Università Roma Tre

The Greeks and the Others: An Approach to the Construction of Identities
The course will offer a critical introduction to the didactics of ancient Greek language and culture. The first part of the course is analytical and will explore some of the main polarities defining individual and collective identity in ancient Greece (man/woman, Greek/barbarian, freeman/slave, nature/culture, myth/history). Students will reflect on these topics by reading and commenting on a selection of key texts: Herodotus, I 8-12, III 38, IV 1-4, VI 125-131, VI 137-140, VII 101-105, IX 108-113; Thucydides, I 1-21; Euripides, Medea 214-270; Plato, Republic V 452e-457b; Aristotle, Politics I 1252a-1255b. The second part of the course will discuss some theoretical aspects more closely related to the didactic dimension: the evaluation of current handbooks of Greek language and literature; the development of instruments functional to the practical purposes of the didactis of ancient
Greek; the construction of didactic plans by themes, genres, authors, and works; the development of interdisciplinary approaches to the study and teaching of classics (materiality; reception; digital resources).

Any editions of the works read in the first part of the course will do, provided that they include the Greek text. Suggested readings: M. Napolitano, Il liceo classico: qualche idea per il futuro (Salerno Editrice: Rome 2017); F. Condello, La scuola giusta. In difesa del liceo classico (Milan 2018).