Graeco-Latin Language, Literature and Philology-Dep.Cultures and Civilizations-University of Verona

The area of Graeco-Latin Language, Literature and Philology deals with research and teaching activities related to Greek and Latin literature and culture, from the beginning and, respectively, up to the Byzantine era and late antiquity. The main topics are: epic poetry and drama, rhetorical and philosophical prose, ancient and medieval commentaries, poetry's metre and structure, lexicography, interaction between literary genres. It investigates the textual transmission of the works, their reception and the historical debate about them, as related especially to drama and the evolution of the philological discipline. Such studies, based as they are on analysis of, and translation from, the texts in the original language, are carried out through several critical methodologies and theoretical approaches (anthropology, historical and cultural research, linguistics, palaeography, philology, pragmatics, stylistics).

Alberto Cavarzere: Emeritus Professor
Paolo De Paolis: Full Professor
Renata Raccanelli: Associate Professor
Licinia Ricottilli: Teaching Assistant

Andrea Rodighiero: Full Professor
Paolo Scattolin: Associate Professor
Gherardo Ugolini: Associate Professor

Research interests
Topic	People	Description
Classics, ancient literature and art standard compliant ERC
Dramaturgy and staging of ancient Greek dramas	Gherardo Ugolini	Mode of representation on the modern scene of the ancient Greek tragedies
Classical Philology	Gherardo Ugolini	It includes studies looking for ancient, Greek and Latin texts, methods of philological research, in sectors that require research in classical literature books, as well as research on ancient Greek and Latin theater, on the fortune of ancient culture, on history of classical studies and teaching of classical languages.
Greek Philology	Paolo Scattolin	I chiefly concern myself with the manuscript tradition of the Greek dramatists and orators, and of their ancient and medieval commentators.
Latin Philolology	Paolo De Paolis	History of the tradition of latin classical texts, textual criticism and methods for the edition of classical texts, with reference ti circulation of latin texts during Antiquity and Middle Ages.
Lyric genres in Greek literature	Andrea Rodighiero	Study of the archaic and classical lyric poetry in its relation to other genres (namely Attic drama)
Latin Grammarians	Paolo De Paolis	Study of the latin grammatical works, wuth reference to their teaching methods ant to the manuscript tradition of late latin grammatical treatises
Quintilian's "Institutio Oratoria"	Alberto Cavarzere	Commentary and philological, stylistic, and rhetorical analysis of the ninth book of Quintilian's "Institutio Oratoria".
Wilamowitz's philology	Gherardo Ugolini	Wilamowitz's concept of philology and its philological works
The "Mosella" by Ausonius	Alberto Cavarzere	Critical and stylistic analysis of the "Mosella" by Ausonius
Latin Epistolography	Alberto Cavarzere	Comment and Analysis of Marcus Caelius Rufus' Letters and Cicero's Epistulae ad familiares
Letteratura latina	Alberto Cavarzere	Letteratura latina SH5_1
Colloquial Latin	Licinia Ricottilli	Mimesis of the “Umgangssprache” in Latin authors. Current possibilities of recuperating a genuine colloquial Latin language.
Ancient Greek Literature	Andrea Rodighiero Paolo Scattolin	Study of the Ancient Greek Literature: text, forms, and literary language
Latin Language and Literature.	Licinia Ricottilli	Virgil's Art. Terence's Art. Mythical Lore.
Communication in Latin language and literature	Renata Raccanelli	Communication in Latin literary texts, between ancient theories and praxis. Verbal and non verbal communication in Latin texts.
methodologies for the study of communication in Latin literary texts	Renata Raccanelli	comparative studies on ancient and modern theories of the relationship; pragmatics of human communication applied to Latin texts, analysis of interaction in cultural context
Meter and rhythm of Graeco-Latin poetry	Paolo Scattolin	Meter and rhythm of Graeco-Latin poetry from the archaic period up to the Middle Ages, with a particular focus on historical development in ancient and medieval sources.
Communication in Ancient Rome	Licinia Ricottilli	Analisys of linguistic, gestural and paralinguistic modalities of Communication in Ancient Rome. Function of gestural Representation in some authors.
Nietzsche as classical philologist	Gherardo Ugolini	Analysis and interpretation of the philological works of Nietzsche
Homer and the epic poetry	Andrea Rodighiero	Study of language, style, themes, and figures of the Homeric poems and the Greek epic poetry, and of their influence in Greek literature
Pragmatics of Communication in Classical Texts	Licinia Ricottilli	Application of this new methodology (of psychiatric and cybernetic origins) to classical texts. In general, the application of the pragmatics of communication to classical texts seems to be viable because some aspects of the pragmatic settings were already present in the theories of the ancients in relation to rhetorics or literary criticism.
Horace's Lyrical Works	Alberto Cavarzere	Comment and analysis of Horace's lyrical works, with special focus on style and metrics
ethic and political thought in late-republican and imperial age,	Renata Raccanelli	Ethic and political thought in late-republican and imperial age (Lucretius, Cicero and Seneca), with special reference to: theory of beneficium, theory of adfectus, paradox and ancient pedagogy.
Sophoclean Tragedy	Andrea Rodighiero	Study of the extant Sophoclean dramas, with special attention to language and stylistic features
History of classical studies and classical philology	Gherardo Ugolini	Developments of philological studies from antiquity to today with a specific interest in nineteenth-century German philology
History of the classical tradition	Gherardo Ugolini	Fortleben of Greek and Latin cultural heritage through the centuries
Latin theatre,	Renata Raccanelli	Forms of communication in Latin comedy, between text and performance. Pragmatics of comic communication in Plautus. Non verbal communication in Plautus' plays. Seneca's tragedy.
Teofilo Folengo	Alberto Cavarzere	Critical and stylistic analysis of Folengo's lyrical works
Greek Tragedy	Andrea Rodighiero Gherardo Ugolini	Literary and philological study of Attic drama (text, language, metre, style)
Philology and palaeography; historical linguistics (see ERC classification)
Classics	Gherardo Ugolini	Classical philology; history of classical reception; greek and Roman Theatre
The Classical tradition	Andrea Rodighiero	Reception studies, modern and contemporary adaptations of classical literature's themes and figures
Translation studies: the classical heritage	Andrea Rodighiero	Study of the translations from Greek and Latin in modern languages, with special reference to Homer and Greek theatre
Indirect tradition of classical authors	Paolo Scattolin	Research on quotations from classical authors, especially dramatists and oratore, in scholia, lexica, etimologica, encyclopedias etc

Gruppi di ricerca
Name	Description	URL
Comunicazione gestuale negli autori latini	Il gruppo studia forme della comunicazione verbale e gestuale nei testi latini: in particolare, approfondisce analisi e prospettive teoriche per una pragmatica del gesto e dei comportamenti corporei in vari generi letterari (epica, teatro, romanzo, satira, oratoria). La ricerca si inquadra nella più ampia cornice degli studi sulla pragmatica della comunicazione applicata ai testi latini.
Poiein	Gruppo di ricerca sulla poesia greca, sulle poetiche antiche e la loro tradizione

Projects
Title	Managers	Sponsors	Starting date	Duration (months)
Breaking the Silence: Exploring Human-Animal Interactions in the Classical World	Renata Raccanelli		1/1/24	36
Ancient and modern tools for the transmission of linguistic knowledge: the tradition of Latin grammar	Paolo De Paolis		10/17/23	24
PRIN 2022 – Aeschylean Tragedy: Text, hypotexts, performance	Andrea Rodighiero		10/17/23	24
PRIN 2022. The mask between rituality and theatre.Archaeological, literary, historical, anthropological, and performative investigation of material culture in the classical world through Digital Humanities tools with a view to a broader, fairer and more inclusive cultural fruition.	Renata Raccanelli		10/17/23	24
CCTS - Corrections and Conjectures on the Text of Sophocles	Gherardo Ugolini		1/1/22	48
RESP - The Roman Emperor Seen from the Provinces. Imaging Roman Power in the Cities of the Empire from Augustus to the Tetrarchs (31 BC - AD 297)	Dario Calomino		9/1/21	60
La gestualità nelle Satire di Orazio	Renata Raccanelli	Fondo FUR - ex 60% - assegnato e gestito dal Dipartimento	1/1/21	12
PRIN 2017 - The Transmission of Ancient Linguistics: Texts and Contexts of the Roman Grammatical Studies.	Paolo De Paolis		1/20/20	36
Scrittura e testi di Side antica in Pamfilia	Alfredo Rizza		1/1/20	72
METra - Mapping Epic in Tragedy; epica e tragedia greca: una mappatura	Andrea Rodighiero	Ricerca di Base di Ateneo - assegnato e gestito dal Dipartimento	9/15/19	30
PRIN 2015: PROTEUS. An interpretative database of the Greek and Roman mythical lore	Renata Raccanelli	MIUR - PRIN	2/5/17	36
Storia della letteratura greca	Andrea Rodighiero		1/1/17	48
IMT – In Margine al Teatro	Gherardo Ugolini		1/1/02	36

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