ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

L-FIL-LET/02 - 9 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

PAOLO BIAGIO CIPOLLA


Learning Objectives

Knowledge of Greek literature in its historical developement and of the texts in their original language, which students shall be able to translate and analyze in relation to content and formal structure, focusing on grammatical, syntactic, stylistic and metrical aspects.



Detailed Course Content

A (6 CFU)

1) History of Greek Literature from the beginning to the VI century AD.

2) Ancient Greek grammar and syntax.

3) Basic knowledge of Greek prosody and metre; metrical analysis and rhythmic reading of poetic texts written in recitative metres, listed below under B.

 

B (3 CFU)

1) Hesiod, Theogony or Homer, Odyssey IX;

2) A selection from Greek lyric poetry to be previously approved by the teacher, including following authors: Archilochus, Hipponax, Tyrtaeus, Mimnermus, Solon, Xenophanes, Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreon, Alcman, Stesichorus, Ibycus, Simonides, Pindarus.

3) Aristotle, Poetics, chaptt. 1-6, 11, 12;

4) a text to be chosen between:

- Herodotus, The Histories I 1-13, 23-45; VII 223-228;

- Plutarch, Life of Alexander, chaptt. 1-6, 11-14, 26-28, 40-44, 60-63, 72-77.

5) Euripides, Bacchae, vv. 1-369, 604-861, 1200-1392.



Textbook Information

A 1) D. Del Corno, Letteratura Greca, Milano 1995, pp. 29-66, 76-133, 149-218, 230-258, 280-307, 309-312, 319-338, 371-388, 395-414, 416-423, 425-426, 428-33, 438-46, 471-74, 477-480, 484-490, 514-521.

NB.: pages refer to the 1995 edition.

2) A. Aloni, La lingua dei Greci, Roma 2012, pp. 310.

3) M.C. Martinelli, Gli strumenti del poeta, Elementi di metrica greca, Bologna, Cappelli, 1995, pp. 15-67, 77-112, 115-129, 133-137.

NB: Pages of Martinelli's book listed above contain both basic notions and highly specialized discussion, which cannot be specified here. The teacher will help students to focus the main topics.

 

B 1) Esiodo, Teogonia, a cura di G. Arrighetti, Milano 1984, part. pp. 64-127; Omero, Odissea, vol. III (libri IX-XII), introduzione, testo e commento a cura di A. Heubeck. Traduzione di G.A. Privitera, Milano, Fondazione “Lorenzo Valla”, 1988, pp. 6-49.

2) E. Degani - G. Burzacchini (a cura di), Lirici Greci. Antologia. Aggiornamento bibliografico a cura di M. Magnani, Bologna, Pàtron editore, 2005 (anthological selection including the authors listed above, for a total amount of ca. 100 pages including commentary);

3) Aristotele, Dell'arte poetica, a cura di C. Gallavotti, Milano 1974, pp. 2-27, 36-41;

4) - Herodotus, any adition with facing Greek text (ca. 50 pp. including translation);

- Plutarco, Le vite di Alessandro e Cesare, a cura di D. Magnino, Milano, Rizzoli BUR, 1992, pp. 32-47, 56-65, 96-105, 176-186, 202-215.

5) Euripide, Le Baccanti, a cura di V. Di Benedetto, Milano, BUR 2004, pp. 180-205, 220-238, 262-277.

 

Further texts will be available on Studium.unict.

 

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.




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