00381 - Romance Philology (A-L)

Learning outcomes

During the course students will receive a basic knowledge of the history of romance medieval languages and literatures, with especial consideration of Dante's interest in the poetry of the Troubadours.

Course contents

The 12 and 10 credits course consists of three parts:

(A) Introduction to old Provencal.

(B) The European origins of Italian literature: the Frech and Provencal influence.

(C) The Troubadours of Dante.

The 10 credits course will concern only the first two parts.

Readings/Bibliography

For the 12 credits course:

1) Au. Roncaglia, La lingua dei trovatori, Roma, Edizioni dell'Ateneo, 1965 (reprint, Pisa-Roma, Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali, 1995).

(2) P. Gresti, Antologia delle letterature romanze del Medioevo, Bologna, Pàtron, 2006: the following texts or passages to be read in Italian: 1-4, 6-9, 14-22 (Sezione A. La lirica); 31-35, 37-39, 40-43 (Sezione B. Il romanzo); 47-49, 55-56  (Sezione C. L'epica); 59-62, 67-70 (Sezione D. Il racconto); 75, 77-79 (Sezione E. La letteratura allegorico-didattica).

Historical outline: M. Zink, La letteratura francese del Medioevo, Bologna, il Mulino ("Universale Paperbacks"), chapters 1-8 and the Introductions to the texts above listed.

(3) I trovatori di Dante : an anthology of poems available on line at the beginnig of the course; students attending the lessons will translate and comment six of these poems.

(4) Reading of Dante's De vulgari eloquentia (the original text or any translation).

For the 10 credits course:

The readings above listed, but as regards the third point only fours poems to be translated and commented.

Four the 6 credits course (laurea triennale):

The readings above listed, but limited to the first two parts of the syllabus.

Foreign students may agree upon another syllabus or other readings with the teacher.

Teaching methods

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

Assessment methods

Final oral examination.

Teaching tools

Books, computer.

Office hours

See the website of Luciano Formisano