IJIIA105 Italian Literature V

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 9:10–10:45 G25
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IJIA026 Comprehensive Exam || IJIA028 Bachelor's exam && IJIA024 Italian Literature IV
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
History of Italian literature and language from the early days till Boccace. The course aims at providing a general knowledge, from an historical-philological point of view, of the history of language, of the most renowned authors and literary movements in Italian literature for the period taken into account. Specific attention is given to texts and context, linguistic and stilistic aspects, metre and philological questions (sources, genetic/evolutionary variants, transmission).
Syllabus
  • You should be familiar with the following authors' works and topics (to be studied on Ferroni's History of literature or an equivalent):
  • beginning of Italian vernacular languages and the first vernacular documents; Francis of Assisi; Sicilian Poetical school; Bonvesin da la Riva; veracular translations (volgarizzamenti); Brunetto Latini; Bono Giamboni; Stilnovismo; poeti comico-realistici: Iacopone da Todi; Dante; preachers of the Dominican order (Iacopo Passavanti, Domenico Cavalca); Francis Petrarch; Giovanni Boccaccio; Franco Sacchetti.
  • You should also be familiar with ALL the excerpts that were read during lectures and any other author that was eventually dealt with during the course.
Literature
    required literature
  • Alberto Varvaro, Prima lezione di filologia, Bari, Laterza, 2012
  • FERRONI, Giulio. Storia della letteratura italiana. [I], Dalle origini al Quattrocento. Milano: Einaudi scuola, 1991, lvii, 451. ISBN 88-286-0073-X. info
  • Antologia minima della letteratura italiana, a cura di Danilo Romei, Parte Prima. Dalle Origini al 1494, Firenze, Nuovo Rinascimento, 1997.
  • Alfredo Stussi, Nuovo avviamento agli studi di filologia italiana, Bologna, Il mulino, 1988, cap. 2. Premesse linguistiche, pp. 55-92.
    recommended literature
  • Bruno Migliorini, Storia della lingua italiana, Firenze, Sansoni, 1960 e successive edizioni.
  • Claudio Marazzini, La lingua italiana. Profilo storico, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1994 e successive edizioni.
    not specified
  • FERRONI, Giulio. Storia della letteratura italiana. Milano: Einaudi scuola, 1991, 555 s. ISBN 88-286-0074-8. info
  • Giulio Ferroni, Profilo storico della letteratura italiana, vol. I, Milano, Einaudi Scuola, 1992.
  • Vittorio Coletti, Storia dell'italiano letterario. Dalle origini al Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 1993.
  • AAVV, Il Medioevo, a cura di Emilio Piccolo, Napoli, Loffredo & Dedalus, 2000
  • Luca Serianni, Appunti di grammatica storica, Roma, Bulzoni, 1995, Fenomeni più notevoli, pp. 21-36.
  • Pietro G. Beltrami, La metrica italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
  • Dizionario di linguistica e di filologia, metrica, retorica, a cura di Gian Luigi Beccaria, Torino, Einaudi, 1996.
Teaching methods
Lecture: description of the literary field, explanation and definition of basic notions and their demonstration on concrete texts by concrete authors. Seminar: Application of the acquired theoretical knowledge on authentic texts. In the form of a presentation the students show their capability to connect their theoretical knowledge while working with a concrete text.
Assessment methods
Credit - oral exam.
Language of instruction
Italian
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Lze zapsat až po úspěšném složení souborné nebo bakalářské zkoušky.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/www/204706/index.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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