ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY
- Academic year
- 2021/2022 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- STORIA GRECA SP.
- Course code
- FM0228 (AF:363274 AR:190512)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Degree level
- Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
- Educational sector code
- L-ANT/02
- Period
- Annual
- Where
- VENEZIA
- Moodle
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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
It allows students to acquire notions concerning:
- advanced content, methodological and epistemological skills in the field of Greek history;
- an in-depth knowledge of Greek antiquity in its historical expressions, obtained through direct knowledge of the texts, also philologically investigated, and of all the documentary evidence that contributes to the reconstruction of historical processes;
- advanced methodological skills in the description, reading and interpretation of historical sources;
- interest in the history of studies with particular reference to historiographical aspects;
- knowledge of the main traditional and digital tools (indexes, corpora, image archives) for the research and the updating of the discipline;
- the ability to develop an original scientific presentation.
Expected learning outcomes
- read, understand and interpret the main Greek historical sources;
- propose an analytical commentary on historical sources (above all literary), frame them in a historical, chronological and historiographical context, proposing appropriate textual and documentary comparisons, finally explaining their relevance as a historical testimony with particular attention to political and institutional aspects ;
- use the paper and digital tools necessary to update the research; access the main databases of literary and epigraphic texts;
- communicate in oral form using the specific terminology of the discipline;
- propose an original scientific presentation.
Pre-requirements
- To follow the course it is necessary to have achieved the basic notions of the discipline as indicated in the Syllabus concerning the teaching of Greek History for the BA Degree (FT0252 or FT0253, FT0254). Students who have not acquired the necessary skills must contact the lecturer via email.
- Adequate knowledge of Italian.
Desirable:
- adequate knowledge of ancient Greek (through high school diploma or university exams).
Contents
The idea of a 'plural' island can be well adapted to the history of ancient Sicily in which the different cultural elements (Greek, Punic, Italic, Roman) have given rise to complex identity elaborations that have evident repercussions in cultural, social, political, and religious achievements. Within this broad theme, the reality of Western Sicily between archaism and the classical age will be analyzed - a time span full of traumatic events and radical changes for the history of the Mediterranean -, with a focus on Selinus. This is a paradigmatic case study to verify the fruitful dialectic between the 'local' and the Mediterranean dimension.
Referral texts
Temi Selinuntini, edited by C. Antonetti and S. De Vido, Pisa ETS, 2009 (especially the essays by Antonetti, Crippa - De Simon, Curbera, De Vido, Lucchelli, Palazzo, Perale, Rocca).
La città inquieta, Selinunte tra Lex sacra e defixiones, edited by A. Iannucci, F. Muccioli and M. Zaccarini, Milano - Udine, Mimesis, 2015 (especially the essays by De Vido, Robu, Cordano, Greco-Tardo, Dimartino, Carbon, Georgoudi, Muccioli).
Gli Esametri Getty e Selinunte. Testo e contesto, edited by C. Antonetti, Alessandria, Edizioni Dell'Orso, 2018 (especially the essays by Cingano, Serafini, Tortorelli Ghidini, Antonetti, Fileni, De Vido).
Further in-depth bibliography will be recommended in class.
For a study of epigraphic documentation useful to the course, please refer to the Syllabus of Greek Epigraphy sp., which is strictly interrelated.
Assessment methods
The final mark will be the sum of the following aspects:
- paper presented at the seminar: 35%
- essay: 35%
- oral exam: 30%
NON ATTENDING STUDENTS will submit their essay which will take up 50% of the final mark; the remaining 50% will be determined by the oral exam.
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Further information
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