Classical Philology
What is Classical Philology?
The two components, "interest in language" and "interest in literature", are at the heart of the study of Classical Philology, i.e. the Greek and Latin language and literature of antiquity. The entirety of literary texts and linguistic forms of expression extends from the archaic period (8th century BC) to late antiquity - over a period of around 1200 years, if the reception and continuation in the Middle Ages, humanism and modern times is added, over 2500 years.
Main areas of research
The main areas of research of the section of Classical Philology at the Department of Classics can be summarized as follows
- Ancient language and literature from archaic times to the ancient imperial period
- Modern literary theory
- History of science
- Didactics of classical philology
Other projects of the section
Internal university project (since 2018)
Head: Ursula GÄRTNER
Collaborator: Sally BAUMANN
This project is about a particular narrative design element, namely the emphasis on the visual. The term 'ekphrastic narrative' is meant as a working concept that also goes beyond ekphrasis in the narrower sense as descriptions of works of art and the like; it is intended to include passages in which there is no ekphrasis in the above sense, but where the narrative part seems to take a back seat to a pictorial one, i.e. where the visual predominates in the representation. The questions of intermediality are explored here in an interdisciplinary manner. Following three international workshops, a conference is planned for 2024.
