Greek hermeneutics (1st semester)
Course: Classical Studies and West-European Language
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Title
Greek hermeneutics (1st semester)
Code
ОК.9
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
9 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. To be confident using state language as well as English and classical languages for written and oral communication, in situations of professional and scientific communication, inter alia; to present research results in state.
PLO 10. To collect and systematize linguistic, literary and folklore facts, to interpret and
translate the texts of different styles and genres (according to the chosen specialty).
PLO 11.To perform the analysis of the language, speech and literary materials, to interpret
and structuralize them by the appropriate methodological principles.
PLO 15. To elicit the appropriate research
approaches and methods for analysis of particular linguistic and literary materials.
PLO 16. To apply specific and conceptual knowledge in particular philological area for
solving difficult tasks and problems, being able to refresh and integrate the knowledge
under conditions of uncertain information and contradictory requirements.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Normative level of knowledge of the ancient Greek language, basic knowledge
of ancient Greek mythology and literature, history of the Greek language,
dialectology, ancient poetry.
Course content
The objectives of the discipline - to study, comment and translat the Homeric
epic poems, based on a multidimensional analysis of the poetic superdialect in
linguistic, mythological, anthropological and historical contexts. To fins intertextual
connections with other works of ancient Greek literature.
The discipline is aimed at training specialists with professional skills of text
interpretation of one of the most archaic ancient Greek authors. The course is
based on the analysis of the phonological features of Homers language in
correspondence to the data of historical reconstruction and dialectology, the
revealing of poetic technique and commenting on textual gaps. The discipline
consists of two content modules. The first module combines topics related to the
interpretation of the causes, forms and consequences of communicative conflicts
described in Book I of the Iliad.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Nady G. Homeric Questions. – Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996. – 180 p.
2. Nady G. Homer’s Text and Language. – University of Illinois Press 2004
3. Nady G. The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry. –
Johns Hopkins University Press,
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical lessons, independent work with academic literature,
handouts and presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint).
Assessment methods and criteria
The control of knowledge is carried out according to the ECTS system, which
provides a two-level assessment of the material which was studied, in particular the
assessment of theoretical training – learning results (knowledge), which is 40% of the total
scores, and the assessment of practical training — learning results (skills); (communication
); (autonomy and responsibility), which is 60% of the total scores.
During the ninth semester learning results are evaluated at lectures and practical
lessons. The semester ends with a module test. The maximum total number of points is 100.
Students who score more than 60 points get a passing grade. Students who score less than
60 points during the semester fail the subject and need to retake the academic debts.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Lesia
Leonidivna
Zvonska
Department of General Linguistics, Classical Philology and Neo-Hellenistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of General Linguistics, Classical Philology and Neo-Hellenistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology