Classical Culture I

Code:

FLUP0136

Acronym:

CULCL1

Instance: 2006/2007 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Heritage Studies
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HA	66	Official Study Plan - LHA	1	2,5	5	-

Objectives

This course aims to make students aware of how Greek culture became the matrix of Western culture. To this end, the works of Homer and Hesiod will be studied and the birth and evolution of the Tragedy analyzed. The importance of Classical culture in understanding the History of Art will also be studied.

Program

1. Introduction. The importance of Classical culture in the History of Art
2. The Polis in Plato and Aristotle
3. Attica and Athens according to Pansanias
4. The Homeric poems - reality and fiction: a contribution to their analysis
5. Hesiod: Works and Days; The Theogony
6. Greek mythology: gods and heroes
7. Sanctuaries: the sacred and the artistic
8. The Tragedy and its origins: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides and their vision of Man
9. The Comedy and Aristophanes: the change of times
10. The Apollonian spirit and the Dionysian spirit: their expression in art

Main Bibliography

ARISTÓTELES- Tratado de Política, Lisboa: Publicações Europa-América, 1977
ÉSQUILO- Théâtre complet, Paris; Garnier-Flammarion, 1964
EURÍPEDES- Tragédies, Paris: Gallimard, 1968
FRAZE, James G.- Sur les Traces de Pausanias, Paris: Société d l’édition «Les Belles Lettres», 1965
HESÍODO- Los trabajos y los dias, Madrid: Aguilar, 1973
KNAUSS, Bernhard- La Polis. Individuo y Estado en la Grecia Antigua, Madrid: Aguilar, 1967
LESKY, Albin- La tragedia griega, Barcelona: Editorial Labor, 1970
PLATÃO- Obras Completas, Madrid: Aguilar, 1979
ROMILLY- Jacqueline de, La tragédie grecque, Paris: PUF, 1970
SOFOCLES- Théâtre complet de Sophocle, Paris: Garnier-Flammarion, 1964

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and interactive methods

Software

No specific software required.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable.

Calculation formula of final grade

Quantitative mark obtained in the final exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According with the Assesment Regulations in force

Classification improvement

According with the Assesment Regulations in force

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.