Università Roma Tre

The course 'Greek Language and Literature I' offers a cultural-historical synthesis of the literary phenomenon in the ancient Greek world grounded in linguistic and hermeneutic skills. The course comprises:
(I) a cycle of lectures with a historical-literary character, which students will have to supplement with the systematic study of the textbook. In each lesson, historical contexts, literary genres and authors will be illustrated, with a focus on trends in recent criticism and the more specific aspects of literary analysis, especially from the point of view of the complex interaction between orality and literacy;
(II) an overview of the principles guiding the interpretation of the literary text, with particular attention to its linguistic and cognitive dimensions;
(III) the reading, translation and commentary of a selection of passages from Homer's Iliad (to be prepared in full).
Attendance at the course, although optional, is strongly encouraged. For attending students, a reduced bibliographic load and examination paper will be provided (see below). Attending students must guarantee attendance at least two thirds of the lessons (27 out of 40 hours).

(A) It is essential to study a comprehensive textbook on the history of Greek literature from among those on the market; (B) a specific bibliography on Homer will be provided during the course; (C) a translation of the Iliad with the Greek text is necessary; (D) B. Gentili, Poesia e pubblico in Grecia antica. Da Omero al V secolo (Feltrinelli: Milan 2006).

'How to save Athens and its Theatre'. The Aristophanes' Frogs.
Reading Aristophanes 's Frogs will be focalized in the contest of the historical period: in this comedy Aristophanes judges the recently theatre history and its value and significance in the polis. It will be explained the particular aim of dramatical experience during all the V sec. BC. The text presents also some philological and historical problems: the drama has been reperformed, so in our text we could read two different editions together; this is an excellent exemplum to study in general how we could use and consider our dramatical manuscripts. The students, during this class, could also improve their knowledge of the Greek historical grammar.

The students could choosen between 1) M. Di Marco, La tragedia greca, Carocci 2000 oppure V. Di Benedetto- E. Medda, La tragedia sulla scena, Einaudi, Torino 1997; 2) G. Mastromarco-P. Totaro, Storia del teatro greco, Firenze Le Monnier Università 2008 or M. Di Marco, Storia del teatro greco, Roma Carocci 2020

A critical edition of Aristophanes'Frogs:Aristofane, Le Rane edited by Del Corno per la Lorenzo Valla (Mondadori), Milano 1985
Per la grammatica storica si consiglia: O. Longo, Elementi di Grammatica storica e di Dialettologia greca, CLEUP Editore Padova 1990; A. Meillet, Le lingue letterarie in Lineamenti di Storia della lingua greca, Einaudi, Torino 2001, 151-301; S. Kaczko, La koiné in A. C. Cassio, Storia delle lingue letterarie greche, Le Monnier Università, Firenze 2008, 357-92