GERMANIC PHILOLOGY 2 MOD. 1

This module is aimed at preparing students to acquire advanced knowledge in Germanic Philology and advanced learning skills that should allow them to continue to study in a manner that may be largely self-directed or autonomous. Those skills are listed below in detail. The module is taught in English.

- to acquire knowledge and understanding in advanced topics of Germanic Philology by being exposed to both the current theoretical debate and its applications to a specific cultural area of the Germanic world in the Middle Ages. This knowledge and understanding will be founded upon and will extend that typically associated with the first cycle; it will also provide a basis for originality in developing and/or applying ideas, often within a research context (see below, under "Contents");
- to apply their knowledge and understanding, as well as problem solving abilities in new or unfamiliar environments within broader contexts related to Germanic Philology with particular reference to advanced reading skills;
- to have the ability to integrate knowledge and handle complexity, and formulate judgments with incomplete or limited information about their object of study (this is a typical situation in the philological field).
- to be able to communicate their conclusions, and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these, to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously, using the appropriate language register;
- to acquire advanced learning skills that should allow them to continue to study in a manner that may be largely self-directed or autonomous (e.g. through individual independent reading on philological issues, as well as advanced practice exercises on theories, models and forms).

No specific prerequisites are required, albeit a previous MA module (6 cfu) of Germanic Philology is recommended. However, the basic notions necessary to tackle the main topics listed in the content section below will be provided by the teacher at the beginning of the course. In any case, students are reminded that this is an advanced MA module, so the teaching will be organized in regular lectures combined with team as well as independent work.

A theoretical and methodological introduction into editing medieval vernacular texts will help the students analyze and discuss a series of case studies derived from Germanic literary traditions and cognate traditions.

- Thomas Bein. 1990. Textkritik : Eine Einführung in Grundlagen der Edition altdeutscher Dichtung. Göppingen: Kümmerle [Thomas Bein, Introduzione alla critica dei testi tedeschi medievali, a c. di Simona Leonardi; e con una premessa di Piergiuseppe Scardigli. Pisa: ETS, 1999].
- Adele Cipolla. 2018. “Intractable cases and digital hopes: how new media can help with interpreting multi-version vernacular texts”, in A. Cipolla (ed.), Digital Philology: new thoughts on old questions. Padova: libreriauniversitaria.it., 99-124.
- David Greetham. 2013. ‘A history of textual scholarship’, in in N. Fraistat and J. Flanders (eds). The Cambridge Companion to Textual Scholarship. Cambridge: University Press, 16-41.
- Anna Maria Luiselli Fadda. 2009. “Quale ‘edizione nel tempo’ (Contini) per i documenti e i testi germanici nel ventunesimo secolo?”, in F. Ferrari & M. Bampi (eds). Storicità del testo, Storicità dell'edizione. Trento: Università degli Studi di Trento. Dipartimento di Studi Letterari, Linguistici e Filologici, 11-22. http://eprints.biblio.unitn.it/4132/1/Labirinti_122_completo.pdf
- Stephen G. Nichols. 1990. “Philology in a Manuscript Culture”, Speculum, 65,1, 1990, 1-10.
- Elena Pierazzo. 2016. “Textual scholarship and text encoding”, in S. Schreibman et al. (eds). A new companion to digital humanities. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 307-321.
- Michael Sargent. 2013. “Manuscript textuality”, in N. Fraistat & J. Flanders (eds). The Cambridge Companion to Textual Scholarship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 224-235 doi:10.1017/CCO9781139044073.011

Oral examination

More specifically:
- Knowledge and understanding: checked through content questions;
- Applying knowledge and understanding: checked through a practical exercise, such as discussion of excerpts analyzed during the course;
- Making judgements: checked through methodological questions;
- Communication skills: checked through open questions (whether students communicate their conclusions clearly and unambiguously, as well as the knowledge and rationale underpinning these);
- Learning skills: evaluation of the students' autonomy of judgement.

Lectures, teacher-led discussions, practical exercises in class ("hands-on training").

Inglese

Further bibliographical references will be given during the course.
Students who cannot attend all lectures need to contact the course instructor for further readings.

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