10279 - ROMANCE PHILOLOGY (1) (A-G)

Academic Year 2012/2013

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Arts (cod. 0958)

    Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Arts (cod. 0958)
    First cycle degree programme (L) in Arts (cod. 0958)
    First cycle degree programme (L) in Arts (cod. 0958)

Learning outcomes

During the course students will receive a basic knowledge of the history of romance medieval languages and literatures, with especial consideration of old Provencallyrics and the Poetry of the Sicilian School.

Course contents

The syllabus consists in the following three Parts:

(A)TheOrigins of the European Lyrics.

(B) Outline of old Provencal.

(C)Troubadours' poems translated by the poets of the Sicilian School.

As regards the 6 (5)cfu course, the syllabus concerns only Part A. Students coming from abroad or unable to attend can agree upon another syllabus with the teacher.

Readings/Bibliography

12 (10)cfu course:

(1) P. Gresti, Antologia delle letterature romanze del Medioevo, Bologna, Pàtron, Second edition, 2011, Section C, pp. 151-254 (texts are to be read in italian).

(2) Au. Roncaglia, La lingua dei trovatori, Roma, Edizioni dell'Ateneo, 1965 (rist., Pisa-Roma, Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali, 1995):the basic notions of old Provencalfor the sake of the translation and linguistic commentary of the texts (point 3).

(3) An Anthology of old Provencal and "Sicilian"poems: xerocopies available at the beginning of the course at Fotocopisteria Mastercopy, via Cartoleria 4/a, Bologna.Texts are to be read, translated and commented from a historical and linguistic point of view.

(4) L. Formisano, La lirica romanza nel Medioevo, Bologna, il Mulino, 2012 ("Itinerari. Filologia e critica letteraria").

6 (5) cfu course:

(1) P. Gresti, Antologia delle letterature romanze del Medioevo, Bologna, Pàtron, Second edition, 2011, Section C, pp. 151-254 (texts are to be read in italian).

(2) L. Formisano, La lirica romanza nel Medioevo, Bologna, il Mulino, 2012 ("Itinerari. Filologia e critica letteraria").

Teaching methods

Readings and commentaries in class, introduced with a historical and linguistic outline.

Assessment methods

Final oral examination concerning the historical outline and the translation and commentary oftheProvencal and Siciliananthology.

Teaching tools

Traditional tools: books and xerocopies.

Office hours

See the website of Luciano Formisano