Greek Literature

Code:

LLC087

Acronym:

LITGRE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Classical Literatures

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LLC	6	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Português

Objectives

The study of some of the major works from Greek Literature, specially in lyric poetry and theatre, aims to obtain a broad overview of a literary tradition mainly fueled by myth and marked by intertextuality.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester students should be able to:

1. Recognize key works in the history of Greek literature; 2. Understand the context of production, presentation and reception of the works studied; 3. Apply knowledge of poetical and rhetorical nature to the analysis and interpretation of classical texts; 4. Recognize and present critically the web of intertextual relationships which forms the Greek literature.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1.The History of Greek Literature: brief overview.
2. The founders: Homer and Hesiod.
3. Archaic Poetry.
3.1 Archaic Greece: a changing world.
3.2 Poetry and satire.
3.3 Poetry and paideia.
3.4 Poetry and Eros.
3.5 Poetry and symposion.
3.6 Poetry and religion.
3.7. Poetry and sport.
4. Prose and historiography. From Herodotus to Thucydides.
5. Greek Theatre.
5.1 Theatre and Polis.
5.2 Greek Theatre as Performance.
5.3 Tragedy.
5.3.1 How to define tragedy and tragic?
5.3.2 Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound.
5.3.3 Sophocles: Antigone; Oedipus King.
5.3.4 Euripides: Alcestis; Medea; Bacchae.
5.4 Comedy
5.4.1 Comedy vs. Tragedy.
5.4.2 Laughter in Aristophanes.
5.4.3 Aristophanes: Lysistrata; Frogs.
6. The Reception of Greek Literature in Portugal.

Mandatory literature

HOMERO; Ilíada, Livros Cotovia, 2005
Homero (introduçâo, tradução e comentários de Frederico Lourenço); Odisseia, Lisboa, Quetzal Editores, 2018. ISBN: 978-989-722-438-6
LOURENÇO, Frederico (organização, tradução e notas); Poesia Grega de Álcman a Teócrito, Livros Cotovia, 2006
ROCHA PEREIRA, Maria Helena da; Hélade. Antologia da Cultura Grega, Edições ASA, 2003
ROCHA PEREIRA, Maria Helena; Estudos de História da Cultura Clássica. Cultura Grega, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2006
HORNBLOWER, Simon - SPAWFORTH, Anthony (eds.); Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 2003
BURKERT, Walter; Mito e Mitologia, Edições 70, 1991
GRAVES, Robert; Os Mitos Gregos, Publicações D. Quixote, 2006
GRIMAL, Pierre; Dicionário de Mitologia, Difel, 1992
BUXTON, Richard; Imaginary Greece. The Contexts of Mythology, Cambridge University Press, 1994
LESKY, Albin; História da Literatura Grega, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1995

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes: expository method; discussion of topics proposed to students or raised by them.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Teste	50,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation in classes: 20% Written tests: 50% Written work: 30%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations