Classical Legacy

Pre-requisites: Enrolled to M.A. studies

Course objectives: Getting acquainted with antic Greek and Roman tradition in late European culture, firstly in Byzantine literature and culture, secondly in Serbian medieval literature and then in Western literature of middle age and renaissance.

Course description: Antic legacy in Byzantine literature and European culture.

Learning Outcomes: Being able to do scientific research in this field.

Literature/Reading:

• G. Highet, The Classical Tradition, Oxford 1951.
• Paul Lemerle, Byzance et la tradition des lettres helleniques, Beograd 1962.
• Luj Breje, Vizantijska civilizacija, Beograd 1976.
• R.R. Bolgar, The Classical Heritage and its Beneficiaries, Canbridge 1977.
• R. Pfeiffer, History of Classical Scholarship from 1300 to 1850, Oxford 1976.
• L.D. Reynolds and N.G. Wilson, Scribes and Scholars, Oxford 1975.
• V. Tatakis, Vizantijska filozofija, Beograd - Nikšić 2002.
• H. Hunger, Die Hochsprachliche Profane Literatur der Byzantiner, I-II, Muenchen 1978.
• S.S. Averincev, Poeetika ranovizantijske književnosti, Beograd 1982.