HISTORY OF ANCIENT HISTORIOGRAPHY
Stampa
Enrollment year
2015/2016
Academic year
2015/2016
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
L-ANT/03 (ROMAN HISTORY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
CLASSICAL AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
Curriculum
STORICO-ORIENTALISTICO
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (22/02/2016 - 28/05/2016)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Language
ITALIAN
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
CARSANA CHIARA (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
elementary knowledge of Greek and Latin, good knowledge of Greek and Roman History
Learning outcomes
Acquisition of critical methodology in analysing historical ancient works.
Course contents
Utopia in Ancient Historiography
Teaching methods
Lectures, with students’ active contribution too, seminars.
Reccomended or required readings
1) C.Carsana, M.T. Schettino, Utopia e utopie nel pensiero storico antico, Roma, ed. L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2008.
2) E. Gabba, Storia vera e Storia falsa nell'antichitĂ  classica, in Cultura classica e storiografia moderna, Bologna, ed Mulino, 1996, pp. 11-37.
3) M. Finley, Utopie antiche e moderne, in Uso e abuso della Storia, Torino, Einaudi, 1981, pp. 267-289;
4) L. Bertelli, L'utopia greca in Storia delle idee economiche, politiche e sociali, vol. I, Totino, UTET, 1982, pp. 215-261.
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Further information
Oral examination
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