FF:IJ2B006 Textual Criticism IV - Course Information

IJ2B006 Textual Criticism (Filologia italiana) IV

Extent and Intensity

0/0/2. 4 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

Tue 12:00–13:40 G02; and Mon 13. 2. 12:00–13:40 G11

Prerequisites

IJ2B004 Textual Criticism II
You must have passed Filologia Italiana (Textual criticism) I & II.

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

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Course objectives

The course aims at showing with practical exercises how to prepare a critical edition of a text and to analyse and solve concrete problems of textual criticism.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will be able to work independently on medieval and renaissance manuscripts written in Italian vernacular language: preparing the edition of a single manuscript; fulfilling the recension and the emendatio; solving complex issues about the relationships between manuscript witnesses to a text; preparing a critical edition of a text by working on multiple witnesses.

Syllabus

• The course includes deeper investigation on concrete texts, reading of specialised essays and practical exercises in textual criticism.

Literature

required literature
• Alfredo Stussi, Nuovo avviamento agli studi di filologia italiana, Bologna, Il mulino, 1988
• 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
• Cesare Segre, Appunti sul problema delle contaminazioni nei testi in prosa, in Studi e problemi di critica testuale. Convegno di Studi di filologia italiana, Bologna, 1961.
• Paolo Divizia, Appunti di stemmatica comparata, «Studi e Problemi di Critica Testuale», LXXVIII (2009), pp. 29-48
• Paolo Divizia, Il «Tresor» di Brunetto Latini tra fonti e volgarizzamenti: il caso della «Formula vitae honestae», in Culture, livelli di cultura e ambienti nel Medioevo occidentale, atti del IX Convegno della Società Italiana di Filologia Romanza (Bolog
• Monica Berté - Marco Petoletti, La filologia medievale e umanistica, Bologna, Il mulino, 2017
• DIVIZIA, Paolo and Lisa PERICOLI. Il viaggio del testo, Atti del Convegno internazionale di Filologia Italiana e Romanza (Brno, 19-21 giugno 2014) (The journey of the text. Proceedings of the international conference of Italian and Romance textual critcism (Brno, 19-21 June 2014)). In Il viaggio del testo, Atti del Convegno internazionale di Filologia Italiana e Romanza (Brno, 19-21 giugno 2014). Alessandria: Edizioni dell'Orso, 2017, 568 pp. ISBN 978-88-6274-771-4. URL info
• STOPPELLI, Pasquale. Filologia della letteratura italiana. 1a ed. Roma: Carocci, 2008, 201 s. ISBN 9788843047239. info

Teaching methods

The entire course will be in the form of a seminar: we will work on medieval manuscripts and early prints (facsimiles) and read specialistic articles. Seminar: Application on authentic texts (manuscripts and early prints) of the theoretical knowledge acquired during the first semester. In the form of a presentation the students show their capability to connect their theoretical knowledge while working with a concrete text.

Assessment methods

Analysis of a text in a seminar essay and a test.

Language of instruction

Italian

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Information on completion of the course: lavoro individuale scritto
The course is taught annually.

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