- Docente: Giovanni Borriero
- Credits: 9
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0979)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Foreign Languages and Literature (cod. 0979)
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from Feb 10, 2025 to May 14, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will acquire knowledge of the romance languages and literatures of the Middle Ages and their formation, with particular regard to Spanish, Portuguese and Galician. The student will acquire the skills for adopting the instruments of textual criticism, in order to be aware of the transformations of texts and languages through the centuries.
Course contents
Contents
I. Linguistics
1. Romance languages in space and time
2. From Latin to the Romance languages
3. The Ibero-Romance domain: introduction to language history and to historical grammar
II. Textual criticism
1. The concept of tradition
2. The manuscript
3. Fundamentals of ecdotics
III. History of literature
1. Geography and history of Romance origins
2. A history by genres: lyric, epos, novel
3. The monuments of Ibero-Romance literature
IV. Poema de Mío Cid
1. Medieval epic poetry in the Iberian peninsula
2. Introduction to the Cid
3. Text analysis and translation practice
Readings/Bibliography
L. Leonardi - L. Minervini - E. Burgio, Filologia romanza. Critica del testo, linguistica, analisi letteraria, Milano, Mondadori Education, 2022.
Cantare del Cid. Introduzione, traduzione e note di A. Baldissera, Milano, Garzanti, 2003 [and following editions]
Further bibliographical details will be provided during the lectures.Teaching methods
Lectures. Seminar sessions open to group discussion and in-depth study of the topics covered are planned.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Teaching tools
Several study materials (maps, reproductions of manuscripts, editions of texts, etc.) will be uploaded onto the Virtual platform.
Office hours
See the website of Giovanni Borriero