OVERVIEW

Philology - it has been said - is the science of discovering the error in the texts and the art of removing it. Which are the peculiarities of philology applied to the texts of classical antiquity, the strategies and methodologies it adopts, the risks it faces?

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The teaching aims to provide in-depth knowledge of the mechanisms and terminology of textual criticism; competences needed to reconstruct manuscript traditions, to discuss variants, to suggest conjectural emendations of a text; learning to read a critical edition of a classical text and to fully understand the information in the apparatus and the praefatio and their consequences; ability to use bibliographic tools and online databases relevant to this discipline.

PREREQUISITES

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TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LARA PAGANI (President)

LISA LONGONI

SERENA PERRONE

LARA NICOLINI (President Substitute)

GIOVANNI ANDRISANI (Substitute)

ALICE BONANDINI (Substitute)

PIA CAROLLA (Substitute)

BIAGIO SANTORELLI (Substitute)

GIOVANNI TROVATO (Substitute)

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

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ASSESSMENT METHODS

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Exam schedule