B5403 - Methods and Tools of Italian Philology (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

Through the comparative study of textbooks of Italian philology, the course will examine the instruments of ecdotics applied to Italian literature. The course will examine in particular catalogues, rhyming dictionaries, indices, archives, philological journals, editorial collections, ancient and modern literary histories, in order to train the students to a philological perspective that is not extemporaneous but rather systematic and in-depth.

Course contents

The Course includes two sections:

the first section (Section a) will provide a deepening of Italian Philological method (10 hours);

the second section (Section b) will focus on Contemporary Texts, particularly Pascoli's Myricae, with special regard to his autographs (20 hours).

 

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.

 

Readings/Bibliography

Section a: Philological method.

Bruno Bentivogli, Francesca Florimbii, Paola Vecchi Galli, Filologia italiana, Milano, Pearson, 2020.

 

Section b: On Giovanni Pascoli's Myricae.

Giovanni Pascoli, Myricae, ed by Giuseppe Nava, Bologna, Pàtron, 2016.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS

Non-attending students will have to complete the program with the study of two optional sections of Giovanni Pascoli, Myricae, ed. by Gianfranca Lavezzi, Milano, BUR-Rizzoli, 2019. 

Teaching methods

The Course is organised in fifteen frontal lessons of two hours that will be held during the first semester of the Academic Year 2024-2025 (second period). It primarly concernes the deepening of theoretical and methodological elements of the critical edition. In the second part of the Course, the methodological knowledges will be applied to the study of the Pascoli's Myricae.

Assessment methods

Oral examination.

The examination involves the knowledge of the Philological metodology applied to Italian Literature, with analysis of texts to verify aspects and methods of a modern critical edition.

During the examination will be valued the capacity to elaborate a methodological and critical discourse related contemporary poetry, with readings of some of Pascoli's Myricae.

 

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is necessary to contact the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) with ample time in advance: the office will propose some adjustments, which must in any case be submitted 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of these in relation to the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Frontal lessons, including oral and written applications.

The teacher is to disposition, in the hours of reception and before or after the lessons, to furnish papers or further elucidations on the examination and on the program.

Office hours

See the website of Francesca Florimbii