The course provides students
with the basic tools 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 the
reading of texts in the 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 as to
enable students to consult the sources directly and interpret texts and images.
According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the
end of the course, will acquire:
1) Knowledge and
understanding: basic knowledge of the Greek language: alphabet, vocabulary,
elementary structures of grammar and syntax; knowledge of the main Greek myths.
2) Applying knowledge and
understanding: ability to analyse a text in its content and formal aspects, in
relation to the problems linked to the classical tradition; ability to consult
ancient sources, also with the help of a facing translation.
3) Making judgements:
acquisition of a critical perspective towards the analysis of texts, ability to
independently assess the reliability of information and interpretations.
4) Communication skills: ability
to reflect on and use appropriate communication strategies for presenting and
teaching the classical tradition.
5)
Learning skills: ability to use the knowledge acquired during the course
critically and independently.
A (7 ECTS; 4 ECTS)
1) John Taylor, Greek to GCSE.
Part 1, London, Bloomsbury Academic 2016.
2) Grafton, A., Most, G. W., and Settis, S. (eds.), The Classical Tradition, Cambridge,
MA–London, Harvard
University Press 2010. Preface
(pp. vii–x); Articles:
“Art History and Criticism” (pp. 78–83); “Book, Manuscript: Development and
Transmission” (pp. 133–142); “Classical” (pp. 205–206); “East and West” (pp.
288–291); “Imitation and Mimesis” (pp. 472–475); “Mythology” (pp. 614–617); “Warburg,
Aby” (pp. 973–974).
B. (2 ECTS)
1) Sofocle, Filottete,
introduzione e commento di Pietro Pucci, testo critico a cura di Guido Avezzù,
traduzione di Giovanni Cerri, Milano, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla / Arnoldo
Mondadori Editore 2003 (reference critical text); Sophocles, Electra and Other Plays: Women of Trachis,
Ajax, Electra, Philoctetes, translated and edited by David Raeburn, with an
introduction by Pat Easterling, London, Penguin Books 2008, pp. 193–256
(English translation).
2) Xénophon, Mémorables, tome
I: Introduction générale, Livre I, texte établi par M. Bandini, traduit et
annoté par L.-A. Dorion, Paris, Les Belles Lettres 2000 (pp. 2-9, reference
critical text); Xenophon, Memorabilia,
transl. and annotated by A. L. Bonnette, introd. by C. Bruell, Ithaca, NY–London, Cornell University Press 1994 (English
translation ; only pages corresponding to the selected Greek text).
The 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).
The teachers undertake, within
the limits of the financial resources, to ensure as far as possible that a copy
of the adopted texts is available in the departmental library or (in the case
of hard-to-find texts, articles and essays) to make them available on Studium,
in accordance with the applicable copyright laws.
