Ancient literary criticism and modern interpretational approaches

This course follows two parallel paths: providing a survey of classical criticism as a background to modern literary theory and criticism, and illustrating some contemporary trends in criticism with exemplary interpretations of key classical texts (Homer, Attic tragedy, Augustan poetry, ancient novel) and of moments of their modern reception:
I. Gorgias, Plato, Aristotle, Horace, ps.-Longinus;
II. scriptural hermeneutics; structuralism; Bachtin and dialogism; theories of intertextuality; deconstruction; feminist criticism; psychoanalysis.

Temeljna literatura
- Murray, P., T. Dorsch. Classical Literary Criticism. London: Penguin Books, 2000. i-lxiv. COBISS.SI-ID – 38580066
- Prevodi: Gorgias: Hvalnica Heleni COBISS.SI-ID – 243502848 , Platon: Ion, Država X COBISS.SI-ID – 248037376 , Aristotel: Poetika COBISS.SI-ID – 13215233 , Horacij: Pismo o pesništvu, COBISS.SI-ID – 31736577 , ps.-Longin: O Vzvišenem COBISS.SI-ID – 258165248
- K. Gantar, Antična poetika, Ljubljana: DZS, 1985 (Literarni leksikon 26) COBISS.SI-ID – 11191553
- T. Virk, Moderne metode literarne vede in njihove filozofsko teoretske osnove, Ljubljana: Flozofska fakulteta, 2003. COBISS.SI-ID – 241638656
- A. Pogačnik (ur.), Sodobna literarna teorija, Ljubljana: Krtina, 1995. COBISS.SI-ID – 45719552

Further reading
- G. A. Kennedy (ur.), The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, Volume I: Classical Criticism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989 COBISS.SI-ID - 34440961