The Course “Philology 1” falls within the domain of the Basic learning activities labelled “Philology, General and Applied Linguistics” of the Degree Course in Languages and Cultural-Linguistic Mediation, specifically the activities aiming at providing adequate tools for the analysis of texts in the light of their transmission and cultural context.
The course aims to provide a clear and adequately detailed picture of the Romance / Germanic cultural milieu from a philological, historical and literary perspective, as well as of the processes through which the forms, genres and conventions of the literary tradition developed, focusing on the specific linguistic and literary character of the individual cultural areas. The course aims furthermore to provide an understanding of the principles of textual criticism.
Expected Learning Outcomes: the student will acquire a clear and adequately detailed picture of the Romance / Germanic cultural milieu from a philological, historical and literary perspective, as well as of the processes through which the forms, genres and conventions of the the literary tradition developed, focusing on the specific linguistic and literary character of the individual cultural areas. S/he will become familiar and understand the principles of textual criticism underlying a critical edition.
The course aims to provide a clear and adequately detailed picture of the Romance / Germanic cultural milieu from a philological, historical and literary perspective, as well as of the processes through which the forms, genres and conventions of the literary tradition developed, focusing on the specific linguistic and literary character of the individual cultural areas. The course aims furthermore to provide an understanding of the principles of textual criticism.
Expected Learning Outcomes: the student will acquire a clear and adequately detailed picture of the Romance / Germanic cultural milieu from a philological, historical and literary perspective, as well as of the processes through which the forms, genres and conventions of the the literary tradition developed, focusing on the specific linguistic and literary character of the individual cultural areas. S/he will become familiar and understand the principles of textual criticism underlying a critical edition.
teacher profile teaching materials
• Piero G. Beltrami, La filologia romanza, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017;
• Di Girolamo, I trovatori, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1989 (Introduzione e capp. I, IV);
• M. L. Meneghetti, Le origini delle letterature medievali romanze, Roma, Laterza, 2019 (o edizioni precedenti).
Programme
The course presents the most important stages in the formation of romance linguistic and literary culture, from the evolution of the romance languages and the analysis of the first written attestations (the Appendix Probi, the indovinello veronese, the Glosses of Reichenau etc). some representive texts of the epical, lyric and courtly tradition will be analysed, with particular attention to the cultural and historical continuity between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.Core Documentation
• Au. Roncaglia, I primi passi del volgare, in Le origini della lingua e della letteratura italiana, Torino, UTET, 2006, pp. 157-214;• Piero G. Beltrami, La filologia romanza, Bologna, il Mulino, 2017;
• Di Girolamo, I trovatori, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1989 (Introduzione e capp. I, IV);
• M. L. Meneghetti, Le origini delle letterature medievali romanze, Roma, Laterza, 2019 (o edizioni precedenti).
Type of delivery of the course
Il corso sarà costituito da lezioni frontali, durante le quali sarà incoraggiata la partecipazione attiva degli studenti alla discussione intorno ai temi trattati.Type of evaluation
Online oral exams; video conference on Microsoft Teams.