BYZANTINE PHILOLOGY

Academic year
2024/2025 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
FILOLOGIA BIZANTINA SP.
Course code
FM0079 (AF:508891 AR:285186)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
L-FIL-LET/07
Period
2nd Semester
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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Byzantine Philology is a course of the "Philology, literatures and history of antiquity" and the "Archaeology" Master's degree in "Science of antiquity: literatures, history and archaeology". The course is also offered as an exam to complement the master's degree course in "History from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age".
The students will have acquired:
- knowledge of the content and method of Byzantine literature and philology;
- a knowledge of the Byzantine literary and cultural world in its different periods;
- competence in the critical study of Byzantine texts.
Knowledge of classical Greek, and a preparation, at least elementary, of Greek palaeography is also recommended.
The course is devoted to Byzantine homiliaries and in particular those of Gregory Palamas, Isidore Glabas and Gabriel of Thessalonica (14th century).
The course presents the studies and tradition of Byzantine homiliaries, editions and manuscripts
Topics:
1. Byzantine Homiliaries (particularly in the 14th century);
2. Metropolitan Isidorus Glabas and Gabriel, life and work;
3. The homiliaries and its composition: reading and study of the texts based on the edition and manuscript.
A presentation of A. Ehrhard's research on homiletics will be given at the beginning of the course. Useful reading of M. B. Cunningham - P. Allen, Preacher and Audience. Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Homiletics, Leiden, 1998.
The edition of Isidorus Glabas, Thessaloniki 1992-96 and a copy of the Gabriel's manuscript will be made available to students at the beginning of the course.
Other materials at https://moodle.unive.it/
Oral exam 70% + Work on texts during lessons 30%.
Non-attending students are advised to contact the professor for a different program.
Lectures. The presence (constant) for the work on the texts is strongly recommended.
Italian
oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 20/11/2024