RHETORIC / EPISTOLOGRAPHY
| Title | ΡΗΤΟΡΙΚΗ/ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ / RHETORIC / EPISTOLOGRAPHY |
| Code | ΜΕΦ629 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | Philology |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 280010787 |
Programme of Study: PPS School of Philology 2014
Registered students: 5
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medieval Greek Philology | Compulsory Course | Winter/Spring | - | 15 |
Programme of Study: PPS School of Philology
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medieval Greek Philology | Compulsory Course | Winter/Spring | - | 15 |
| Academic Year | 2015 – 2016 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 4 |
| Class ID | 600001003
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600001003
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students would be able to comment on Byzantine letters from a liguistic, literary, historical and social point of view. They would have studied in depth the basic characteristics of Byzantine epistolography. In addition, they would be trained in writing short academic essays.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Students will study selected letters from the corpus of early epistolographers, including the Cappadocian Church Fathers, Synesios of Cyrene, Nilus of Ankyra, John Chrysostom, Aristainetus etc. They will examine characteristics of the Byzantine letter based on different types of letters. They will also consider the influence of early Byzantine epistolography to later periods.
Keywords
Byzantine letter writing
Educational Material Types
- Notes
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total |
Student Assessment
Description
Extended Essays.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
1. Μ. Grünbart , “Letters, letter writing, Byzantine”, στο R. S. Bagnall, K.Brodersen, C. B. Champion, A. Erskine και S. R. Huebner (επιμ.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Malden, MA 2013, 4027-4028.
2. Η.Hunger, Βυζαντινή Λογοτεχνία. Ἡ λόγια κοσμικὴ γραμματεία τῶν Βυζαντινῶν, τ. Α΄, Αθήνα 1991, 301-357 (κεφ. Επιστολογραφία).
3. E. M. Jeffreys, “Epistolography”, στο Τhe Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium [= ΟDB], A. P. Kazhdan κ.ά. (επιμ.), Nέα Υόρκη-Oξφόρδη 1991, τ. 1, 718-720.
4. R. Miles, “Epistolography”, στο W. Bowersock κ.ά. (επιμ.), Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Post-classical World, Cambridge Mass. 1999, 428-429.
5. M. Mullett, “Epistolography”, στο Ε. M. Jeffreys, J. Haldon και R. Cormack (επιμ.), Τhe Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies, Oξφόρδη-Νέα Υόρκη 2008, 882-93.
6. P. Hatlie, “Redeeming Byzantine Epistolography”, BMGS 20 (1996), 213-48.
7. A. R. Littlewood, “An ‘Ikon of the Soul’: the Byzantine Letter”, Visible Language 10 (1976), 197-226.
8. Ι. Συκουτρής, “Probleme der byzantinischen Epistolographie”, στο Actes du IIIe congrès international d’études byzantines, Αθήνα 1932, 295-310 (μετάφραση στα νέα ελληνικά: “Προβλήματα τῆς βυζαντινῆς ἐπιστολογραφίας”, στο Ν.Β. Τωμαδάκης, Βυζαντινή Επιστολογραφία, Αθήνα 31969, 307-320).
9. M. Grünbart , Hörandner W M. (επιμ.), L’épistolographie et la poésie épigrammatique: projets actuels et questions de méthodologie. Actes de la 16e table ronde organisée par Wolfram Hörandner et Michael Grünbart dans le cadre du XXe Congrès international des Études byzantines. Collège de France ‒ Sorbonne. Paris, 1925 Août 2001 [Dossiers byzantins 3], Paris 2003.
10. W. G. Arnott, "Pastiche, Pleasantry, Prudish Erotism. The Letters of Aristaenetus", Yale Classical Studies 27 (1982)291-320.
11. M. Monica Wagner, "A Chapter in Byzantine Epistolography the Letters of Theodoret of Cyrus", Dumbarton Oaks Papers 4 (1948) 119-181.
12. Alan Cameron, "The Authenticity of the Letters of St. Nilus of Ancyra," GRBS 17 (1976) 181-196.
13. D.T. Runia, "Repetitions in the Letters of Synesius", Antichthon 13 (1979) 103-11
Last Update
11-06-2014
