The students will have to understand the relationship between ancient and modern culture, in order to acquire the linguistic, hermeneutical and cognitive tools for the investigation of any creative phenomenon of our time. They will also be able to read and interpret ancient literary texts, comparing them with the various 'rewrites' in later periods

1. The concept of reception of classical cultures in modern and contemporary age.

2. Samples of contemporary remakes of ancient texts: literature, graphic novels, theater, cinema.

3. The myth of Medea.

4-8. The reception of the myth of Medea in contemporary culture: theatre, novel, cinema.

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN LANGUAGE.

Students of the Archaeological and Philological-Classical  and Philological-Modern curricula must possess an adequate knowledge of the Latin language, guaranteed by a written, compulsory and preparatory assessment test to take the exam. Based on the topics covered in the basic Latin extracurricular training course, on which detailed information will be available both on the site of the School of Letters Arts Philosophy and on the Blended Learning platform (Moodle), this test will consist of questions on morphology and syntax of the Latin language and in the translation of a passage taken from the work of an author of Latin literature. In order to take the test, the student will have two dates available during the academic year, which will be set in a period immediately preceding the scheduled exams at the end of the first and second semesters and communicated both on the site of the School of Lettere Arti Filosofia both on the Blended Learning platform (Moodle). The results of the test will be made available on the Blended Learning platform (Moodle).

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Frontal lessons, seminars and workshops.

Attendance

Attending and non-attending students will have to take the exam with this program by the extraordinary session of the academic year 2018/2019; if they intend to take the exam later, they will have to follow the program of the course established for the academic year in which they will face the test.

Course books

Books and didactic instruments related to the points of the program

Point 3a:

M. Bettini - G. Pucci, Il mito di Medea. Immagini e racconti dalla Grecia a oggi, Torino, Einaudi 2017 

Point 3b:

-Euripides, Medea (any edition with original Greek text and translation in the preferred language). The lines translated and commented in class must be studied in the original language by students enrolled in the Archaeological and Philological Classical Literary curriculum; all students will still have to read the entire tragedy at least in translation (the full reading in Greek is obviously recommended).

-Seneca, Medea (any edition with original Greek text and translation in the preferred language). he lines translated and commented in class must be studied in the original language by students enrolled in the Philological Modern Literary curriculum; all students will still have to read the entire tragedy at least in translation (the full reading in Greek is obviously recommended).

Points 4-8:

-Euripide, Seneca, Grillparzer, Alvaro, Medea. Variazioni sul mito, a cura di M. G. Ciani, Venezia, Marsilio 1999 and subsequent reprints (all the tragedies contained in this volume can be read in the original language or even in translation into a language other than Italian)

-C. Wolf, Medea, Roma, e/o 1996 e subsequent reprints (this novel can be read in the original language oe even in translation into another language)

During the lessons there will be a viewing of clips or of an integral version of the movies indicated in the Program

Assessment

Two stages of assessement:

1) A written test on the themes developed during the lessons

2) An oral exam on the course books and a disucussion on the written text.

The final grade is the average of the marks obtained in each test

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

The course is mainly held in Italian.