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Romance Philology LM (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S02555
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-FIL-LET/09 - ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS
Period
1 B dal Nov 15, 2021 al Jan 12, 2022.
Learning outcomes
The course of Romance Philology will allow students to acquire and develop awareness and knowledge in the areas of Philology, Historical Linguistics, and Literary Studies through the reading and analysis of literary texts in various romance languages. 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.
Program
The course aims to provide an overview of the so-called Anglo-Norman literature (i.e. the literature written in French that flourished in England after the Norman invasion of 1066). The first part of the course will provide historical, literary and linguistic information about the development and progressive decadence of this literature, which will allow to frame the texts that are its product in their complex cultural scenario. insular. In the second part of the course will take into consideration (by the translation and the analysis of selected passages), some of the most representative works of Anglo-Norman literature, belonging to different genres such as historiographical (Wace), and hagiography (Saint Brendanus).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- M. Lecco, Storia della letteratura anglo-normanna (XII-XIV secolo), Milano, LED, 2011 (will be made available on moodle).
- R. A. Bartoli, Itinerari e percorsi dei volgarizzamenti romanzi della «Navigatio Sancti Brendani», in Omaggio a Gianfranco Folena, éd. P.-V. Mengaldo, Padova, Editoriale Programma, 1993, t. 1, p. 281-293 (will be made available on moodle).
- A. Varvaro, Le corti anglo-normanne e francesi, in Lo spazio letterario del Medioevo, ed. P. Boitani, M. Mancini, A. Varvaro, Roma, Salerno, 2001, vol. 1, t. 2, pp. 253-284 (will be made available on moodle).
- S. M. Cingolani, “Pour remenbrer des ancessurs”, ovvero: Goffredo di Monmouth e Wace fra historiae e aventures, in Storiografia e poesia nella cultura medioevale, Atti del Colloquio, Roma 21-23 febbraio 1990, Roma, Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo, 1999, pp. 81-95 (will be made available on moodle).
- Benedeit, Il viaggio di San Brandano, a cura di Renata Bartoli e Fabrizio Cigni, Parma, Pratiche, 1994.
Further materials will be made available during the course.
Bibliography
Examination Methods
Final oral examination.
The oral examination aims at evaluating the student's knowledge, with special reference to the texts read during the lectures; general knowledge of the companions in use will be checked, as well.
Erasmus students will be informed during the lectures about the oral examination.
