(THE) PHILOLOGY OF HISPANIC LANGUAGES MOD.1
| Official course title | FILOLOGIA ROMANZA IND. IBERISTICO MOD. 1 |
| Academic Year | 2009/2010 |
| Course code | L71334 |
| University credits | 5 |
| Subdivision | Classe 1 |
| Degree level | First Cycle Degree M.D.509 |
| Educational sector code | L-FIL-LET/09 |
| Semester/trimester | I Semestre |
| Course year | 3 |
Professor
Degree Programmes and curricula
Equivalent courses for other degree programmes
Contents
Educational Goals
An Introduction to the "Sendebar".
My lessons want to introduce to the study of medieval ‘via’ the direct experience of one text, that we shall read in its manuscript form. This year lessons concern the “Sendebar”: a translation from an arab collection of “exempla”.
Requirements
None.
Contents
Lessons offer a critical lecture of the “Sendebar” and the experience of a direct approach to an Old Spanish text directly in its manuscript form, and an introduction to study of Old Spanish language.
Recommended Reading List
(1-2) C. Alvar, “La letteratura castigliana medievale”, in V. Bertolucci - C. Alvar - S. Asperti, “Le letterature medievali romanze d'area iberica”, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1999.
“Sendebar. Il libro degli inganni delle donne”, a c. di Veronica Orazi, Alessandria, Edd. dell’Orso, 2005 (or: “Sendebar. Il libro degli inganni delle donne”, a c. di Pietro Tavaracci, Roma, Carocci, 2003, "Biblioteca medievale").
(3) A. Varvaro, “Linguistica romanza”, Napoli, Liguori, 2000; A. D'Agostino, “Lo spagnolo antico”, sintesi storico-critica, Milano, LED, 2001.
Assessment
Students must demonstrate that they know the entire text of the "Sendebar" in modern translation, and the original spanish text (all the sections studied during the lessons) . A cycle of lessons on Old Spanish shall be hold during the term; students who will not follow them must translate 20 texts chosen from ch. I-XII of “Antologia della letteratura spagnola”, I. “Dalle Origini al Quattrocento”, a c. di G. Caravaggi e A. D'Agostino, Milano, LED Edizioni, 1996 (this paper must be presented 15 days before the examination). Students in Portuguese Language and Literature mustc hoose a body of texts in this language. Examination will be in an oral form.
Teaching Methods
Traditional.
Teaching Language
Italian, Old and Modern Spanish.
Other information
Lessons are also opened to those LCMC students (2nd year) who want to anticipate Romance Philology examination.
