CODE 72869 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-FIL-LET/09 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW Analysis of the development of romance languanges and literatures. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to give a complete picture of origins, structure and evolution of medieval romance languages, to increase the knowledge of the medieval romance literatures by reading vernacular texts, to provide the students with competences about the comparative study of medieval works and about textual criticism. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to give to the students these competences: 1 - the ability to individualize affinities and differences of the languages romances in their development moving from synchrony to diachrony, 2 - the ability to contextualize the development of romance literatures in medieval socioeconomical landscape. PREREQUISITES - a good knowledge of italian language and grammar - the knowledge of language and grammar of another romance language - the interest in the medieval literatures TEACHING METHODS Frontal classes with multimedia support Lessons’ attendance is highly recommended. If the lessons’ attendance is impossible, Students have to conctat professor to agree an additional textbook. Will be availabletextual files on AulaWeb SYLLABUS/CONTENT The course will be divided into two parts. The first part will focus on the formation of the Romance languages, the second one will focus on the system of genres of medieval romance literature, and the analysis of its significant literary works. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 - W. D. Elcock, Le lingue romanze, L’Aquila, Japadre - for all students: chapters I, II, III, IV; - for students studying French should also be studied chapter V, pp. 323-386; - for students studying spanish, portuguese, spanish-american should also be studied chapter V, pp. 386-437; - for all the other students should also be studied chapter V, pp. 437-470. 2 - C. Di Girolamo, La letteratura romanza medievale, Bologna, Il Mulino - chapters I (L’Epica); II (La lirica); III (Il romanzo); IV (Il racconto); VIII (il Teatro). TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MAURA SONIA BARILLARI Ricevimento: To be agreed with the professor. Exam Board MAURA SONIA BARILLARI (President) ELENA MUZZOLON LESSONS LESSONS START First semester - september 2024 Class schedule ROMANCE PHILOLOGY I EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral exam ASSESSMENT METHODS The examination shal consist of an oral check about the course's subject and its critical bibliography by means some questions made by the Commission. Questions will focus on topics covered during the cours, both linguistics (phonetics, morphology, syntax and lexicon of romance languages), and literary (the development of epic, lyric poetry, novel, short story, theatre). Student's valuation will take account not only of the knowledge of the course's contents but also of a good explanation and a correct use of the philology's specific language. If the lessons’ attendance is impossible, Students have to conctat professor to agree an additional textbook. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 22/01/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale Aula 18 AdP 04/02/2025 10:00 GENOVA Orale Aula 1 AdP L'ORARIO DELL'APPELLO è alle 10 FURTHER INFORMATION Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with prof. Sara Dickinson (sara.dickinson@unige.it), the Department's disability liaison. Further information available at https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa.