501126 - ROMANCE PHILOLOGY - ADVANCED

courses
ID:
501126
Duration (hours):
36
CFU:
6
SSD:
FILOLOGIA E LINGUISTICA ROMANZA
Year:
2025

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (23/02/2026 - 22/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

The aim of this course is to introduce the students to the principles of "ecdotica", substantiated with the analysis and interpretation of selected romance texts.

Course Prerequisites

The course requires a basic knowledge of Romance philology and linguistics (It is for students Who have passed 'Romance philology' - Triennial Degree). Otherwise, please contact the teacher.

Teaching Methods

Lectures and (possibly) seminars on special topics, with the students actively involved. The theoretical coverage of all topics will always supplemented by substantial practical applications.

Assessment Methods

The oral examination aims to verify the knowledge of topics, texts and bibliography presented and discussed during the lectures. Non-attending students are expected to get in touch with the teacher as soon as possible.

Texts

Vie de saint Alexis: - La Vie de saint Alexis, édition critique par M. Perugi, Genève, Droz, 2000; - La Chanson de saint Alexis, a cura di M. Eusebi, Modena, Mucchi, 2001; - G. Contini, Breviario di ecdotica, Milano-Napoli, Ricciardi, 1986. Textual criticism: - J. Bédier, La tradition manuscrite du 'Lai de l'Ombre'. Réflexions sur l'art d'éditer les anciens textes, in «Romania», 54 (1928), pp. 321-56; (repr. Paris, Champion, 1929); - A. Castellani, Bédier, avait-il raison? La méthode de Lachmann dans les éditions de textes du Moyen Age, in Id., Saggi di linguistica e filologia italiana e romanza (1946-1976), Roma, Salerno Editrice, 1980, to. III, pp. 161-200; - Au. Roncaglia, Valore e giuoco dell'interpretazione nella critica testuale, in Studi e problemi di critica testuale (Convegno di Studi di Filologia italiana nel Centenario della Commissione per i Testi di Lingua), Bologna 1961, pp. 45-62; - A. Stussi, La critica del testo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1985; - G. Fiesoli, La genesi del lachmannismo, Firenze, Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2000; - S. Timpanaro, The Genesis of Lachmann's Method, ed. and transl. by G.W. Most, Chicago, Chicago University Press, 2005; - P. 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 edizioni, 2014. Old French grammar: - Au. Roncaglia, La lingua d’oïl, Roma, Edizioni dell’Ateneo, 1971. Texts and further references will be supplied by the teacher during the lectures. Non-attending students are expected to get in touch with the teacher as soon as possible.

Contents

The anglonorman Vie de saint Alexis (11th century): Manuscripts, Critical editions, Analysis of the Language, Commentary. The course aims at the acquisition of a knowledge in the fields of textual criticism, as far as medieval Romance manuscript tradition is concerned. The course also intends to organise, on the basis of the Vie de saint Alexis, a critical laboratory on some ecdotic issues posed by medieval Romance Texts. Non-attending students are expected to get in touch with the teacher as soon as possible.

Course Language

Italian

More information

Students are invited to attend the lectures. Everyone who, for justified and documented reasons, is unable to attend is invited to get in touch with the teacher during office hours.

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