Teaching code

4S02279

Teacher

Chiara Maria Concina

Coordinator

Chiara Maria Concina

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

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

Period

CuCi 2 A, CuCi 2 B

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

Instruction in Romance Philology, through reading and analysing literary texts in various romance languages, will allow students to acquire and develop awareness and knowledge in the areas of Philology, Historical Linguistics, and Literary Studies. Close reading and interpretation of literary texts, as well as important elements of critical, historical and cultural judgement, will also be improved. By the end of the course, students should demonstrate an ability to handle independently the different levels of analysis that will be applied to the texts studied as part of the syllabus. Students should furthermore demonstrate an awareness of the terminology of the discipline and present their ideas in the appropriate linguistic style.

Prerequisites and basic notions

None.

Program

The course will focus on one of the most famous and important travel texts of medieval literature: the "Devisement dou monde" (the Book of the Marvels of the World) by Marco Polo and Rustichello da Pisa. The work displays a series of problematic features which make it a privileged training ground for the exercise of philological practice applied to medieval texts. Once provided the historical and literary framework, the course will focus on the analysus of selected passages.

Bibliography:
- Marco Polo, Milione. Versione toscana del Trecento, edizione critica a cura di Valeria Bertolucci Pizzorusso, indice ragionato di Giorgio R. Cardona, Milano, Adelphi, 1975 (o ristampe successive).
- Il «Devisement dou monde»: Storia e mito dell’incontro fra Marco Polo e l’Asia, a cura di E. Burgio e S. Simion, Roma, Carocci, cds (the chapters will be indicated during the course).

- Further materials will made available on moodle

Bibliography

Didactic methods

TEACHING MODES
- frontal lessons (36 hours)
(1) With regard to attending students, the teaching methods consist of frontal lessons dedicated to the thematic areas of the course. In the classroom, the active and participatory intervention of students will be encouraged, thus giving them the opportunity to verify the knowledge acquired from time to time.
(2) The moodle platform is used for active communication between teacher and students, to provide further support material and to report any opportunities for further study related to the discipline (conferences, seminars, presentations, etc.).
(3) With regard to non-attending students, the teaching methods consist of supporting the teacher in the study of the manual and the previously agreed reference texts (non-attending students must contact the teacher from the start of the academic year). .). Any further updates will be made available to the student in good time through the moodle platform. Furthermore, throughout the academic year, the individual reception service managed by the teacher is available, at the times indicated on the web pages and constantly updated.

Learning assessment procedures

EXAMINATION METHOD
For all students (attending or non-attending), the assessment of learning results includes an oral test.

Evaluation criteria

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSESSMENT TEST
• verify the analytical knowledge of the program topics;
• verify the ability to translate and comment on texts;
• verify the ability to reflect and re-elaborate in relation to some problematic aspects.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final mark, expressed out of thirty, will be awarded on the basis of knowledge, the effectiveness and promptness of the answers, and the property of language.
For Erasmus students, the teacher will clarify the contents and methods of the test in class.
Non-attending students are asked to contact the teachers to agree on the program to take to the exam.

Exam language

Italiano