According to the Dublin
descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:
1)
Knowledge and understanding:
The
course aims to make students acquire knowledge of the basic lines of ancient
Christian literature and of the history of ancient
translations of the Bible. The course also intends to provide students with
adequate philological methodologies to be applied to the analyzed texts.
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
The knowledge
acquired in the course will be applied by the students to the understanding of
texts, through the reading of some passages in the original and the commentary
aimed at examining the literary, exegetical, linguistic and sometimes even
critical-textual aspects. In addition, in order to have a better understanding of
ancient Christian texts and their literary
models, students will also be able to deepen the knowledge of the computer resources
to be applied to the analysis of these sources.
3) Autonomy of judgment:
Autonomy of judgment will be developed in the interpretation of the texts
and authors in the program, including reflection on social or ethical issues
related to them.
4) Communication
skills:
Communication
skills will be developed with the aim of a clear and precise exposition of
exegetical issues or some simple critical-textual problems.
5) Learning
skills:
Students will be able to develop the skills of
learning the fundamentals of the history of ancient Greek and Latin Christian
literature, which are necessary for them to undertake subsequent also interdisciplinary
studies with a high degree of autonomy.
A) Principles of ancient Christian literature (5 ECTS)
Texts:
1)
M. R. Petringa (a cura di), La Bibbia e le sue
versioni antiche e moderne, pp. 1-19 (the
booklet will be presented through slides during the lessons and will be provided
in pdf format to the students).
2) A.
Piras, Storia della Letteratura patristica,
PFTS University Press, Cagliari 2018, pp. 9-389.
3) A.
V. Nazzaro, Motivi e forme della poesia cristiana antica tra Scrittura
e tradizione classica, in «Motivi e forme della poesia cristiana
antica tra Scrittura e tradizione classica», XXXVI Incontro
di studiosi dell’antichità cristiana (Roma, 3-5 maggio 2007), Roma, Institutum
Patristicum Augustinianum, 2008, pp. 9-56.
B) Special contents (3 ECTS)
Reading,
translation and philological, linguistic and literary commentary of excerpts on the Christian poets of the IV-VI
centuries. The texts will be provided by the
teacher during the lessons.
Texts:
1) M.
R. Petringa, Il poema dell’Heptateuchos.
Itinera philologica tra tardoantico e alto
medioevo, (Biblioteca di Commentaria Classica, I), Catania, Litterae
Press, 2016, pp. 19-82.
Critical readings (at
least 3 critical readings should be chosen by the student among the following
ones):
2) A.
V. Nazzaro, Sui Versus ad fratrem corripiendum di papa Damaso, «Koinonia» 1, 1977, pp.
195-203.
3) M.
R. Petringa, Il De mortibus boum di Endelechio, in «La veterinaria antica e medievale. Testi
greci, latini, arabi e romanzi», Atti del II Convegno internazionale (Università
di Catania, 3-5 ottobre 2007), a cura di V. Ortoleva e M. R.
Petringa, Lugano, Lumières Internationales, 2009, pp. 243-258.
4) A.
V. Nazzaro, Paolino Nola e il pellegrinaggio
al Santuario di san Felice, «Koinonia»
55, 2011, pp.
197-226.
5) A.V.
Nazzaro, Praefatio ed epilogus degli Evangeliorum libri IV di Giovenco,
in «Carminis incentor Christus», a cura di A.V. Nazzaro e R. Scognamiglio (Analecta Nicolaiana, 13), Bari 2012, pp. 11-35.
6) M.
R. Petringa, Il paradiso terrestre nella riscrittura del poeta
dell’Heptateuchos (gen. 64-133): analisi del lessico delle emozioni, in «Spazi e tempi
delle emozioni: dai primi secoli all’età bizantina», Atti delle VI Giornate
di studio di Letteratura cristiana antica (Università di Catania, 9-11 novembre
2017), Acireale-Roma, Bonanno editore, 2018, pp. 185-207.
C)
Computer
resources for the study of the ancient Christian authors (1 ECTS)
Multimedia presentation of the main computer resources for the study of ancient Christian literary texts.
Texts:
1) M. R. Petringa (a cura di), Sitografia ragionata di Letteratura cristiana antica, pp. 1-20 (the websites
will be presented in a multimedia way during the lessons and provided in pdf
format to the students).
Non-attending students are asked to contact the teacher at least two months before taking the exam to agree on an alternative program.
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.