INTRODUCTION TO PHILOLOGY
| Title | ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΗ ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΙΑ / INTRODUCTION TO PHILOLOGY |
| Title in German | Einführung in die Philologie |
| Code | ΛΟΓ104 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | German Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 280011747 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Germanikīs Glṓssas kai Filologías (2020-sīmera)
Registered students: 4
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Class ID | 600294073
|
Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
- General Knowledge
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600294073
- At the Website of the School:
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- German (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Students learn how to cooperate and participate regularly and actively. They become acquainted with (1) the scientific handling of bibliography/ secondary literature, (2) multiple methods of text analysis and interpretation and (3) learn basic tools and frameworks of philology. The language of the course is german, which additionally helps the students improve their language competence.
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
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Reacting to a deep crisis of philology at the end of the 19th century, the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche describes the discipline as an art of “slow and careful reading.” Similar to the art of the goldsmith, philology treats words and texts with the most “delicate fingers and eyes.” But while, already back then, philology was experiencing a crisis, our present seems to completely discredit that art of slow reading as outdated and conservative, as a pedantic over-specialization without any practical value. Therefore, does it still make sense today to practice philology?
Against this background, and especially in light of the (no longer so very) new digital conditions that have radically changed our cultural techniques of reading and writing, the course will not only give an “Introduction to Philology” and its traditional subjects. Beyond the discussion of basic terms and concepts, various methods of textual analysis and central questions like “What is an author,” “What is a text,” or “What is a reader,” our course will also link philology to other disciplines and fields of knowledge: What might be some of the new perspectives in literary studies; what could be gained from “media philology”; what paths might be opened up by “digital literary studies”?
Keywords
Introduction to Philology
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Multimedia
- Book
- PowerPoint
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 78 | 3.1 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 34 | 1.4 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Project | 35 | 1.4 | |||
| Exams | 3 | 0.1 | |||
| Total | 150 | 6 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Terry Eagleton (1996): Εισαγωγή στη Θεωρία Λογοτεχνίας, Αθήνα: Οδυσσέας.
Additional bibliography for study
- Hamacher, Werner, Für – Die Philologie, Basel: Roughbooks 2009.
- Schwindt, Jürgen Paul (Hg.), Was ist eine philologische Frage? Beiträge zur Erkundung einer theoretischen Einstellung, Frankfurt/M.: Suhrkamp 2009.
- Bremer, Kai / Wirth, Uwe (Hg.), Texte zur modernen Philologie, Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam 2010.
- Bohnenkamp-Renken, Anne et al. (Hg.), Konjektur und Krux. Zur Methodenpolitik der Philologie, Göttingen: Wallstein 2010.
- Kelemen Pál et al. (Hg.), Kulturtechnik Philologie. Zur Theorie des Umgangs mit Texten, Heidelberg: Winter, 2011.
Weitere Bibliographie:
- Allkemper, Alo/ Eke, Norbert Otto, Literaturwissenschaft, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink 2004.
- Anz, Thomas, Handbuch Literaturwissenschaft (Bd. 1-3), Stuttgart/ Weimar: Metzler 2007.
- Culler, Jonathan, Literaturtheorie: Eine kurze Einführung, Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam 2002.
- Jeßing, Benedikt/ Köhnen, Ralph, Einführung in die Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft, Stuttgart/Weimar: Metzler 2003.
- Krah, Hans, Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft/Textanalyse, Kiel: Ludwig 2006.
- Neuhaus, Stefan, Grundriss der Literaturwissenschaft, Tübingen; Basel: A. Francke 2005.
- Wiener Link: http://www.univie.ac.at/iggerm/files/mitschriften/Einfuehrung_i_d_Dt_Philologie-2009W.pdf
Last Update
25-06-2025
