The course deals with the study of Church Slavonic and the main aspects of the Medieval literary tradition in Slavia Orthodoxa (concerning especially the East Slavic area). The course aims to provide linguistic, philological and literary knowledge required to analyze literary texts.
Course Prerequisites
It is advisable to have passed at least an examination of Slavic Philology and Russian Language in previous examination.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and practice dealing with linguistic, historical and cultural analysis of texts.
Assessment Methods
Oral exam aiming to verify the ability to discuss and synthetize the historical-cultural topics of the course and the analysis of the texts made during the lectures.
Texts
- Drevnie rossijskie stichotvorenija sobrannye Kirseju Danilovym, a cura di A.P. Evgen'eva e V.N. Putilov, Nauka, Moskva, 1977 (excerpts) - Byliny, a cura di F.M. Selivanov, Sovetskaja Rossija, Moskva, 1988 (excerpts) - Introduzione e Nota informativa, in Giganti, incantatori e draghi. Byline dell'antica Rus', a cura di E.T. Saronne e K.F. Danil'cenko, Luni Editrice, Milano, Trento, 1997, p. 9-90 - Le byline. Canti popolari russi. Studi e testi, a cura di B. Meriggi, Edizioni Accademia, Milano 1974 (excerpts) - Introduzione e Novgorod nella storia, in L'epos dei mercanti. Byline russe del ciclo di Novgorod, a cura di E.T. Saronne e E. Moroni, Carocci, 2010 - R. Jakobson, M. Szeftel, The Vseslav Epos, in Russian Epic Studies, ed. by R. Jakobson and E.J. Simmons, Philadelphia 1949, pp. 13-86 - Course notes and materials handed out during the lectures.
Books included in the bibliography are available at the Library of Humanistic Studies (Biblioteca di Studi Umanistici). Materials handed out during the lectures are available on the platform Kiro. Students who do not attend the lectures are requested to contact the lecturer.
Contents
The byliny. The course aims to present an introduction to the study of Old Russian oral epic poems.
