Classical Reception

Year
0
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01013030
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Classes follow a theoretical-practical method, resorting whenever necessary to the reading, analysis and discussion of other works considered relevant to the teaching of the topics of the syllabus:

- theoretical presentation of the syllabus

- reading, analysis, discussion and interpretation of the texts

- dialogue between students, led by the teacher

- presentation by the students of their assignments 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:

- look at the classical tradition as key factor to read later epochal contexts;

- know and identify the literary codes and models of Classical Antiquity and their specificities;

- understand the issues that lead to the Fortleben of the classical heritage in the following centuries;

- understand the diachronic evolution of the literary genres, regarding thematic and ideological aspects and their diatopic and diaphasic singularities;

- understand the literary pragmatics of the period, in its religious, political and social context;

- know how to admire the aesthetics of post-classical works and the use of the rhetorical-stylistic codes by the authors;

- know the most relevant literary genres issued from Christian Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I The shaping of Early Christian Greek and Latin Literature:

1 Christianity in the Roman Empire: historical and cultural context. Confrontation and assimilation.

2 The Bible: history and stages of the spread of the Bible in the Roman world and in Europe.

3 Assimilation of non-classical elements by Greek and Latin culture: the Jewish matrix

4 A new Hellenization: influence of Greek Christian literature on Latin literature

5. Adaptation of literary codes according to the pragmatism of religious, social and ideological nature of Christian authors.

6 The creation of new literary genres and adaptation of other ones.

 

II. The Middle Ages.

1. The importance of Charlemagne’s role in the transmission of classical heritage.

2. The development of new literary genres and their specific nature, such as:

2.1. Religious and profane poetry and the new rhythms

2.2. Dramaturgy

2.3. Historiography

2.4. Hagiography

2.5. Medieval Rhetoric.

2.6. Exempla

2.7. Other genres.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Manuel Ribeiro Rebelo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 20.0%
Research work: 40.0%
Frequency: 40.0%

Bibliography

Arnold, John H. (2014), The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Christianity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Bolgar, R.R. (1954, repr. 1977), The Classical Heritage and Its Beneficiaries. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Bourgain, Pascale (2005), Le Latin Médiéval. Brepols.

García de la Fuente, Olegario (1994), Latín bíblico y Latín cristiano. Madrid: Ediciones CEES.

Hexter, Ralph and Townsend, David (2012) (edd.), The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Latin Literature, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Highet, G. (1949, repr. 1985), The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Mantello, F. A. C. and A. G. Rigg (1996) (edd.), Medieval Latin. An introduction and bibliographical guide. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press.

Smith, Thomas F.X. Noble and  Smith, Julia M.H. (20089 (edd.) The Cambridge History of Christianity. Vol. III: Early Medieval Christianities, c.600–c.1100, Cambridge: Cambridge U.P.