ROMANCE PHILOLOGY

Time and action in medieval fiction: from the French prose romance to the "Orlando Furioso"
The course wants to investigate a theme concerning narrative morphosyntax: the analysis of the discursive modalities developed by the French and Italian authors in the vernacular Middle Ages in order to represent temporality in complex narrative structures (the prose romance, the chivalric poem). The goal is to describe the constants that are active in the definition of the medieval vernacular style.

Knowledge.
- In-depth and advanced methodological knowledge in the field of medieval comparative literature;
- in-depth knowledge of the rhetorical-stylistic processes;
- in-depth digital knowledge, as regards the tools provided by the Web for philological research.
Skills.
- Ability to critically elaborate the bibliography on specific topics;
- ability to work on case studies through the application of specific methods.

It is essential to be able to read Old French texts directly.

The "entrelacement" in the French prose novel; the narrative machine in the Italian chivalric poem.

C. Segre, "Analisi del racconto", in Id., Le strutture e il tempo, Torino, Einaudi, 1974, pp. 3-77;
G. Genette, "Figure II", trad. it., Torino, Einaudi (any edition);
G. Genette, "Nuovo discorso del racconto", Torino, Einaudi (any edition);
M. Praloran, "Tempo e azione nell''Orlando Furioso'", Firenze, Olschki, 1999;
C. Bologna, "La macchina del 'Furioso'", Torino, Einaudi, 1997.
J. Rychner, "L'articulation des phrases narratives dans la 'Mort Artu'", Genève, Droz,1970.
The texts to be commented will be provided in digital format during the course.

The exam is oral, and concerns the texts and themes presented in the lessons and the bibliography; it also includes the presentation of the narratological analysis of an episode taken from a French prose novel or from the "Orlando furioso".

The course includes 30 hours of frontal lessons.

Italian

Throughout the academic year, two seminars will be organized (at least 10 meetings of 2 hours each), opened to students of the Bachelor's and Master's degree who want to graduate in Romance Philology and anyone interested (and willing translate Old French texts by himself), dedicated to: 1. "Chanson de Roland" as a philological problem: exercises on the Segre 1970 edition (first semester); 2. The "machine of the Furioso". Ariosto and the legacy of French feudal fiction (second semester). Attendance at each of the two seminars will guarantee the payment of 3 CFU.

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments
Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with
mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development