ITALIAN PHILOLOGY

Academic year
2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
FILOLOGIA ITALIANA SP.
Course code
FM0086 (AF:308357 AR:170224)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
L-FIL-LET/13
Period
2nd Semester
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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The course is included in the core educational activities of the Master's Degree Programme in Philology and Italian Literature.
It aims to provide the students with the aware use of the philological method and the ability to elaborate critically the bibliography on a specific theme or discussion.
By the end of the course the student will be able to:
- read critically a Medieval Italian text, noticing linguistic, metrical and stylistic peculiarities;
- take advantage of the philological method in order to orient himself to a rich manuscript tradition;
- read consciously a critical edition, judging editor's chioses and discussing the alterative solutions suggested by the critics;
- work indipendently on seminar themes.
To have achieved the educational objectives of Principles of Philology. Foreigners attending this course are expected to be fluent in Italian and to have a good knowledge of the Italian literature (in particular Medieval period).
Brunetto Latini's Tesoretto: philological problems and observations on the text.

The course offers the reading of Brunetto Latini's Tesoretto. The text will be contextualized within the coeval Italian poetry and the biography of the Florentine notary. In particular, the main philological issues related to the text will be examinated; a detailed reading of the work will also be given.
Students will be invited to take part in a seminar activity on the text of the Tesoretto.
- Brunetto Latini, Poesie, a cura di S. Carrai, Torino, Einaudi, 2016.
- M. Berisso, Tre annotazioni al "Tesoretto", in "Filologia italiana", 11 (2014), pp. 15-40.
- Bibliographical material available on the e-learning platform moodle.unive.it.

Not-attending students must read also: I. Maffia Scariati, Dal "Tresor" al "Tresoretto". Saggi su Brunetto Latini e i suoi fiancheggiatori, Roma, Aracne, 2010, pp. 25-124.
Oral exam. The examination will verify the knowledge of the theoretical problems discussed in class and of the bibliography. The student will also be asked to read and explain a passage of the text.
Frontal lessons and seminars. Further materials will be available on the e-learning platform moodle.unive.it.
Italian
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

Goal 3: good health and well-being
Goal 4: quality education
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 23/01/2020