IJIIA105 Italian Literature V

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
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
Mgr. Kateřina Garajová, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 26. 9. to Sun 14. 12. Fri 9:10–10:45 G01, Mon 15. 9. to Thu 25. 9. Fri 9:10–10:45 N01023
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
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
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/models, genetic/evolutionary variants, transmission/fortune).

Since the course mostly consists in reading and explaining excerpts of literary works which are part of the exam, you are kindly invited to print them on paper.
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 and its fortune in the rest of Italy; 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
  • STOPPELLI, Pasquale. Filologia della letteratura italiana. Roma: Carocci, 2008. info
  • FERRONI, Giulio. Storia della letteratura italiana. [I], Dalle origini al Quattrocento. Milano: Einaudi scuola, 1991, lvii, 451. ISBN 88-286-0073-X. info
  • Claudio Marazzini, La lingua italiana. Profilo storico, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1994 e successive edizioni.
  • 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.
  • Pietro G. Beltrami, La metrica italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
    not specified
  • FERRONI, Giulio. Storia della letteratura italiana. Milano: Einaudi scuola, 1991, 555 s. ISBN 88-286-0074-8. info
  • 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.
  • 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, the result of this test will be considered for the final mark at the end of the second semester.
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
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