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Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Good knowledge of both Ancient Greek and Latin
Objectives
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 Aristotle’s Poetics.
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 Aristotle’s Poetics; 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 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. Aristotelis de arte poetica liber, recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit R. Kassel, Oxonii, E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1965; Aristoteles latinus. XXXIII, De arte poetica Guillelmo de Moerbeke interprete, ed. E. Valgimigli, rev. A. Franceschini-L. Minio-Paluello, Bruges-Paris, Desclée De Brouwer, 1953
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.