Learning objectives
the student will acquire well-rounded knowledge regarding linguistic and exegetical abilities; he/she will develop the skill required to develop scientific researches.
Prerequisites
First step is that candidates should have passed the examination of Greek Literature I (12 cfu) or two examinations (6+6 cfu) of Greek Literature or Greek grammar or Greek philology or History of Greek language; good knowledge of Greek language and literature is recommended prerequisite for the course.
Course unit content
Reading, translations and commentary on Greek iambus
A) reading, translations and commentary on Greek iambus.
B) 1) Aristoteles, Ars poetica; Menander, Dyscolos; Callimachus, Epigrams. 2) Corinna.
Full programme
Reading, translations and commentary on Greek iambus
A) reading, translations and commentary on Greek iambus.
B) 1) Aristoteles, Ars poetica; Menander, Dyscolos; Callimachus, Epigrams. 2) Corinna.
Bibliography
A) M.L. West, Iambi et elegi Graeci ante Alexandrum cantati, Oxonii, I-II, 19892-19922; H. Degani, Hipponactis testimonia et fragmenta, Stutgardiae et Lipsiae 19912; Greek Iambic Poetry, ed. and transl. by D.E. Gerber, Cambridge (Mass.)-London 1999; Semonides. Testimonia et fragmenta, edd. Ae. Pellizer-I. Tedeschi, Romae 1990; E. Degani-G. Burzacchini, Lirici greci. Antologia, II ed., Bologna (Pàtron) 2005; G. Burzacchini, Lyra conversa, Bologna (Pàtron) 2009; Lirici greci. Poeti giambici, a c. di A. Aloni, Milano (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore) 1993; A. Nicolosi, Ipponatte, Epodi di Strasburgo. Archiloco, Epodi di Colonia (con un’appendice su P. Oxy. 4708), Bologna (Pátron) 2007.
B 1) Aristotle Poetics, ed. by L. Tarán and Dimitri Gutas, Leiden-Boston (Brill) 2012; Aristotele. Poetica.; trad. a c. di P. Donini; Torino (Einaudi) 2008; Aristotele. Poetica, introd., trad. e comm. di D. Guastini, Roma (Carocci) 2010; Aristotele . Poetica, introd. di F. Montanari, a c. di A. Barabino, Milano (Mondadori) 1999; Aristotele. Poetica, introd., trad. e note di D. Lanza, Milano (Biblioteca universale Rizzoli) 1987; Aristotelis De arte poetica liber, recogn. brevique adnotatione critica instruxit R. Kassel, Oxonii (Typographeo clarendoniano)1965. Menandro. Commedie, a c. di G. Paduano, Milano (Mondadori) 1989; Menandro. Dyscolos: il misantropo, introduzione di D. Del Corno, trad. e note di N. Russello, Milano (Biblioteca universale Rizzoli) 2001; Menander, I, ed. and transl. by W. G. Arnott, Cambridge, Mass.-London (Harvard University press) 1997; Menandri Reliquiae selectae, iteratis curis nova appendice auctas recen. F. H. Sandbach, Oxonii (Typographeo Claredoniano) 1990. Callimaco, Inni, Epigrammi, Ecale, introd., trad. e note di G.B. D'Alessio, Milano (Biblioteca universale Rizzoli) 1996; Callimachus. Hymni et epigrammata, ed. R. Pfeiffer, Oxford (Clarendon press) 1951; Hellenistic Epigrams, ed. by A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, I-II, Cambridge (University press) 1965. 2) G. Burzacchini, Studi su Corinna, Bologna (Pàtron) 2011.
Other information
The teaching method in use is appropriate to the specific needs of the subject which requires the communication of the main course content through classes; discussion with the student about textual problems; seminars. The final examination will include an oral exam to ascertain familiarity with course material.
