Learning objectives
The course of Greek Philology aims to enable students to deepen their knowledgment and understanding in Greek philology and textual criticism, in order to analyze a critical texts and its apparatus, and to develop and apply original ideas also in a research context. They will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding also in new or unfamiliar environments within multidisciplinary context, showing a good competence in the history of classical philology, in manuscript tradition and transmission of the Greek texts and showing the ability of formulating judgements also with limited information. They will be able to communicate their conclusions clearly and unambiguously, using suitable methods of philological and historical analysis, having the learning skills to continue to study in an autonomous manner (PhD) or successfully find a job (TFA > teaching). Also, the skills so acquired will be of great use in other working environments.
Course unit content
The lectures will focus on the history of the manuscript tradition and on the problems of textual criticism applied to some specimina (Homer; Euripides; Plutarch).
Bibliography
Reference texts will be distributed during the lectures. For the so called institutio: H.-G. Nesselrath (ed.), Introduzione alla filologia greca, ed. it. a c. di Sotera Fornaro, present. di L. Canfora, Roma (Salerno) 2004; R. Pfeiffer, Storia della filologia classica: dalle origini alla fine dell’età ellenistica, introd. di M. Gigante, Napoli (Macchiaroli) 1973; L.D. Reynolds-N.G. Wilson, Copisti e filologi. La tradizione dei classici dall’antichità ai tempi moderni, Padova (Antenore) 1987(3) (see also N. G. Wilson, Filologi bizantini, premessa di M. Gigante, trad. di Giulia Gigante, Napoli (Morano) 1990); M.L. West, Critica del testo e tecnica dell’edizione, Palermo (L’Epos) 1991 (see also S. Timpanaro, La genesi del metodo del Lachmann, 1a rist. corretta con alcune aggiunte, Padova [Liviana] 1985).
Teaching methods
Lectures and final seminars
