antichi. Introduzione alla filologia classica, Milano (Le Monnier Università) 2017; a group of tables will be distributed for the practice in reading texts.
2. Aristofane. Le rane, a cura di D. Del Corno, Milano (Fondazione Valla/Arnoldo Mondadori) 1985; in constant comparison with Aristophanis fabulae II., recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit N. G. Wilson, Oxonii (Clarendon) 2007
Further mandatory readings and other helpful information will be communicated during the semester and attached to the bureau’s door for students..

Teaching Methods

The course consists in 42 hours of lecturing including various forms of formative and summative assessment.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

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.

Contacts/More Information

Students can arrange an appointment by e-mail.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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