ITALIAN PHILOLOGY SP.

The course is included in the core educational activities of the Master's Degree Programme in Philology, Linguistics 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 and Renaissance 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 and Renaissance period).

Beyond Dante and Petrarch: 14th-century lyric poetry

The course will focus on 14th-century lyric poetry, by examining its innovations on the one hand and its relationship to the preceding poetic tradition on the other. Particular attention will be given to the manuscript tradition of 14th-century poetry and to the issues surrounding the critical edition of some poetry collections. Several case studies will be addressed, such as the lyrics by Fazio degli Uberti, Antonio Beccari and Antonio Pucci.
Students will be invited to take part in a seminar activity.

Compulsory bibliography:
- Antologia delle poesia italiana. Trecento, diretta da C. Segre e C. Ossola, Torino, Einaudi, 1999;
- C. Ciociola, Poesia gnomica, d'arte, di corte, allegorica e didattica, in Storia della letteratura italiana, II. Il Trecento, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 1995, pp. 327-454;
- A. Balduino, Premesse ad una storia della poesia trecentesca, in "Lettere italiane", 25 (1973), pp. 3-36;
- A. Decaria, I confini della lirica italiana del Trecento, in I confini della lirica. Tempi, luoghi, tradizione della poesia romanza, a cura di Alessio Decaria e Claudio Lagomarsini, Firenze, Edizioni del Galluzzo per la Fondazione Ezio Franceschini, 2017, pp. 67-89.

Optional texts:
- A. Decaria, La poesia del Trecento minore nella sua tradizione. Prospettive ecdotiche e storiografiche, in Di arbusti ed umili merici. Nuove prospettive filologiche e critiche sulla poesia “minore” del medioevo, Atti del Convegno di Napoli, 25-26 maggio 2023, Roma-Padova, Antenore, 2025, pp. 71-93;
- C. Lorenzi, Cosa ci dicono le nuove edizioni dei rimatori del Trecento? Un bilancio e qualche prospettiva, in Di arbusti ed umili merici. Nuove prospettive filologiche e critiche sulla poesia “minore” del medioevo, Atti del Convegno di Napoli, 25-26 maggio 2023, Roma-Padova, Antenore, 2025, pp. 95-111.

Further bibliography will be available on the e-learning platform moodle.unive.it.

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.

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The lecturer has a duty to ensure that the rules regarding the authenticity and originality of exam tests and papers are respected. Therefore, if there is suspicion of irregular conduct, an additional assessment may be conducted, which could differ from the original exam description.

Assessment criteria:
A. To achieve a grade between 18 and 22, students must demonstrate:
- acceptable but cursory knowledge of the programme;
- limited text analysis and argumentation skills during the oral exam;
- an expression that is not always appropriate;
B. To achieve a grade between 23 and 26, students must demonstrate:
- decent knowledge of the programme;
- decent text analysis and argumentation skills during the oral exam;
- correct use of the language, even if with some imprecisions in the use of the technical language of the discipline;
C. To achieve a grade between 27 and 30 cum laude, students must demonstrate:
- good or excellent knowledge of the programme;
- good or excellent analysis and argumentation skills during the oral exam;
- perfect use of the language.

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

For any needs students are invited to contact the lecturer.

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