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Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Study Plan

A.A. 2024/2025 A.A. 2023/2024 A.A. 2022/2023

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea magistrale in Languages, Literatures and Digital Culture - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
B
L-LIN/21
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
B
L-LIN/21
1st foreign literature
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
L-LIN/05
6
C
INF/01
3
F
INF/01
6
B
L-FIL-LET/10
9
D
-
One module among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
6
B
L-FIL-LET/14
6
B
L-FIL-LET/15
6
B
L-FIL-LET/09
6
B
L-LIN/21

2° Year   It will be activated in the A.Y. 2025/2026

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One modue between the following
6
C
INF/01
6
C
IUS/04
3 modules among the following (related to the language and literature chosen)
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/12
6
B
L-LIN/04
6
B
L-LIN/14
6
B
L-LIN/07
6
B
L-LIN/05
6
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
L-LIN/21
Digital lab
2
F
-
2
F
-
2
F
-
3
F
-
9
D
-
Dissertation
18
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
B
L-LIN/21
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/07
9
B
L-LIN/21
1st foreign literature
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-LIN/21
6
B
L-LIN/05
6
C
INF/01
3
F
INF/01
6
B
L-FIL-LET/10
9
D
-
One module among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
6
B
L-FIL-LET/14
6
B
L-FIL-LET/15
6
B
L-FIL-LET/09
6
B
L-LIN/21

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.

A Basic activities
B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
F Other training activities
S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Romance Philology LM  (2024/2025)

Teaching code

4S02555

Teacher

Nicolò Premi

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/09 - ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS

Period

I semestre (Area Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 23, 2024 al Dec 21, 2024.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

By reading and analyzing literary texts written in diverse romance languages, the course of Romance Philology allows students to acquire and develop fundamental notions and knowledge in the fields of philology, historical linguistics and literature. It allows them to refine their ability to interpret and comprehend literary texts and to elaborate important elements of historical and cultural critical judgement. At the end of the course students will be able to autonomously confront with different levels of analysis to be applied to examined texts. They will also be able to prove their knowledge of disciplinary lexicon and to properly express the main contents of the course.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No prerequisites are required apart from the desirable interest and curiosity towards the subject matter. A knowledge, even elementary, of Latin is preferable, but not essential.

Program

The Legend of the Grail in Medieval Romance Literature. The course will study the developments of the legend of the Holy Grail, born with the medieval literature of the Arthurian cycle. The Conte du graal by Chrétien de Troyes, in Old French, and the Demanda del Santo Grial, in Old Castilian, will be especially examined. Particular attention will be paid to translation problems and hermeneutic questions that will allow students to follow the metamorphoses of the Grail in the history of literature, recognizing in it an object of profound religious desire that has often ignited the imagination of writers.
Bibliography
- Handout of texts on Moodle
- Lecture notes
A novel (in Italian translation) chosen among:
1) Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval (any Italian translation,I suggest Mariantonia Liborio in Il Graal. I testi che hanno fondato la leggenda, Milano, Mondadori (I Meridiani), 2005)
2) Robert de Boron, Il libro del Graal, Milano, Adelphi, 2005
3) La ricerca del santo Graal, in Il Graal. I testi che hanno fondato la leggenda, Milano, Mondadori (I Meridiani), 2005 or in Artù, Lancillotto e il Graal. La ricerca del Santo Graal. La morte di Re Artù (Vol. 4), Torino, Einaudi, 2023
One essay of your choice between (both essays can be found on Moodle):
- J. Dufournet, Présentation au volume Perceval, Paris, Flammarion, 2012 (for French students)
- J. R. Trujillo, Introducción a La Demanda del Santo Grial, Universidad de Alcalá, 2017 (for Spanish students)

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Frontal and conversational lessons (36 hours). The moodle platform is used for active communication between teachers and students, to provide further support material and to report any opportunities for in-depth study related to the discipline (conferences, seminars, presentations, etc.). Non-attending students will possibly be supported by the teacher in the study of previously agreed reference texts.

Learning assessment procedures

The exam is oral.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

The candidate's preparation will be assessed both with questions of a general nature, and through the reading and analysis of one or more texts among those read and commented on during the course, or which are in any case part of the bibliography; the candidate will be asked to read on a photocopy or volume provided by the examiner. General questions may precede or follow the reading and analysis of the texts. The vote will be the numerical synthesis not only of the essential knowledge of the contents, but also of the candidate's ability to organize the exhibition and to use the required technical language.

Exam language

Italiano.

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