CODE 65572 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 LINGUE E LETTERATURE MODERNE PER I SERVIZI CULTURALI 9265 (LM-37) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 LINGUE E LETTERATURE MODERNE PER I SERVIZI CULTURALI 9265 (LM-38) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-FIL-LET/15 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course is aimed at analyzing the various interrelations between history and literature in the Germanic Middle Ages, paying particular attention to the linguistic and cultural aspects of the Germanic literary production from a historic and comparative perspective. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims at providing the instruments for the understanding of the linguistic and cultural evolution of the Western and Northern Germanic languages during the Middle Ages. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Knowledge and skills: students will learn about Germanic culture and its position in critical and historiographical debate, paying particular attention to the Medieval languages and literatures. They will be able to analyse Medieval Germanic texts from a philological-linguistic and philological-literary point of view. On the basis of the study of the problems and methods of textual criticism, they will be able to use critical editions and other instruments, such as historical grammars and dictionaries. PREREQUISITES Solid knowlege of Modern English and/or modern German; basic knowledge of General linguistics and/or Literary Citicism. TEACHING METHODS Frontal lectures with the support of the online education platform Aulaweb SYLLABUS/CONTENT The concept of “history” among the Germanic peoples in the High Middle Ages The sources for the history of the Western and Northern Germanic peoples Legendary and literary elements in Germanic historiography Historical nuclei in Germanic heroic tradition Historical character in Germanic heroic tradition Interrelations between history and literature in the English Middle Ages Interrelations between history and literature in the German Middle Ages Interrelations between history and literature in the Scandinavian Middle Ages RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY “Materiali inerenti al Corso LM dell’a.a. 2020-2021” ed. C. Händl (see aulaweb); - La Battaglia di Maldon. Introduzione, traduzione, note e glossario a cura di Roberto Rosselli del Turco, Alessandria, Edizioni dell’Orso, 2009; - Ludwigslied. Canto di Ludovico. Introduzione e commento, a cura di Claudia Händl, Alessandria, Edizione dell’Orso, 1990 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD CLAUDIA THERESIA HANDL Ricevimento: see http://www.lingue.unige.it/?post_type=dipendente&p=2080 Exam Board CLAUDIA THERESIA HANDL (President) CHIARA BENATI DAVIDE AGOSTINO FINCO (Substitute) PAOLO MARELLI (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START First week of the second semester Class schedule GERMANIC PHILOLOGY LM EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral exam (for further details see below "Assessment methods") ASSESSMENT METHODS The oral exam will deal with all the course topics, paying particular attention to the student’s ability to apply the knowledge acquired to the philological analysis of Medieval Germanic texts. Further questions will deal with the texts (in English or German) chosen by the candidate to complete his/her preparation. The evaluation will not only take into account the student’s knowledge and understanding of the course topics (class notes, syllabus, bibliography and other materials on the platform Aulaweb), but also his/her ability to use appropriate language and specific terminology and to discuss critically the notions acquired during the course. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 22/01/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 12/02/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 08/06/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 22/06/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 13/07/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 15/09/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale 28/09/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale