HISTORY OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

FLT029N2

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Degree:

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

Disciplinary Sector:

GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Is part of:

GREEK LANGUAGE & LITERATURE AND HISTORY OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DI MARZIO MARIALUIGIA

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

108

Prerequisites:

The ability to read Greek texts in the original language is obligatory.

Objectives

Teaching will contribute to achievement of the learning objectives of the Degree Course in Philology, Linguistics and literary traditions, in accordance with the following coordinates:
• KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING: to consolidate and develop grammatical, syntactical and lexical skills; to master the outlines of the history of the Greek language from both the diachronic and diatopic viewpoint and that of the differentiation between literary genres;
• INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGEMENT: to acquire clear autonomy of judgement in the analysis of ancient Greek texts and in their collection and organization.
• COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS:
- To acquire sufficient skills to expose, communicate and explain linguistic problems to a specialised audience with appropriate terminology;
- To communicate to non-specialists, also through innovative methods, the singularities and richness of a classical world that can and must play a highly important role in the building of new cultural directions in collaboration with scholars from other scientific fields and professionals from the business.

Contents

Through elements of historical grammar and dialectology the course aims to deepen knowledge of ancient Greek in relation to the various chronological phases and poetic and literary genres.
An initial 10 hour module will be dedicated to the language of choral poetry. A further module will then be dedicated to POETRY IN THE GREAT SANCTUARIES: we will focus on the direct reading of the texts dedicated to a first performance at the great Greek sanctuaries, panhellenic and non, deepening the linguistic choice of dialect, the historical and performative contexts.

Extended Syllabus

Through elements of historical grammar and dialectology the course aims to deepen knowledge of ancient Greek in relation to the various chronological phases and poetic and literary genres.
An initial 10 hour module will be dedicated to the language of choral poetry. A further module will be dedicated to POETRY IN GREEK SANCTUARIES: so we will focus on the direct reading of the texts dedicated to a first performance at the Great Greek Sanctuaries, Panhellenic and not, going into the linguistic choice of dialect, the historical and performative contexts.

Reference texts for exam preparation. A manual chosen from:
• A.C. Cassio, Storia delle lingue letterarie greche, Le Monnier Università, Milano 2008.
• M. Morani, Introduzione alla linguistica greca: il greco tra le lingue indoeuropee, Edizioni dell’Orso 1999.

To read more about Greek Poets it is necessary to study:
G. Perrotta- B. Gentili- C.Catenacci (a cura di), Polinnia. Poesia greca arcaica, D’Anna, Messina-Firenze 2007.

The reference editions will be indicated in class and will be provided by the teacher.

A selection of seven articles:

ANGELI BERNARDINI P. - DI MARZIO M., ‘Alessandro, figlio di Aminta, e una vittoria mancata: Pindaro, frr. 120-121 Maehl.’, QUCC n.s. 101 (130), 2012, pp. 29-41.
ANTONACCIO C., Elite Mobility in the West, in S. Hornblower- C. Morgan (edd.), Pindar’s Poetry, Patrons and Festivals, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 265-286.
BARBANTANI S., Lyric in the Hellenistic Period and Beyond, in F. Budelman (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Greek Lyric, Cambridge - New York 2009, pp. 297-318.
BUDELMANN F., Performance, reperformance: the paradox of Repeating the Unique in Pindaric Epinician and beyond, in R. Hunter- A. Uhlig, Imagining Reperformance in Ancient Culture, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp. 42-62.
CAREY C., ‘Genre, Occasion and Performance’, in F. Budelmann (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Greek Lyric, Cambridge 2009.
CINGANO E., ‘Entre Skolion et Enkomion: Réflexions sur le “genre” et la performance de la lyrique chorale grecque’, in J. Jouanna - J. Leclant (édd.), La poésie grecque antique. Actes du XIIIe Colloque de la villa Kérylos (Beaulieu sur Mer, 18-19.10.2002), Paris 2003, pp. 17-45.
DAVIES J., The Origin of the Festivals, especially Delphi and the Pythia, in S. Hornblower- C. Morgan (edd.), Pindar’s Poetry, Patrons and Festivals, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 47-70.
D’ALESSIO G., ‘Performance, Trasnsmission and the Loss of Hellenistic Lyric Poetry’, in R. Hunter – A. Huhilig (edd.), Imagining reperformance in Ancient Culture: Studies in the Traditions of Drama and Lyric, Cambridge 2017, pp. 232-261.
DI MARZIO M., ‘Il fr. *20B Maehl. di Bacchilide ad Alessandro e i simposi ἐν εἰκάδεσσιν’, QUCC 125, 2020, pp. 105-128.
GELZER TH., ‘Die Alexandriner und die griechischen Lyriker, Reflexionen zur Rezeption und Interpretation’, AAntHung 30, 1982-84, pp. 129-147.
HARVEY A. E., ‘The Classification of Greek Lyric Poetry’, CQ n.s. 5 (49), 1955, pp. 157-175.
INSTONE S., Origins of the Olympics, in S. Hornblower- C. Morgan (edd.), Pindar’s Poetry, Patrons and Festivals, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 71-82.
LOWE N. J., ‘Epinician Eidography’, in S. Hornblower - C. Morgan (eds.), Pindar’s Poetry, Patrons and Festivals. From Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire, Oxford 2007, pp. 167-176.
Smith R. R. R., Pindar, Athletes, and Early Greek Statue Habit, in S. Hornblower- C. Morgan (edd.), Pindar’s Poetry, Patrons and Festivals, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 83-140.
THOMAS R., Fame, Memorial, and Choral Poetry: the Origins of Epinikian Poetry- an Historical Study, in S. Hornblower- C. Morgan (edd.), Pindar’s Poetry, Patrons and Festivals, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 141-166.

Further texts will be supplied at the beginning and during the course.

Recommended Bibliography

To read more about Greek Poets it is necessary to study:
G. Perrotta- B. Gentili- C.Catenacci (a cura di), Polinnia. Poesia greca arcaica, D’Anna, Messina-Firenze 2007.

The reference editions will be indicated in class and will be provided by the teacher.

A selection of seven articles:

Further texts will be supplied at the beginning and during the course.

Teaching Methods

The main teaching method will be frontal teaching; however, group work will also be provided, which will produce seminar meetings at the end of the course, to develop students’ autonomous research and communications skills.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final assessment consists of a written and an oral exam with final single mark. The written exam consists of a translation of an ancient Greek text into Italian. In order to be admitted to the oral exam, the written test must be passed with the minimum assessment of sufficient (18).
The aim is to assess students' skills and, in particular, a understanding of the issues discussed during the course, an appropriate knowledge of the bibliography in the course program, 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: 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours excellent.

Contacts/More Information

Further texts will be supplied during the lessons. Non attending students will integrate the program with texts to be agreed with the teacher.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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