20703291 - GERMAN PHILOLOGY 2 LM

The Course “Germanic Philology 2 LM” fenvisages further study of the medieval languages from a diachronic perspective; further study of the theory of textual criticism, with special reference to the transmission, edition and interpretation of texts, as well as to the historical context in which they were produced and transmitted.
Expected Learning Outcomes: The student will acquire detailed and in-depth competence in the history of medieval languages and literatures, as well as in the wider domain of textual and literary criticism.

Curriculum

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Mutuazione: 20703291 FILOLOGIA GERMANICA 2 LM in Lingue moderne per la comunicazione internazionale LM-38 R (docente da definire)

Programme

Re-worked versions, re-writings and translation strategies in medieval English and German texts

The course aims to present the different ways and purposes in which various authors of the English and German Middle Ages translated, reworked and rewrote literary, philosophical or theological texts from Latin into vernacular. The works in verse and prose (e.g. Old English biblical and hagiographic poems, Old English translations of Alfred's works, Old Saxon Heliand, Old High German Otfrid von Weißenburg’s Liber Evangelorium, Tatian and Notker III's translations) and the related paratexts (prefaces, epilogues, dedicatory letters) will be analyzed from a literary, philological and linguistic perspective, with particular attention to codicological transmission and text typology, as well as to the historical and cultural context in which they were producted. The analysis of the texts will enable students to gain insight into some features of the linguistic evolution of English and German.

The students, who will be guided by the teacher in the choice of themes and in the use of the main bibliographic tools, will have to present an individual or group report, which will be discussed in class in the final part of the course and which will focus on historical-literary topics, linguistic and textual related to works of the Germanic Middle Ages.Rielaborazioni, riscritture e strategie traduttologiche nei testi del medioevo inglese e tedesco

Il corso mira a presentare le diverse modalità e le diverse finalità con le quali autori del medioevo inglese e tedesco hanno tradotto, rielaborato, riscritto testi letterari, filosofici o teologici, originariamente redatti in latino. Le opere in versi e in prosa (per esempio poemi di argomento biblico e agiografico, le traduzioni alfrediane in inglese antico, il Heliand in sassone antico, il Liber Evangelorium di Otfrid von Weißenburg, il Taziano e le traduzioni di Notker III in tedesco antico) e, se tramandati, i relativi paratesti (prefazioni, epiloghi, lettere dedicatorie) saranno analizzati secondo una prospettiva letteraria, filologica, linguistica con particolare attenzione alla trasmissione codicologica e alla tipologia testuale, nonché al relativo contesto storico-culturale di produzione e fruizione. L’analisi dei testi permetterà inoltre di approfondire alcuni aspetti dell’evoluzione linguistica dell’inglese e del tedesco.

Gli studenti, che saranno guidati dalla docente nella scelta dei temi e nell'uso dei principali strumenti bibliografici, dovranno presentare una relazione, individuale o di gruppo, che sarà discussa in classe nella parte finale del corso e che verterà su argomenti storico-letterari, linguistici e testuali relativi a opere del medioevo germanico.



Core Documentation

M. Battaglia (ed.), Le civiltà letterarie del Medioevo germanico, Carocci, Roma 2017 (pp. 55-136; 137-276; 277-309).
B. Murdoch - M. Read (edd.), Early Germanic Literature and Culture, Camden House, Rochester-New York 2004 (pp. 205-233; 235-261; 263-284).
R.D. Fulk – C. Cain, A History of Old English Literature, Wynley Blackwell, Oxford 2013.
Rolf Bergmann (Hg.), Althochdeutsche und altsächsische Literatur, De Gruyter, Berlin–Boston, 2013.

A. M. Luiselli Fadda, Tradizioni manoscritte e critica del testo nel medioevo germanico, Roma-Bari: Laterza 2004 (Parte II e III)

Attendance

Students are invited to attend classes. Those who cannot attend them are requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course

Type of evaluation

The oral examination aims to test: (a) the knowledge of the content of the texts given in the syllabus and of the problems discussed during the semester; (b) the ability to critically rework the acquired knowledge and place the texts in their historical, cultural and linguistic context; (c) the expressive skills and the acquisition of the use of a specialized vocabulary; (d) the acquisition of the discipline's own methods of inquiry; (e) the results of individual investigations. Marks –from 18 to 30 cum laude– are classified as follows: 18-20: elementary knowledge of the topics included in the program and elementary argumentative and communicative skills; 21-23: satisfactory knowledge of the topics included in the program and satisfactory argumentative and communicative skills; 24-26: good knowledge of the topics included in the program and good argumentative and communicative skills; 27-29: very good knowledge of the topics included in the program and very good argumentative and communicative skills; 30 and 30 cum laude: excellent knowledge of the topics included in the program and excellent argumentative and communicative skills.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 20703291 FILOLOGIA GERMANICA 2 LM in Lingue moderne per la comunicazione internazionale LM-38 R (docente da definire)

Programme

Re-worked versions, re-writings and translation strategies in medieval English and German texts

The course aims to present the different ways and purposes in which various authors of the English and German Middle Ages translated, reworked and rewrote literary, philosophical or theological texts from Latin into vernacular. The works in verse and prose (e.g. Old English biblical and hagiographic poems, Old English translations of Alfred's works, Old Saxon Heliand, Old High German Otfrid von Weißenburg’s Liber Evangelorium, Tatian and Notker III's translations) and the related paratexts (prefaces, epilogues, dedicatory letters) will be analyzed from a literary, philological and linguistic perspective, with particular attention to codicological transmission and text typology, as well as to the historical and cultural context in which they were producted. The analysis of the texts will enable students to gain insight into some features of the linguistic evolution of English and German.

The students, who will be guided by the teacher in the choice of themes and in the use of the main bibliographic tools, will have to present an individual or group report, which will be discussed in class in the final part of the course and which will focus on historical-literary topics, linguistic and textual related to works of the Germanic Middle Ages.Rielaborazioni, riscritture e strategie traduttologiche nei testi del medioevo inglese e tedesco

Il corso mira a presentare le diverse modalità e le diverse finalità con le quali autori del medioevo inglese e tedesco hanno tradotto, rielaborato, riscritto testi letterari, filosofici o teologici, originariamente redatti in latino. Le opere in versi e in prosa (per esempio poemi di argomento biblico e agiografico, le traduzioni alfrediane in inglese antico, il Heliand in sassone antico, il Liber Evangelorium di Otfrid von Weißenburg, il Taziano e le traduzioni di Notker III in tedesco antico) e, se tramandati, i relativi paratesti (prefazioni, epiloghi, lettere dedicatorie) saranno analizzati secondo una prospettiva letteraria, filologica, linguistica con particolare attenzione alla trasmissione codicologica e alla tipologia testuale, nonché al relativo contesto storico-culturale di produzione e fruizione. L’analisi dei testi permetterà inoltre di approfondire alcuni aspetti dell’evoluzione linguistica dell’inglese e del tedesco.

Gli studenti, che saranno guidati dalla docente nella scelta dei temi e nell'uso dei principali strumenti bibliografici, dovranno presentare una relazione, individuale o di gruppo, che sarà discussa in classe nella parte finale del corso e che verterà su argomenti storico-letterari, linguistici e testuali relativi a opere del medioevo germanico.



Core Documentation

M. Battaglia (ed.), Le civiltà letterarie del Medioevo germanico, Carocci, Roma 2017 (pp. 55-136; 137-276; 277-309).
B. Murdoch - M. Read (edd.), Early Germanic Literature and Culture, Camden House, Rochester-New York 2004 (pp. 205-233; 235-261; 263-284).
R.D. Fulk – C. Cain, A History of Old English Literature, Wynley Blackwell, Oxford 2013.
Rolf Bergmann (Hg.), Althochdeutsche und altsächsische Literatur, De Gruyter, Berlin–Boston, 2013.

A. M. Luiselli Fadda, Tradizioni manoscritte e critica del testo nel medioevo germanico, Roma-Bari: Laterza 2004 (Parte II e III)

Attendance

Students are invited to attend classes. Those who cannot attend them are requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course

Type of evaluation

The oral examination aims to test: (a) the knowledge of the content of the texts given in the syllabus and of the problems discussed during the semester; (b) the ability to critically rework the acquired knowledge and place the texts in their historical, cultural and linguistic context; (c) the expressive skills and the acquisition of the use of a specialized vocabulary; (d) the acquisition of the discipline's own methods of inquiry; (e) the results of individual investigations. Marks –from 18 to 30 cum laude– are classified as follows: 18-20: elementary knowledge of the topics included in the program and elementary argumentative and communicative skills; 21-23: satisfactory knowledge of the topics included in the program and satisfactory argumentative and communicative skills; 24-26: good knowledge of the topics included in the program and good argumentative and communicative skills; 27-29: very good knowledge of the topics included in the program and very good argumentative and communicative skills; 30 and 30 cum laude: excellent knowledge of the topics included in the program and excellent argumentative and communicative skills.