00556 - Greek Literature

Learning outcomes

The student will become acquainted with philological methods applyed to many literary texts , regarded within their historical and social background.

Course contents

Module 1 (30 hours) - Prof. M. De Poli
The novel of Chariton: literary genre, history, and emotions.

Module 2 (30 hours) - Prof. M. Ercoles
Thoughts on poetry in the archaic and classical Greece

Course timetable: Tuesday 13-15, Thursday and Friday 9-11, Aula B (via Centrotrecento 18).

Beginning: Tuesday 17.9.2024 (Module 1); Tuesday 12.11.2024 (Module 2). The course will last fromSeptember to December (first semester).

NEW - Alphabetization to ancient Greek (optional): first lesson on October, 2nd. Further details: https://ficlit.unibo.it/it/eventi/tutorato-di-alfabetizzazione-greco-antico.

Readings/Bibliography

A (modules 1 and 2): Students are required to know the historical development of Greek literature and itsmain authors. They can use the handbook they have from previous studies; otherwise they can use one ofthe following handbooks: F. Montanari, Storia della letteratura greca, Roma (Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura)2017; G.A. Privitera-R. Pretagostini, Storia della letteratura greca, Torino (Einaudi) 1997; L.E. Rossi, Letteratura greca, Firenze (Le Monnier) 1995.

B (module 1): notes from the lessons and texts provided during the courses and uploaded to "Virtuale". Inaddition, it is compulsory the reading of Chariton's novel Chaireas and Callirhoe
(translated into a modern language) and to choose one book or four articles.

E.g.:
- Caritone di Afrodisia. Il romanzo di Calliroe, a cura di Renata Roncali, Milano, BUR, 1996.

- (1 book): M. Fusillo, Il romanzo greco. Polifonia ed eros, Venezia 1989;

OR

(4 articles)
1) E. Franchi, La storia greca nei romanzi dell’Impero: l’exemplum dei Trecento in Caritone d’Afrodisia, in E.Franchi, G. Proietti (a cura di), Forme della memoria e dinamiche identitarie nell’antichità greco-romana, II,Trento 2012, 131-146;
2) M. Fusillo, Letteratura di consumo e romanzesca, in G. Cambiano, L. Canfora, D. Lanza (a cura di), Lo spazio letterario della Grecia antica, I.3, Roma 1994, 233-273;
3) D. Konstan, La rappresentazione dei rapporti erotici nel romanzo greco, “Materiali e discussioni” 19, 1987,9-27;
4) P. Liviabella Furiani, Di donna in donna. Elementi “femministi” nel romanzo greco d’amore, in P. LiviabellaFuriani, A.M. Scarcella (a cura di), Piccolo mondo antico. Appunti sulle donne, gli amori, i costumi, il mondoreale nel romanzo greco, Perugia 1989, 43-106.

C (module 2): notes from the lessons and texts provided during the courses and uploaded to "Virtuale". Inaddition, it is compulsory the reading of Plato's Ion and Aristotle's Poetics, plus 1 essay.

E.g.
- for Plato's Ion: Platone. Ione, a cura di F. Trabattoni, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 2000; Platone. Ione, a cura di Giovanni Reale, Milano, Bompiani, 2001; Platone. Ione, saggio introd., nuova trad. e note di C. Capuccino,Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN), Rusconi, 2017.

- for Aristotle's Poetics: Aristotele. Poetica, introduzione e note di D. Lanza, Milano, Rizzoli (BUR), 1987; Aristotele. Poetica, a cura di P. Donini, Torino, Einaudi, 2008; Aristotele, Poetica, a cura di D. Guastini, Roma,Carocci, 2010.

- for the essay, 1 article among these: M. Vetta (ed.), La civiltà dei Greci, Roma, Carocci, 2001; Ø.Andersen-J. Haarberg (edd.), Making sense of Aristotle. Essays in Poetics, London, Duckworth, 2001; C.Brillante, Il cantore e la Musa. Poesia e modelli culturali nella Grecia arcaica, Pisa, ETS, 2009; P. Destrée-F.-G. Herrmann (edd.), Plato and the Poets, Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2011; C. Collobert-P. Destrée-F.J. Gonzalez(edd.), Plato and Myth. Studies on the use and status of Platonic myths, Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2012.

Further bibliographical references will be suggested during the course.

Students of the Bachelor in History will follow only one module and are requested to study the bibliographypertaining to points A (general part, mandatory for all) and B or C.

Students who cannot attend the course are invated to contact Prof. De Poli and/or Prof. Ercoles to replacethe class notes with further readings.

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminars.

Assessment methods

The conclusive examination is an oral interview. It is required a close, critical investigation of the textsexamined during the course. The students who will prove to achieve a thorough and complete knowledge ofthe topics discussed during the lessons will gain excellent marks; the students who will show an incompleteknowledge of the topics and will not be able to contextualize the main authors of Greek literature will gainlower marks or even a fail, depending on the importance of the subject.

 

Range of marks: outstanding: 30L; excellent: 28-30; good: 25-27; discrete: 22-24; sufficient: 18-21.

Teaching tools

Texts and copies, e-learning documents (Virtuale).

 

Students who require specific services and adaptations to teaching activities due to a disability or specific learning disorders (SLD), must first contact the appropriate office: https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students.

Office hours

See the website of Mattia De Poli

See the website of Marco Ercoles