Literature of Early Byzantium (Phd)

Pre-requisites: Finished M.A. studies in Classical studies. Passed exams in Byzantine philology I (grad. studies) and Greek language II (grad. studies).

Course objectives: Widening knowledge acquired on previous studies; Ability to analyze works of early Byzantine authors.

Course description: Pagan authors of early Byzantine; church fathers; Reception of ancient tradition, the begining of rhetoric and sophistic; changes in language. Translation of texts, homework.

Learning Outcomes: Enabled to make scientific papers in this field, to participate in scientific projects and in facility of higher education.

Literature/Reading:

• N. Ristović, Starohrišćanski klasicizam, Beograd 2005.
• V. Jeger, Rano hrišćanstvo i grčka paideia, Beograd 2007.
• R. Cantarela, Poeti Bizantini, I-II, Milano 1948.
• H. Hunger, Die profane Literatur der Byzantiner, Muenchen (više izdanja)
• H.G. Beck, Kirche und theologische Literatur im byzantinischen Reich, Muenchen 1959.
• R. Browning, Medieval and Modern Greek, London 1969.
• V. Tatakis, Vizantijska filozofija, Beograd - Nikšić 2002.
• J. Majendorf, Vizantijsko bogoslovlje, Beograd 2001.
• S.S. Averincev, Poetika ranovizantijske književnosti, Beograd 1982.