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.
The course's goals are to familiarize students with the major institutions, documents, and figures in the history of the Italian language; to understand the structures of contemporary Italian and its sociolinguistic variation; to know the major stages of the linguistic history of Italian theater; and to learn how to read and interpret some key texts.
To learn the key moments in the history of Italian language. To situate historically its texts and main authors. To internalize 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. To read, understand and interpret a crucial text of the Italian theatrical tradition.
Elementary knowledge of the history of Italian literature
Lectures
Essential history of Italian language. Sociolinguistic overview of contemporary Italian. Synthetic overview of the linguistic history of Italian theatre. Reading of Tasso's Aminta.
Lecture notes (Aulaweb or Teams); C. Marazzini, La lingua italiana. Profilo storico, 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); T. Tasso, Aminta, a cura di M. Corradini, Milano, BUR-Classici.
Ricevimento: Tuesday and Wednesday, h 16.30-18 DIRAAS, via Balbi 2 (third floor) In any case, please book your appointment by e-mail (paolo.zublena@unige.it).
PAOLO ZUBLENA (President)
MANUELA MANFREDINI
First semester
September 17.
Second semester
February 18.
Oral examination.
Optional midterm written test (in January/February) on the first semester programme (linguistic history of Italian and traits of neo-standard Italian).
Oral examination of the skills relating to the linguistic history of Italian and to the traits of neo-standard Italian; oral examination of the skills on the linguistic history of Italian theatre; reading and commenting on a passage from Tasso's Aminta.
