History of Classical Scholarship

The course aims to make students conscious about the importance of an historical approach to classical studies from the fourteenth / fifteenth century to the Second World War.

Knowledge: Knowledge and understanding of the history of classical culture and philology as represented by scholars and events of particular significance in the period from the 16th to 20th century. Knowledge and understanding of the texts illustrating this history, presented and discussed in the course.
Skills: Methodological awareness of the historical nature of classical studies, and its relationship with the properly philological dimension; skill in using the main methods of bibliographical referencing and bibliographical searches, especially in relation to the texts treated in the course.