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Professor
Academic discipline: Letteratura cristiana antica (L-FIL-LET/06)
Field: Fonti, tecniche e strumenti della ricerca storica e filologica
Type of training activity: Characterising

40 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

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Learning objectives

In-depth knowledge of early Christian literature, with particular reference to the treatment of the literary genres and to their evolution.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course will focus on the evolution of Early Christian literary genres, in particular on the develpment of the literary genre of daemonology. The role and the most peculiar features of the Antichrist will be taken under close consideration.

Full programme

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Bibliography

1 J. Schrijnen, I caratteri del latino cristiano antico; con un’appendice di Christine Mohrmann: dopo quarant’anni, ed. it. Pàtron, Bologna 2002.
2 Octavius. Un contraddittorio del III secolo su paganesimo e cristianesimo, Edizioni Associate 2008).
3 C. Moreschini, E. Norelli, Storia della letteratura cristiana antica greca e latina, ed. Morcelliana, Vol. I (da Paolo all'Età costantiniana)
4 Destro-Pesce, Antropologia delle origini cristiane, Roma-Bari 1995.

Teaching methods

The course consists of classroom lectures supplemented by weekly tutorials.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam on the different parts of the program.

Other information

English Seminar: "The Gnostic menace" between myth and doctrine.

ANCIENT CHRISTIAN LITERATURE cod. 00555