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
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The preliminary course provides a grounding in the Old English Language;
The lectures will:
a) illustrate some of the main phonological and morphological characteristics distinguishing Old English from the other Germanic languages and these in turn from Indo-European;
b) focus on a prose text drawn from those available in 'A Guide to Old English': the text will be translated and analyzed from a linguistic as well as a cultural and literary perspective. Issues relating to its transmission will furthermore be considered.
In the course for the academic year 2023-2024 the text that will be examined is:
Mitchell – Robinson, Guide to Old English, text no. 9 “Bede’s Account of the Poet Caedmon”
Notes:
- All the materials necessary to follow the course will be made available during the course;
- Students unable to attend/follow the course regularly are requested to contact the lecturer well in advance of the session in which they intend to take the exam, realistically at least six months in advance.
(N.B.: This text is available as e-book via RomaTreDiscovery)
- Additional material provided by the lecturer.
All the materials necessary to follow the course will be made available during the course.
Programme
The course comprises a preliminary language course (12 hours) and a series of lectures (30 hours).**************************
The preliminary course provides a grounding in the Old English Language;
The lectures will:
a) illustrate some of the main phonological and morphological characteristics distinguishing Old English from the other Germanic languages and these in turn from Indo-European;
b) focus on a prose text drawn from those available in 'A Guide to Old English': the text will be translated and analyzed from a linguistic as well as a cultural and literary perspective. Issues relating to its transmission will furthermore be considered.
In the course for the academic year 2023-2024 the text that will be examined is:
Mitchell – Robinson, Guide to Old English, text no. 9 “Bede’s Account of the Poet Caedmon”
Notes:
- All the materials necessary to follow the course will be made available during the course;
- Students unable to attend/follow the course regularly are requested to contact the lecturer well in advance of the session in which they intend to take the exam, realistically at least six months in advance.
Core Documentation
- Bruce Mitchell – Fred C. Robinson, A guide to Old English, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012(N.B.: This text is available as e-book via RomaTreDiscovery)
- Additional material provided by the lecturer.
All the materials necessary to follow the course will be made available during the course.
Reference Bibliography
cf. above.Type of evaluation
Oral exam. The candidate will be asked to read and translate a few lines from the text analyzed during the course. Next, (s)he will be asked to answer questions concerning Old English, the main developments from Indo-European to Old English, and the literary and historical background of the text analyzed during the course