Special issues of Byzantine prose II

Course Information
TitleΕΙΔΙΚΑ ΘΕΜΑΤΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΗΣ ΠΕΖΟΓΡΑΦΙΑΣ ΙΙ / Special issues of Byzantine prose II
CodeΒΥΦ626
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolPhilology
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600016108

Programme of Study: Vyzantinīs Filologías

Registered students: 3
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses belonging to the selected specializationWinter/Spring-15
Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600127699
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
There are no special prerequisites.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will have become familiar with: 1. the way of writing Byzantine historical texts 2. with the storytelling techniques used by the Duke 3. with the linguistic level of the historians of the late Byzantine period
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. Ducas: his life and his work 2. The sources of his History 3. Narrative modes and techniques 4. Figures of speech 5. The manuscript tradition and the Italian translation of the work
Keywords
Doucas, Byzantine History, Sources, Narratological analysis
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Interactive excersises
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Seminars60✓
Reading Assigment100✓✓
Project90✓✓
Written assigments200
Total450
Student Assessment
Description
The evaluation of the students is based on their participation in the discussion during the course, the presentation of their projects and the written work they hand in after the end of the semester.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
M.-H. Congourdeau, Byzance a la fin du monde. Courants de pensée apocalyptiques sous les Palaeologues, les traditions apocalyptiques au tournant de la chute de Constantinople, in: B. Lellouch, S. Yerasimos (eds), Actes de la table ronde d’Istanbul (13-14 avril 1996) (Varia Turcica, 33). Paris 1999, 55-97V. Deroche, N. Vatin (eds.), Constantinople 1453. Des Byzantins aux Ottomans. Textes et documents. Toulouse 2016 B. Flusin, Prédictions et prophéties dans l’oeuvre de Doucas’, in: P. Odorico, P. Agapitos, M. Hintreberger (eds.), L’écriture de la mémoire. La litterarité de l’historiographie (Dossiers Byzantins, 6). Paris 2006, 353-373 V. Grecu, Pour une meilleure connaissance de l’histoiren Dukas, in: Memoiral Louis Petit. Mélanges d’histoire et d’archéologie Byzantines. Bucharest 1948, 128-141 S. Kotzabassi, Autograph oder Übersetzung? Überlegungen zur Neuedition des Geschichtswerkes von Dukas, in: Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Sofia 22-27 August 2011, vol. 2. Abstracts of round table communications. Sofia 2011, 36 S. Kotzabassi, Der Kopist des Geschichtswerkes von Dukas, in: Fr. Berger et al. (eds.), Symbolae Berolinensis für Dieter Harlfinger. Amsterdam 1993, 307-323 S. Kotzabassi, Ist der Kopist des Geschichtswerkes von Dukas Dukas selbst? Byzantinische Zeitschrift 96 (2003) 679-683
Last Update
12-05-2023