ROM2B106 Research Seminar - Guest Lecturers Series (B)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
doc. Egle Mocciaro, Dottore di Ricerca (lecturer)
doc. José Luis Bellón Aguilera, PhD. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Kuzmová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Daniel Vázquez Touriño, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Paolo Divizia, Dottore di Ricerca
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 16:00–17:40 Virtuální místnost and each odd Monday 16:00–17:40 Virtuální místnost, except Fri 19. 4.
Prerequisites
IJ1A004 Practical Italian IV || SJ1A004 Practical Spanish IV || FJ1A004 Practical French IV || KJ1A004 Catalan 4 || PO1A004 Practical Portuguese IV
The course is open to Master and PhD students. Lectures might be in different Romance languages (Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian) and English.

ES:
Las ponencias pueden ser en idiomas romanicos diferentes (español, portugués, francés, italiano, catalán) y a veces también en inglés.

FR:
Les conférences peuvent être en différentes langues romanes (français, portugais, espagnol, italien, catalan) et parfois en anglais aussi.

IT:
Il corso è aperto a studenti del corso di laurea specialistica e dottorato.

Le lezioni potranno svolgersi in diverse lingue romanze (italiano, portoghese, spagnolo, catalano, francese) e in inglese.

CAT:
Las conferèncias poden ser en idiomes romànics diferents (català, portuguès, castellà, francès, italià) i de vegades també en anglès.
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
In this course you are introduced to the conceptual and technical tools used in the study of different fields of Romance studies: textual criticism, linguistics, history of literature, dialectology, history of language, etc. Every class focuses on peculiar topics. You will acquire basic knowledge in the field of Romance studies, but also get in touch with first-hand research and research methods. Since the topics dealt with change every semester, you can follow this course repetitively. The topic of the course depends on the research programme of the teachers and the guest lecturers. The lectures might be taught in any Romance language and in English.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course you will have a first hand idea of what doing research means, by attending to specialised lectures provided by highly qualified researchers in different fields of Romance studies; you will be able to deal with concrete problems and work with specialised bibliography and other scientific tools.
Syllabus
  • - textual criticism (Italian and Romance philology) - history of Romance literatures - history of Romance languages - Romance linguistics - dialectology
Literature
  • VÀRVARO, Alberto. Il latino e la formazione delle lingue romanze. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2014, 101 stran. ISBN 9788815251794. info
  • AVALLE, D'Arco Silvio. La doppia verità : fenomenologia ecdotica e lingua letteraria del Medioevo romanzo. Tavarnuzze: Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2002, xix, 755. ISBN 8884500788. info
  • MENEGHETTI, Maria Luisa. Le origini delle letterature medievali romanze. 3. ed. Roma: Laterza, 2001, 289 s. ISBN 8842053333. info
  • VÀRVARO, Alberto. Linguistica romanza : corso introduttivo. Seconda edizione. Napoli: Liguori, 2001, viii, 232. ISBN 9788820732714. info
  • SEGRE, Cesare. Notizie dalla crisi. Torino: Einaudi, 1993, vi, 317. ISBN 8806133276. info
Teaching methods
The course consists of:
lectures provided by external guest lecturers, in any Romance language (the calendar will be published each time during the semester);
eventually, lectures, in a Romance language or in English, offered by theachers of the department.

Assessment methods
You have to attend the 70% of the lectures at least, both within the philological-literary seminar (dir. Paolo Divizia) and the one of linguistics (dir. Egle Mocciaro). In case of online seminars, the webcamera must be kept on.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
This course, existing since 2016, offers the chance to both MA and PhD students to get in direct touch with the world of scientific research through the lectures provided by external guest lecturers, and get acquainted with listening to talks in any Romance language.

At the same time, it offers the chance to guest lecturers to have a wider and multidisciplinar audience.
Colleagues of the Department of Romance studies who wish to offer the lectures of their guest lecturers to this course, are invited to contact Paolo Divizia (paolodivizia@phil.muni.cz) and communicate: name of the invited guest lecturer, university or research institute affiliation, title and short abstract of the lecture, time and venue of the scheduled lecture. (No need to ask your invited lecturers to give extra lectures for this seminar; all you have to do is just opening the lectures you organise to this audience).
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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