ROMANCE PHILOLOGY II - PRACTICE

Academic year
2020/2021 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
ESERCITAZIONI DI FILOLOGIA ROMANZA II
Course code
FT0471 (AF:334654 AR:177194)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
0 out of 12 of ROMANCE PHILOLOGY
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
L-FIL-LET/09
Period
2nd Semester
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An Introduction to the comparative analysis of narrative texts: Boccaccio and the Romance tradition.
Some novels of the "Decameron" (in which Boccaccio reworked the fabulae of medieval narrative texts) will be the subject of the exercises, by using narratological instruments. The goal is to teach an analysis technique applicable to any narrative tradition.
Acquisition of two abilities: (a) to analyze a plot: selection of primary and secondary elements, to be compared with those obtained from other texts; (b) to produce a typological synthesis of the results of the comparison.
Being able to to translate short texts from the originals (in Latin, ancient French).
Introduction to narratology;
Analysis of a Boccaccio's short story and of its sources (plot and ideological meaning).
Minimum bibliography and texts to be analyzed will be provided on Moodle during the exercises.
The skills acquired will be verified during the exam of Romance Philology II (the exam is oral).
Application of narratological models to texts.
Italian
oral
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Last update of the programme: 05/08/2020