Students of Classical Literature who need to learn Greek from scratch (or anyone else who wishes to do so) may attend the ‘Fundamentals of Ancient Greek’ module on the three-year degree programme in Cultural Heritage Conservation.

Lecturer: Lara Pagani

Term: 1st semester

For further information, please refer to the course description and the lecturer (lara.pagani@unige.it)

Classical curriculum

Lecturer: Marco Martin

Period: 1st semester

Start of lectures: to be confirmed

Time and venue: to be confirmed

To enrol please log in to the online classroom: [being updated]

The course’s Aulaweb portal, for communications and the sharing of teaching materials, will be available here: [to be updated]

PRESENTATION

This course is primarily, though not exclusively, intended for students enrolled on the Classics programme who have been assigned an Additional Learning Requirement (OFA) following the Greek entrance assessment.
The aim of the course is to strengthen students’ skills in recognising the grammatical, morphological, verbal and syntactic structures of the Greek language, through the analysis and translation of prose texts: primarily passages by historians and orators from the Classical and Hellenistic periods. During the sessions, texts will be provided to facilitate an understanding of the linguistic structures of Ancient Greek and to improve vocabulary usage (lexical research). 

The course will take a highly practical approach, with the tutor providing prose texts for collective, step-by-step work on the linguistic forms of Greek, with a view to helping to address any remaining gaps in students’ approach to the text.
We recommend using a dictionary (some will be provided by the tutor) and also a Greek grammar reference book.

Classical Studies

1 CFU

Lecturer: Martina Savio

Term: 2nd semester

Start of lectures: to be confirmed

Time and venue: to be confirmed

To enrol please log in to Aulaweb: [to be updated]

The Language Centre’s Aulaweb, for communications and sharing teaching materials, will be available here: [to be updated]

PRESENTATION

Translating a literary work is a process often described as a hand-to-hand struggle between the translator and the text. Ancient Greek literature is no exception in this regard and, indeed, represents one of the most demanding tests. This course aims to engage students actively and consciously with this challenge.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The activities of the Advanced Greek Translation Course are designed to equip students with the analytical skills required to translate and interpret texts from ancient Greek literature of medium to high complexity.

Participation in the activities of this course will enable students to acquire:

• the ability to analyse the morphosyntactic structures of ancient Greek literary texts of medium-to-high complexity
• the ability to recognise and interpret the linguistic and stylistic features of ancient Greek literary texts of medium to high complexity
• the ability to render texts from ancient Greek literature of medium-to-high complexity appropriately into Italian, in terms of syntactic and lexical choices.

PREREQUISITES

The course requires a good prior knowledge of Ancient Greek.

TEACHING METHODS

The course will take the form of workshops and seminars: the Greek text will be the subject of discussion and collaborative translation (including with the aid of technology), with the aim of distinguishing between unacceptable, acceptable and optimal translations. The focus will be not only on morphosyntactic structures (which, if necessary, will be reviewed), but also on lexical and stylistic-rhetorical aspects.

The course will utilise an AulaWeb page, on which participating students are invited to register.

Students must actively attend at least 75 per cent of the sessions to obtain a certificate of attendance for the course.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Analysis and translation of (selected passages) from a work of prose (to be determined).

TEXTS/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Greek text will be provided in class by the lecturer and made available on AulaWeb. To complete the course activities, students will need a dictionary of Ancient Greek (the lecturer may provide some); it may also be useful to have a reference grammar of Ancient Greek to hand.

EXAMINATION FORMAT

The Reading Course does not include a final assessment. Students who actively attend at least 75 per cent of the sessions will be issued with a certificate of attendance, which can be used towards ‘Other Activities’.