ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY (MONOGRAPHIC)
- Academic year
- 2020/2021 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- STORIA GRECA (APPROFONDIMENTI)
- Course code
- FT0254 (AF:345347 AR:179168)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Subdivision
- Surnames M-Z
- Degree level
- Bachelor's Degree Programme
- Educational sector code
- L-ANT/02
- Period
- 2nd Term
- Where
- VENEZIA
- Moodle
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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
- the knowledge of the main events of Greek history in the period between Alexander the Great and II century BC;
- awareness of cause and effect; knowledge of the main political, social and cultural topics;
- the ability to orientate in the ancient Mediterranean;
- knowledge of the methodology of historical research;
- the knowledge of the main authors of hellenistic Greek historiography.
Expected learning outcomes
- has a good knowledge of the main events, themes and figures of Greek history, also in the light of wider historical contexts:
- Visualize the coordinates of spatial and temporal coordinates in which to frame historical phenomena and figures;
- has the key-words of the historical interpretation through the critical analysis of literary and documentary sources;
- is aware of the specificity of the documentation available for the reconstruction of Greek history;
- is able to communicate the contents in a concise and written form using the technical terminology of the discipline;
- is able to apply the methodological tools learned to specific case studies selected for their exemplarity.
Pre-requirements
Students must have a good knowledge of the Italian language, both in terms of oral comprehension and written production. It is also expected that they will be able to deal with complex information autonomously, by making critical interaction of manual notions, lesson contents, knowledge of ancient literary texts and documentaries and individual readings of modern essays. Students must also know how to orientate themselves in the geography of the Mediterranean, benefiting, if necessary, from a historical atlas.
Contents
The birth of the Hellenistic kingdoms; the evolution of the individual kingdoms; the profiling of Rome.
Society, Economy and Culture in Hellenistic Age.
The evolution of Western experiences between the IV century and the first Punic war.
Themes and figures of Hellenistic historiography.
Pericles in Thucydides
Referral texts
2) M. Bettalli – A.L. D’Agata – A. Magnetto, Storia greca, Carocci, nuova ed., Roma 2013, capitoli 19, 24-30.
or
M. Corsaro - L. Gallo, Storia greca, Milano, Le Monnier 2010, pagine 205-308.
3) Introduzione alla storiografia greca, a cura di M. Bettalli (nuova edizione), Carocci, Roma 2009, capp. 7-11
or
D. Ambaglio, Storia della storiografia greca, Monduzzi Editore, Bologna 2007, pagine 53-110.
4) Pericles in Thucydides
Tucidide, Book II
R. Vattuone, Pericle, Il Mulino, Bologna 2017
NON ATTENDINGS STUDENTS
1) M. Bettalli – A.L. D’Agata – A. Magnetto, Storia greca, Carocci, nuova ed., Roma 2013, capitoli 19, 24-30.
or
M. Corsaro - L. Gallo, Storia greca, Milano, Le Monnier 2010, pagine 205-308.
2) Introduzione alla storiografia greca, a cura di M. Bettalli (nuova edizione), Carocci, Roma 2009, capp. 7-11
or
D. Ambaglio, Storia della storiografia greca, Monduzzi Editore, Bologna 2007, pagine 53-110.
3) Pericles in Thucydides
Thucydides, Book II
R. Vattuone, Pericle, Il Mulino, Bologna 2017
4) M. Mari (a cura di), L'età ellenistica, Carocci, Roma 2019
Tucidide, Epitafio di Pericle per i caduti del primo anno di guerra, a cura di O. Longo, Marsilio, Venezia 2000.
Tucidide, Il dialogo dei Melii e degli Ateniesi, a cura di L. Canfora, Marsilio, Venezia 1991.
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