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| 0621-6031-01 | Greek Historiography in Classical and Hellenistic Times | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 2.0
Course description
Greek historiography in Classical and Hellenistic times
The seminar will focus on Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Polybius and address variegated issues such as: generic continuities and changes from one author to the next, including deliberate intertextuality; the historians’ ways and means of assessing the trustworthiness of their (oral and written) sources, and their conception of historical truth, with focus on changes and continuity through time; intertextuality with other literary genres, such as myth-telling, story-telling, theater, forensic and political oratory, and the scientific concerns of sophistic and Hellenistic philosophy; the appeal to audiences’ emotions and the changing ways of displaying emotions that may be noted through times. Emphasis will be laid on the possible social and cultural reasons for the changes that may be noted.
The seminar will focus on Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Polybius and address variegated issues such as: generic continuities and changes from one author to the next, including deliberate intertextuality; the historians’ ways and means of assessing the trustworthiness of their (oral and written) sources, and their conception of historical truth, with focus on changes and continuity through time; intertextuality with other literary genres, such as myth-telling, story-telling, theater, forensic and political oratory, and the scientific concerns of sophistic and Hellenistic philosophy; the appeal to audiences’ emotions and the changing ways of displaying emotions that may be noted through times. Emphasis will be laid on the possible social and cultural reasons for the changes that may be noted.