OVERVIEW

The course aims at providing students with a basic knowledge of the history of Italian and, more specifically, an overview of the linguistic history of Italian theatre.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students must have the following abilities: - basic knowledge of Italian historical grammar and of history of Italian language; - a sketch of contemporary Italian’s architecture; - more specifically, an idea of the architecture of contemporary Italian lexicon; - awareness of the sociolinguistic language variation and of the relations between Italian and dialects. A particular attention will be paid to Italian language for music and theatre.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

To learn the key moments in the history of Italian language. To situate historically its texts and main authors. To internalise the basic concepts of Italian sociolinguistics. To define and identify the main traits of neostandard Italian. To illustrate synthetically the key moments in the linguistic history of Italian theatre and peculiar stylistic features of its main authors.

PREREQUISITES

Elementary knowledge of the history of Italian literature

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Essential history of Italian language. Sociolinguistic overview of contemporary Italian. Synthetic overview of the linguistic history of Italian theatre.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lecture notes; C. Marazzini, Breve storia della lingua italiana, Bologna, il Mulino; C. Giovanardi - P. Trifone, La lingua del teatro, Bologna, il Mulino (first part and four commented texts to choose in the second part).

For students who do not attend classes: Paolo D'Achille, L'italiano contemporaneo, Bologna, il Mulino (in place of lecture notes).

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

PAOLO ZUBLENA (President)

MANUELA MANFREDINI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

February, 2021

Class schedule

HISTORY OF ITALIAN

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written (short essay questions) and oral examination.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Written exam to test the student’s knowledge of the history of Italian language and of the main traits of neostandard Italian; oral examination to test the student’s knowledge of the linguistic history of Italian theatre. The final mark will be calculated by taking the average of the two tests (written and oral)

Exam schedule