Examination procedure
<p>Seminar presentation</p>
Examination procedure notes
<p>Assessment of the seminar presentations will be based on the ability to present the state of the art concisely and clearly, to employ appropriate methodologies, and to achieve convincing and innovative results.</p>
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: Knowledge of Greek language and literature at PhD level.
The research seminar is recommended for students at any year of their PhD programme.
Syllabus
Literary, linguistic, metrical and philological interpretations of ancient Greek literary texts.
The course analyses recent approaches to the study of ancient Greek literary texts. Participants send their essays one week in advance; the texts are discussed in a seminar session. This structure will also allow students to present and discuss their work in progress, including work related to their PhD theses. The seminar will also host discussions of research contributions by other scholars on Greek literature and its reception.
The written text of the seminar report (between 10,000 and 20,000 words) must be sent by email one week in advance of the set date. The topic of the seminar report must be agreed with the course lecturer. The seminar must address a topic relating to the critical interpretation of ancient Greek literary texts or their reception.
Bibliographical references
E. S. Anker, "A Reactionary Turn in Literary Studies: On Jonathan Kramnick’s “Criticism and Truth”, LARB https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-reactionary-turn-in-literary-studies-on-jonathan-kramnicks-criticism-and-truth/
B. Arkins, “Modern Literary Theory and the Classics.” Classics Ireland 28 (2021) 35–51. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27158014.
S. Brugnolo, D. Colussi, S. Zatti, E. Zinato, La scrittura e il mondo. Teorie letterarie del Novecento, Carocci 2016
R. Felksi, The limits of critique, Chicago 2015
J. Kramnick, Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies, Chicago 2023
J. Moran, "Theory: A Short Guide for Classicists". Journal of Classics Teaching. 42 (2020) 80-85 doi:10.1017/S2058631020000434
N. Nicholson, “Literary Theory Survey Classes for Classics Undergraduates.” The Classical World 108 (2015) 165–82. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24699958.
C. Segal, Charles. “Ancient texts and modern criticism: some recent trends in classical literary studies” Arethusa 1 (1968) 1–25 http://www.jstor.org/stable/26307041
M. Silk, "Literary theory and the classics", Oxford classical dictionary, https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.7009