CODE 72868 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/21 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course (6 CFU - 36 hours) offers a basic introduction to (some aspects of) Slavic Studies, from the historical and linguistic point of view. AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course is aimed at providing basic knowledge about the linguistic and cultural development of the Slavic peoples, from Proto-Slavic to contemporary Slavic languages and cultures. In view of this, the course offers an introduction to Old Church Slavonic, as well as an overview of the culture(s) of the Slavs in the early stages of their spread across Eastern and Central Europe. TEACHING METHODS The course content will be delivered via classroom lectures with the support of Aulaweb. SYLLABUS/CONTENT The ethnogenesis of the Slavs: from the Indo-European unity to Early Slavic; the homeland of the Slavs and their expansion; migrations and subsequent ethnical and linguistic split. Old Church Slavonic: phonology and basic grammar (in comparison with modern Slavic languages). Cyril and Methodius and their mission, the Christianization of the Slavs, the alphabets. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Introduction to Old Church Slavonic. The Indo-European>Proto-Slavic diachrony. Modern Slavic languages. Any handbook on Old Church Slavonic among Bartula (2003), Ivanova (1977), Krivčik & Možejko (1985), Lunt (1955), Marcialis (2005), Moszyński (2006), Skomorochova Venturini (2000). Anyway, classroom lessons will be based mainly on Skomorochova Venturini (2000). For the Indo-European>Proto-Slavic diachrony, see Andersen (1997). Andersen, Henning. 1997. Le lingue slave. In Anna Giacalone Ramat & Paolo Ramat (eds.), Le lingue indoeuropee, 441–479. Nuova ed. (Strumenti Linguistica e critica letteraria). Bologna: Il Mulino. [English version available in Giacalone Ramat, Anna & Paolo Ramat. 1998. The Indo-European Languages, 415–453. London–New York: Routledge.] Bartula,Czesław. 2003. Podstawowe wiadomości z gramatyki staro-cerkiewno-słowiańskiej na tle porónawczym. 6, dodruk ed. Warszawa: Wydawn. Naukowe PWN. Ivanova, Tatʹjana Apollonovna. 1977. Staroslavjanskij jazyk. Moskva: Vysšaja škola. Krivčik, Varvara Fedorovna & Nadežda Semenovna Možejko. 1985. Staroslavjanskij jazyk : učebnoe posobie dlja filologičeskich fakul’tetov vysšych učebnych zavedenij. Minsk: Vyšejšaja škola. http://en.booksee.org/book/353302. Lunt, Horace Gray. 1955. Old church Slavonic grammar. (Slavistische Drukken En Herdrukken 3). The Hague: Mouton. http://ksana-k.ru/?p=274. Marcialis, Nicoletta. 2005. Introduzione alla lingua paleoslava. (Biblioteca di Studi slavistici / Associazione italiana degli slavisti). Firenze : Firenze University Press. http://digital.casalini.it/8884533333. [content available only with connection from University IP addresses] Moszyński, Leszek. 2006. Wstęp do filologii słowiańskiej. 2. Wydanie zmienione. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Skomorochova Venturini, Lilia. 2000. Corso di lingua paleoslava: grammatica. Pisa: ETS. The formation of the Slavic culture and the christianization. Cyril and Methodius, Slavic peoples in the early centuries. Toscano (2014) serves as a general introduction to the topics dealt with in this part of the course. Some chapters from Garzaniti et al. (2013) and/or Conte (2006) will be assigned as supplementary readings. Saronne & Alberti (2002) is recommended, too, as an overview of all the questions related to this part of the program. Conte, Francis. 2006. Gli slavi : le civiltà dell’Europa centrale e orientale. Torino: Einaudi. [Original 1986 edition in French: Les Slaves: aux origines des civilisations d’Europe centrale et orientale (Vle-Xllle siècles). Paris: A. Michel. English edition (1995): The Slavs. New York: Columbia Univ. Press.] Garzaniti, Marcello, Alberto Alberti & Francesca Romoli. 2013. Gli Slavi : storia, culture e lingue dalle origini ai nostri giorni. Roma: Carocci. Saronne, Edgardo Tito & Alberto Alberti. 2002. Chi sono gli slavi? (Heuresis 26). Bologna: CLUEB. Toscano, Silvia. 2014. Introduzione alla Filologia Slava. Roma: Università La Sapienza. http://www.lettere.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/670/Dispensa%20Filologia%20slava%202014.2.pdf. [an updated edition, courtesy of prof. Toscano, will be made available on the Aulaweb course page] TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ANTONIO CIVARDI Ricevimento: Thursdays, from 15:30 to 17:00 hrs. Exam Board ANTONIO CIVARDI (President) GUIDO GIOVANNI BORGHI MARIO ALESSANDRO CURLETTO SARA DICKINSON LAURA SALMON LESSONS LESSONS START Thursday, February 21st, 2019 Class schedule SLAVIC PHILOLOGY I EXAMS Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 24/01/2019 14:30 GENOVA Orale 07/02/2019 14:30 GENOVA Orale 13/05/2019 15:00 GENOVA Orale 14/06/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 05/07/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale