GREEK CULTURE AND CLASSICAL TRADITION
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher:
MONICA CENTANNI
Expected Learning Outcomes
The class offers to
students the basic principles for direct access to Greek sources, essential to
an in-depth study of Greek Language and Literature and the Classical Tradition.
The course will also focus on some relevant aspects
of Greek culture through reading of texts in original language, which will be
accompanied by reflection on grammar, syntax and lexicon. The aim is to achieve a minimum
degree of linguistic and cultural familiarity with classical texts and authors,
so to allow direct reference to the sources and the interpretation of texts and
images.
According to the
Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:
1) Knowledge and
understanding: basic knowledge of the Greek language: alphabet, vocabulary,
elementary structures of grammar and syntax.
2) Ability to apply
knowledge and understanding: ability to analyse a text in its content and
formal aspects, in relation to the problems linked to the classical tradition.
3) Autonomy of
judgement: acquisition of a critical perspective towards the analysis of texts,
ability to independently assess the reliability of informations and
interpretations.
4) Communication
skills: reflection on the most suitable communication strategies in relation to
the communication and didactics of the classical tradition
5) Learning skills:
ability to critically utilise the knowledge acquired in the course.
Course Structure
The course is articulated into two modules: the first, on the linguistic
bases of Greek culture; the secondo, on the method and on the general features of
Greek culture and mechanisms of the Classical tradition. Both the first and the
second module will be carried out through lectures and exercises.
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance is not compulsory.
Detailed Course Content
Part I Basics of Greek vocabulary and
language (ECTS 3)
1) Euripides,
Hippolytus, ll. 1-120, 176-524,
565-668, 1389-1466.
2) Ps.-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
Ep. I 16-19 ((Hippolytus
son of Theseus and Hippolyta; Hippolytus accused of violence by Phaedra); V 6-7
(Ajax).
Full
reading of texts in translation. Analysis of specified verses related to the
text in original language.
Part II
Lectures on methodology and
case-studies (ECTS
3+3)
1) Historical and critical
reading of the literary and iconographic sources 2) Classical Tradition and
history
Textbook Information
Part
I (3 ECTS)
1) Any edition with facing Greek text. Recommended
edition: Euripide, Ippolito, a cura di Guido Paduano, Bur, Milano 2000.
2) Apollodoro, I miti greci, a cura di P. Scarpi, Milano, Fondazione
Lorenzo Valla 1996, pp. 312-315; 358-361 (selected pages will be available on
Studium.unict and on Teams)
Part
II (3+3 ECTS)
1) M. Centanni, L’originale
assente. Introduzione allo studio della tradizione classica, Ronzani
Editore, Vicenza 20212, pp. 1- 439.
2) (only for students who have a 9 ECTS course in their study plan) 5
essays chosen by the student on case-studies of the Classical tradition, taken
from «La Rivista di Engramma» (www.engramma.it; pp. 50 ca.)
