ITALIAN PHILOLOGY

Academic year

2021/2022 Syllabus of previous years

Official course title

FILOLOGIA ITALIANA SP.

Course code

FM0086 (AF:353880 AR:190530)

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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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals

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.

Expected learning outcomes

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.

Pre-requirements

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).

Contents

Reading "Vita nova"

The course offers a reading and text analysis of Dante's "Vita nova", with a particular attention for the philological problems of the text.
Students will be invited to take part in a seminar activity on the text of the work.

Referral texts

- Dante Alighieri, Vita nova, a cura di S. Carrai, Milano, Rizzoli, 2009.
- S. Carrai, Dante elegiaco. Una chiave di lettura della «Vita nova», Firenze, Olschki, 2006.
- P. Trovato, Il testo della «Vita nuova» e altra filologia dantesca, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2000, pp. 11-92.
- Bibliographical material available on the e-learning platform moodle.unive.it.

Not attending students must read also:
- R. Rea, Dante: guida alla Vita nuova, Roma, Carocci, 2021.

Assessment methods

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 texts.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons and seminars. Further materials will be available on the e-learning platform moodle.unive.it.

Teaching language

Italian

Further information

Not-attending students are invited to contact the lecturer for any doubt or question.

Type of exam

oral

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Definitive programme.

Last update of the programme: 16/01/2022