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Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale in Tradizione e interpretazione dei testi letterari - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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Foreign language B2 levelLegend | 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.
Medieval Latin Literature (m) (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S02271
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- Medieval Latin Literature II [Sede VR] of the course Master’s degree in Historical Studies (interuniversity)
- Medieval Latin Literature II [Sede VR] of the course Master's degree in Arts (interuniversity)
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-FIL-LET/08 - MEDIEVAL AND HUMANISTIC LATIN LITERATURE
Period
2 A dal Feb 14, 2022 al Mar 26, 2022.
Learning outcomes
The course aims to deepen the study of medieval Latin literature with particular attention to a specific literary genre, by directly analyzing the work of one or more authors particularly representative of that specific genre. Lessons will focus on the linguistic and stylistic analysis, as well on readings of the chosen texts, also considering philological aspects and using the usual tools of literary hermeneutics (metrical analysis, study of the figures of style, as well as narratology and history of the interpretation), with the aid of methodological approaches aimed at developing adequate analytical and argumentative skills.
Program
(1) Hagiography and hagiology: sources, methods and tools of historical research on Christian holiness and the cult of saints.
(2) Hagiographic genres in Latin literature from late antiquity to Dante’s time: selected readings of more representative authors and texts (Sulpicius Severus, Gregory of Tours, Venantius Fortunatus, Gregory the Great, Peter Damian, Iacobus de Varagine, Thomas of Celano).
(3) Dante as hagiographer: saints in the «Comedy».
Bibliography and other learning resources:
(1) Notes from lessons; C. Leonardi, «Agiografia», in «Lo spazio letterario del Medioevo latino» I/2, Salerno, Roma 1993, pp. 421-462 (ora anche in Id., «Agiografie medievali», a cura di A. Degl’Innocenti e F. Santi, SISMEL - Edizioni del Galluzzo, Firenze 2011, pp. 31-72).
(2) «Forme e modelli della santità in Occidente dal Tardo antico al Medioevo», a cura di M. Bassetti, A. Degl’Innocenti ed E. Menestò, Fondazione Centro italiano di studi sull’alto medioevo, Spoleto 2012. Further learning tools will be provided during the course through the e-learning platform.
(3) Notes from lessons; G. Ledda, «Poesia e agiografia nella Commedia», in «Dante poeta cristiano e la cultura religiosa medievale. Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi in ricordo di Anna Maria Chiavacci Leonardi (Ravenna, 28 novembre 2015)», Centro Dantesco dei Frati Minori Conventuali, Ravenna 2018, pp. 215-258.
Bibliography
Examination Methods
The exam consists of an oral test aiming to verify the level of achievement of the learning objectives previously indicated, with special regard to:
• read, understand and translate medieval Latin texts;
• the knowledge of the essential features of medieval Latin literature;
• the ability to understand the cultural, historical and literary context of the chosen texts;
• argument skills, wealth and appropriateness of vocabulary.
