Academic Year/course:
2017/18
553 - Master's in the Ancient World and Archaeological Heritage
61251 - Philological methodology and literary source
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
61251 - Philological methodology and literary source
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
553 - Master's in the Ancient World and Archaeological Heritage
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
1
Semester:
First semester
Subject Type:
Compulsory
Module:
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5.1. Methodological overview
See "Learning activities" and "Syllabus".
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.2. Learning tasks
- Theoretical lectures.
- Practical lectures.
- Individual work.
- Personal study.
- Assessment activities.
5.3. Syllabus
The course will address the following topics:
I. Main philological sources for the study of Classical Antiquity.
II. Production, distribution and reception of texts in Antiquity.
III. The critical edition.
IV. The text as a source: from textual criticism to hermeneutics.
V. The text as a source: typology, nature and use.
VI. The text as a source: cultural approaches.
5.4. Course planning and calendar
See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources
Greek Philology
- P. A. Brunt, "On historical fragments and epitomes", CQ 30, 1980, pp. 477-494.
- E. Dickey, Ancient Greek scholarship : a guide to finding, reading, and understanding scholia, commentaries, lexica, and grammatical treatises, from their beginnings to the Byzantine period, New York-Oxford, 2007
- K. Meister, La storiografia greca : dalle origini alla fine dell'Ellenismo, Bari, 1998.
- H. G. Nesselrath, Einleitung in die griechische Philologie,Stuttgart-Leipzig, 1997.
Latin Philology
- AAVV, La crítica textual y los textos clásicos: III simposio: [Murcia, 9 y 10 de abril de 1984], Universidad de Murcia, 1985.
- Blecua, A., Manual de crítica textual, Madrid, Castalia, 1990.
- Calderini, A., Tratado de papirología, Barcelona, Garriga, 1963.
- Cavallo, G., Libros, editores y público en el mundo antiguo: Guía histórica y crítica, Madrid, Alianza, 1995.
- Reyes, A., Libros y libreros en la Antigüedad, Madrid, Fórcola, 2011.