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.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign language
2nd foreign literature
Philology related to 1st or 2nd language

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1 module between the following
6
C
IUS/10
1st or 2nd foreign literature
Training
6
F
-
Final exam
6
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign language
2nd foreign literature
Philology related to 1st or 2nd language
activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1 module between the following
6
C
IUS/10
1st or 2nd foreign literature
Training
6
F
-
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
3rd foreign language B1
3
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S003493

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-FIL-LET/15 - GERMANIC PHILOLOGY

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 25, 2023 al Dec 22, 2023.

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

The course is an introduction to Germanic Philology and it aims at providing basic knowledge on multi-disciplinary topics such as codicology, paleography, textual criticism, cultural history, and historical linguistics characterizing the discipline (including basic knowledge for the digital treatment of texts and manuscripts). Expected Outcomes At the end of the course the student will have to prove: - to have acquired basic knowledge of methodologies and cultural contents which are necessary to analyse and interpret the literary traditions of Germanic areas; - to have acquired proficiency in the specialized vocabulary related to every field of the discipline; - to have acquired basic knowledge of the different specialized fields of Germanic Philology, mainly focussing on medieval history of books (also treated with the support of Digital Humanities tools and methodologies) according to the objective of the study programme.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Knowledge of at least one modern Germanic language (e.g. English, German) is not mandatory, but advisable.

Program

The course will offer the basics for the study of Germanic Philology in its multi- and interdisciplinary aspects of cultural, linguistic and historical-literary nature. It also will focus on issues concerning textual criticism and digital philology in the Germanic vernacular traditions.
The first module will trace the birth and development of the discipline up to the present day. The so-called ‘Germani’ will be described through the direct reading of the sources, in particular of some passages chosen by Tacitus’ Germania, which will allow to reconstruct the social, political and cultural institutions of the Germanic peoples (family, assembly, military associations, role of women, religion, writing). The fundamental stages of their history, of conversion to Christianity and of the development of literacy will be retraced.
A second module will address essential issues concerning historical linguistics, framing Germanic first in its evolution from Indo-European as well as in its main features and also with regard to individual language families (with particular attention to West Germanic).
The third module will be devoted to the study of textual criticism within the Germanic vernacular traditions. Essential knowledge of book history, codicology and paleography will be imparted through the analysis of exemplary manuscripts building up the most significant cultural heritage of the Germanic traditions. The analysis will lead into the historical recovery of the text through the principles of textual criticism (meant in its evolution from the genealogical method, passing through the so-called New Philology up to the computational turn within philological studies).
In the last module the student will confront with scholarly editing practice by means of two emblematic case studies of Germanic heroic poetry: Beowulf (London, BL, Cotton Vitellius A.XV) and Hildebrandslied (Kassel, Universitätsbibl. / LMB, 2nd Ms. theol. 54). After the peculiar features of these two texts handed down in a single codex will be identified, their interesting editorial history, both traditional and digital, will be retraced. Two encoding attempts will be carried out according to XML/TEI standards (with a focus on the manuscript description and on the diplomatic of selected excerpts).

Bibliography

Visualizza la bibliografia con Leganto, strumento che il Sistema Bibliotecario mette a disposizione per recuperare i testi in programma d'esame in modo semplice e innovativo.

Didactic methods

The course will be in presence. Any changes will be announced before the start of the course on the instructor's web page and on the Moodle platform, to which everyone is required to sign up.
The course materials for attending students consist of the selected bibliography in Leganto, the lectures and other materials that will be available on Moodle (for personal use only).
The program for non-attending students must be agreed in advance. Non-attending students are supposed to contact the instructor via email (please use your institutional address @studenti.univr.it) to arrange a meeting.
The selected bibliography in Leganto will be further detailed at the beginning of the course.
Teaching support (also for Covid-19 positive self-certified students):
Supplementary teaching materials will be uploaded on the Moodle platform.
I will be available for further support and explanations during my office hours; in specific cases (see my personal page) we can arrange a Zoom meeting.

Learning assessment procedures

There will be an oral exam following the official schedule published by the University. For those attending there will be a pre-call to be agreed during the course. For non-attending students the exam will be oral and will follow the same criteria.

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 exam aims both to assess the knowledge acquired during the course and the ability to address the topics and establish connections among them. Part of the evaluation will also concern the correct presentation as well as the appropriate use of the philological language.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final assessment is expressed out of 30/30 (min. 18/30) and it is to be understood as an overall evaluation of the achieved results.

Exam language

Italiano