CODE 66407 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 1 LETTERATURE MODERNE E SPETTACOLO 9918 (LM-14) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-FIL-LET/13 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW «Philologists have the task of conserving the ancient meaning of the text that they are materially preserving. Therefore they have to act as mediators between the text and the community». The course aims to put this definition by Heinrich Lausberg into practice by applying it to a different specific text every year and experimenting with how to do a critical edition in practice AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Analysing the themes of the history of tradition and ecdoctics with reference to Italian literary texts with particular attention to the specific problems posed by different types of tradition (handwritten or printed, old or modern texts) in relation to the practice of edition technique. Acquiring familiarity with witness reconstruction, analysis of textual traditions and criticism of versions. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Acquire theoretical and practical knowledges about textual criticism applied to Italian literary texts in their spcific tradition. To be able to read and undestand any critical edition of a literary text without difficulty and tto ackle it with the necessary interpretative competencies. PREREQUISITES To have taken the course of Italian Philology during the three-year degree course it's recommended but not mandatory. TEACHING METHODS Lessons will be held in frontal teaching (points a) and b) of syllabus) and as seminar (point c) of syllabus). All students must sign up AulaWeb SYLLABUS/CONTENT Course for 6 CFU a) Basic notions about Italian Philology The first part of the course will give to the student the methodological basic notions needed to prepare a critical edition reliable by a philological point of view of an Italian literary text. b) The other "Dante" The second part of the course will examine from various points of view (ecdotic, metrical, thematic, intertextuality) the lyrical production of Dante da Maiano, a correspondent of Dante Alighieri and the only XIIIth century poet with a tradition completely on print. Course for 9 CFU a) Basic notions about Italian Philology The first part of the course will give to the student the methodological basic notions needed to prepare a critical edition reliable by a philological point of view of an Italian literary text. b) The other "Dante" The second part of the course will examine from various points of view (ecdotic, metrical, thematic, intertextuality) the lyrical production of Dante da Maiano, a correspondent of Dante Alighieri and the only XIIIth century poet with a tradition completely on print. c) How can you make a critical edition? The third part of the course will be hold as a seminar: students will prepare a critical edition of a XIIIth century poem and will discuss this edition at lesson Students which won't be able to attend lessons must contact the teacher before semester end RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Bibliography for 6 CFU course a) Pasquale Stoppelli, Filologia della letteratura italiana, Roma, Carocci, 2008 or Paolo Trovato, Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Lachmann's Method. A Non-Standard Handbook of Genealogical Textual Criticism in the Age of Post-Structuralism, Cladistics, and Copy-Text, Padova, Libreriauniversitaria.it, 2014. b) Dante da Maiano, Rime, ed. Rosanna Bettarini, Firenze, Le Monnier, 1969 (the edition is held by the Biblioteca di Scienze Umanistiche and will be avalaible in a digitalized format on AulaWeb). Pasquale Stoppelli, L'equivoco del nome. Rime incerte fra Dante Alighieri e Dante da Maiano, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2020. Further bibliographical references will be provided at lesson. Bibliography for 9 CFU course a) Pasquale Stoppelli, Filologia della letteratura italiana, Roma, Carocci, 2008 or Paolo Trovato, Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Lachmann's Method. A Non-Standard Handbook of Genealogical Textual Criticism in the Age of Post-Structuralism, Cladistics, and Copy-Text, Padova, Libreriauniversitaria.it, 2014. b) Dante da Maiano, Rime, ed. Rosanna Bettarini, Firenze, Le Monnier, 1969 (the edition is held by the Biblioteca di Scienze Umanistiche and will be avalaible in a digitalized format on AulaWeb). Pasquale Stoppelli, L'equivoco del nome. Rime incerte fra Dante Alighieri e Dante da Maiano, Roma, Salerno Editrice, 2020. Further bibliographical references will be provided at lesson. c) The materials needed for the seminar will be uploaded on AulaWeb. Students which won't be able to attend lessons must contact the teacher before semester end TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MARCO BERISSO Exam Board MARCO BERISSO (President) FRANCESCA SANTUCCI ANDREA FERRANDO (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START 16 February 2023 Class schedule PHILOLOGIES OF ITALIAN LITERARY TEXTS EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral exam for sections a) and b) of the programme. For section c) is required a brief written report (students are allowed to form working groups) agreed with the teacher. The report will be debated in class with teaching staff and other students. Participation in the seminar will be sufficient for the assessment about section c) of the programme. ASSESSMENT METHODS Oral exam will test the knowledges related to the specific text chosen by way of example of the learning and the awareness of the specific problems it raises in order to history of tradition and techniques of ecdotic. Seminar will verify the skills in building a critically reliable text by comparing its different manuscript witnesses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKHRU9HmqEM Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 24/01/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 07/02/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 09/05/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 06/06/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 20/06/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 11/07/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 12/09/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION All students must sign up AulaWeb. Those who could not attend the course are invited to contact the teacher before semester end.
