IJ2B001 Early Italian Literature (A)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 10:00–11:40 G21
Prerequisites
IJ1A055 Bachelor's State Exam || IJIA028 Bachelor's exam || IJ2B002 Early Italian Literature (B)
A proficient level of Italian is required. Knowledge of history of Italian language, and textual criticism (or simultaneous attendance to such courses).
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
The course aims at providing students with a critical-philological approach to ancient texts. Sometimes we will work on unpublished texts or first-hand material (manuscripts or early prints).


It is strongly advised that students of this course should attend also the course of Filologia Italiana I / Textual Criticism I or study a good manual of Italian textual criticism (Alfredo Stussi, Pasquale Stoppelli, Paolo Chiesa, or Alberto Varvaro). Students must know the meaning of the following concepts: source, form, multiple forms, authorial variants, fortune, reception, transmission, tradition, critical edition



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.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to read texts of ancient Italian literature in original language; find secondary bibliography specialised in Italian literature; use the secondary bibliography to support a critical assessment of an Italian literary text; frame artistic texts in historical, social, cultural and artistic contexts; know their textual issues, as well as offering a theoretical framework for these texts; prepare a critical review of a literary work.
Syllabus
  • Topics:
  • Reading of ancient Italian texts (a selection of pieces from the first centuries of Italian literature). Aspects of the historical development of the language and historical grammar. Aspects of Italian textual criticism. Fundaments of manuscript and early print studies.
Literature
    required literature
  • Alfonso D'Agostino, Trasmissione anomala e contaminazione, Università degli studi di Milano, dispense di filologia italiana per l'a.a. 2005-06, disponibili su http://armida.unimi.it/handle/2170/528
    not specified
  • FERRONI, Giulio. Storia della letteratura italiana. [I], Dalle origini al Quattrocento. Milano: Einaudi scuola, 1991, lvii, 451. ISBN 88-286-0073-X. info
  • Bruno Migliorini, Storia della lingua italiana, Firenze, Sansoni, 1960
  • Claudio Marazzini, La lingua italiana. Profilo storico, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1994 e successive edizioni.
  • Vittorio Coletti, Storia dell'italiano letterario. Dalle origini al Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 1993.
  • Alfonso D'Agostino, Manoscritto, Università degli studi di Milano, dispense di filologia romanza per l'a.a.2003-04, disponibili su http://users.unimi.it/dagosti/materiali.htm
  • Alfonso D'Agostino, Copista, correttore e fenomenologia della copia, Università degli studi di Milano, dispense di filologia italiana per l'a.a. 2005-06, disponibili su http://armida.unimi.it/handle/2170/528
  • Alfonso D'Agostino, Il Metodo degli errori, Università degli studi di Milano, dispense di filologia italiana per l'a.a. 2005-06, disponibili su http://armida.unimi.it/handle/2170/528
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
Oral exam on the topics of the course, including the commentary of texts read in the course.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Lze zapsat až po úspěšném složení bakalářské zkoušky.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/www/204706/index.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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