Studying at the University of Verona

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

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.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
L-LIN/01
One module among the following
One module between the following
One module among the following
6
C
L-FIL-LET/12
6
C
M-FIL/05

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

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One module among the following
One module between the following
Final exam
24
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
L-LIN/01
One module among the following
One module between the following
One module among the following
6
C
L-FIL-LET/12
6
C
M-FIL/05
It will be activated in the A.Y. 2025/2026
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One module among the following
One module between the following
Final exam
24
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further language skills
3
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further activities
3
F
-

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Teaching code

4S011576

Credits

6

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

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

Period

CuCi 1 A, CuCi 1 B

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

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.

Prerequisites and basic notions

None.

Program

The course will be divided into two parts:
1) On editing medieval texts.
2) Introduction to one of the most important travelogues of the Middle Ages: The Description of the World (Devisement dou monde) by Marco Polo and Rustichello da Pisa. Selected passages will be taken into consideration and analyzed during the course.
Bibliography
- P. Trovato, Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Lachmann’s Method. A Non-Standard Handbook of Genealogical Textual Criticism in the Age of Post-Structuralism, Cladistics and Copy-Text, Foreword by M. D. Reeve, Padova, libreriauniversitaria.it edizioni, 2014, chapters 1 and 2 (pp. 39-108).
- Marco Polo, The Description of the World, Translated, with an Introduction and Annotations, by S. Kinoshita, Maps and Genealogies by I. Mladjov, Indianapolis/Cambridge, Hackett Publishing Company Inc., 2016.
- A. Andreose, Marco Polo’s Devisement dou monde and Franco-Italian Tradition, «Francigena», 1 (2015), pp. 261-91. (pdf available on moodle)
- C. Concina, Fragments of China: the f manuscript of Marco Polo’s Devisement dou monde, in Marco Polo and the Silk Road (10th-14th Century), Peking, Peking University Press, 2019, pp. 3-20. (pdf available on moodle)
Further materials will be made available during the course.

Bibliography

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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

Final oral examination.
Erasmus students will be informed during the lectures about the oral examination.

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 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.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

EVALUATION
The final mark, expressed out of thirty, will be awarded on the basis of knowledge, the effectiveness and promptness of the answers, 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

English