Programma

Title of the course: Elements of history of tradition and critics of the text
Description of the course: The course aims to provide students with elements of Classical Philology and a basic knowledge of history of tradition and textual criticism of Greek and Latin authors.
The program involves practices of composition, publication and divulgation of the ancient book (I), as well as transmission processes and critical editing procedures of Classics (II). The acquired abilities concerning manuscript tradition, constitutio textus and critical apparatus will be measured on critical editions of Greek and Latin authors (III).
The knowledge of the Latin and Greek languages is necessary.

Testi Adottati

- Tommaso Braccini, La scienze dei testi antichi: Introduzione alla filologia classica, Milano, Le Monnier, 2017 (ISBN 9788800746540);
- Paul Maas, La critica del testo, Translated by Giorgio Ziffer, Roma, Edizioni di Storia e letteratura, 2017 ("Opere Varie", ISBN 9788893590495);
- photocopies provided by the teacher.
Students unable to attend the lessons will replace the lessons with:
- Le biblioteche nel mondo antico e medievale, a cura di Guglielmo Cavallo, Roma-Bari, Editori Laterza, 1988 e successive ristampe (10a edizione 2016 nella collana Biblioteca Universale; ISBN 9788842032564);
- Leighton D. Reynolds e Nigel G. Wilson, Copisti e filologi: La tradizione dei classici dall’Antichità ai tempi moderni, Traduzione di Mirella Ferrari con una premessa di Giuseppe Billanovich, Quarta edizione riveduta e ampliata, Roma-Padova, Editrice Antenore, 2016 (ISBN 9788884556967).

Modalità Erogazione

6 cfu, 4 hours every week, ca 10 weeks Semester II Part I: frontal lessons with reading and commenting on passages of Greek and Latin testimonies concerning composition, publication and tradition of ancient texts; part II: frontal lessons on the history of classical philology and the ecdotic methods applied to the edition of the classics; part III: case studies relating to authors representative of the Greek and Latin literatures, transmitted by direct tradition, with particular attention to manuscript tradition, stemmatic reconstruction and constitution of the text. The textual material will be provided as a photocopy to the students and will also be downloadable from the teacher's internet page.

Modalità Frequenza

The course requires the active participation of the students. Students unable to attend the lessons will replace the lessons with the texts indicated in the bibliography. It is advisable to contact the teacher.

Modalità Valutazione

Oral exam The exam will start from the reading and commentary on some of the texts examined during the lessons; subsequently the discussion will extend to more general aspects linked to the covered topics. The student must demonstrate the acquired linguistic, metric and philological competences. The evaluation will take into account the following elements: metric reading and translation of the text, classification in the historical-literary context, philological analysis and interpretation of critical apparatus and knowledge of the manuscript tradition, intra-textual and inter-textual links.

Programma

Title of the course: Elements of history of tradition and critics of the text
Description of the course: The course aims to provide students with elements of Classical Philology and a basic knowledge of history of tradition and textual criticism of Greek and Latin authors.
The program involves practices of composition, publication and divulgation of the ancient book (I), as well as transmission processes and critical editing procedures of Classics (II). The acquired abilities concerning manuscript tradition, constitutio textus and critical apparatus will be measured on critical editions of Greek and Latin authors (III).
The knowledge of the Latin and Greek languages is necessary.

Testi Adottati

- Tommaso Braccini, La scienze dei testi antichi: Introduzione alla filologia classica, Milano, Le Monnier, 2017 (ISBN 9788800746540);
- Paul Maas, La critica del testo, Translated by Giorgio Ziffer, Roma, Edizioni di Storia e letteratura, 2017 ("Opere Varie", ISBN 9788893590495);
- photocopies provided by the teacher.
Students unable to attend the lessons will replace the lessons with:
- Le biblioteche nel mondo antico e medievale, a cura di Guglielmo Cavallo, Roma-Bari, Editori Laterza, 1988 e successive ristampe (10a edizione 2016 nella collana Biblioteca Universale; ISBN 9788842032564);
- Leighton D. Reynolds e Nigel G. Wilson, Copisti e filologi: La tradizione dei classici dall’Antichità ai tempi moderni, Traduzione di Mirella Ferrari con una premessa di Giuseppe Billanovich, Quarta edizione riveduta e ampliata, Roma-Padova, Editrice Antenore, 2016 (ISBN 9788884556967).

Bibliografia Di Riferimento

- Le biblioteche nel mondo antico e medievale, edited by Guglielmo Cavallo, Roma-Bari, Editori Laterza, 1988 (10th edition 2016 in “Biblioteca Universale”; ISBN 9788842032564) - Tiziano Dorandi, Nell’officina dei classici: Come lavoravano gli autori antichi, Roma, Carocci editore, 2007 e successive ristampe (edizione 2016 nella collana Aula Magna, 4; ISBN 9788843083121); - Leighton D. Reynolds e Nigel G. Wilson, Copisti e filologi: La tradizione dei classici dall’Antichità ai tempi moderni, Translated by Mirella Ferrari, with an Introduction by Giuseppe Billanovich, 4th edition, Roma-Padova, Editrice Antenore, 2016 (ISBN 9788884556967).

Modalità Erogazione

6 cfu, 4 hours every week, ca 10 weeks Semester II Part I: frontal lessons with reading and commenting on passages of Greek and Latin testimonies concerning composition, publication and tradition of ancient texts; part II: frontal lessons on the history of classical philology and the ecdotic methods applied to the edition of the classics; part III: case studies relating to authors representative of the Greek and Latin literatures, transmitted by direct tradition, with particular attention to manuscript tradition, stemmatic reconstruction and constitution of the text. The textual material will be provided as a photocopy to the students and will also be downloadable from the teacher's internet page.

Modalità Frequenza

The course requires the active participation of the students. Students unable to attend the lessons will replace the lessons with the texts indicated in the bibliography. It is advisable to contact the teacher.

Modalità Valutazione

Oral exam The exam will start from the reading and commentary on some of the texts examined during the lessons; subsequently the discussion will extend to more general aspects linked to the covered topics. The student must demonstrate the acquired linguistic, metric and philological competences. The evaluation will take into account the following elements: metric reading and translation of the text, classification in the historical-literary context, philological analysis and interpretation of critical apparatus and knowledge of the manuscript tradition, intra-textual and inter-textual links.