2017/2018

2017/2018

DM270

L-FIL-LET/02 (GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

CLASSICAL AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES

Filologico-letterario classico

1°

2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 01/06/2018)

6

36 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

RAINA GIAMPIERA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Good knowledge of Greek morphemics and syntax.

Aim of the course is investigating some problems of historical morphemics and syntax of Greek in order to approach the linguistic and formal characteristics of the ancient texts in a more conscious and analytic manner.

Title of the course:
Morphology and lexicon: examples of archaic poetry and imperial prose.

Program:
- Deep knowledge of the problems of morphemics, syntax and lexicon discussed during the lectures.
- Reading, translation and commentary of Lucian,"The dream or Lucian's life" and of some fragments of Archilochus, Sappho and Alcaeus as well as a series of passages by various authors to illustrate the topics covered during the course, that will be distributed in photocopies during the lectures and then made available on the Kiro platform.

Provided that, for the specificity of the topics covered, frequency is highly recommended, not attending students should contact the lecturer in order to agree on a plan of alternative readings.

Lectures with collegial discussion of some issues.

We suggest as useful reference books, respectively for Greek morphemics and syntax:
- P. Chantraine, Morphologie historique du grec, Paris 1964.
- J. Humbert, Syntaxe grecque, Paris 1986 (III éd.).

Further bibliography of reference to the texts we read will be recommended during the course.

Oral examination that will ask questions about the grammar topics discussed during the lectures, which, at the end of the course, will be gathered in a detailed list, distributed to students and then available on the Kiro platform, and also translation, comprehension and linguistic commentary on the texts dealt in the classroom or entrusted to individual study.

Oral examination that will ask questions about the grammar topics discussed during the lectures, which, at the end of the course, will be gathered in a detailed list, distributed to students and then available on the Kiro platform, and also translation, comprehension and linguistic commentary on the texts dealt in the classroom or entrusted to individual study.