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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
PHILOLOGY OF ITALIAN LITERATURE
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
A knowledge of Classical Latin is advised.
Objectives
Contents Title: Gli improvvisi: Latin Poetry "ex tempore" by Francesco Petrarca.
Contents. After an introduction to biography, works, friendships and library of Petrarch the course will focus on the reading and commentary of a series of his early Latin poems (1337-52).
Extended Syllabus The course is divided in two parts.
- Part I: will be illustrated biography, works, library and friendships of Petrarch.
- Part II: a number of Latin poems will be analyzed, with direct involvement of the students who will be encouraged to take an active part in lessons.
The programme and the bibliography will be made available to students at the beginning of the course.
Recommended Bibliography - F. Petrarca, Improvvisi, edited by M. Berté, Roma, Salerno editrice, 2013.
- E. H. Wilkins, Vita del Petrarca. Nuova edizione, ed. L. C. Rossi, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2003.
- E. Carrara, Gli “improvvisi” del Petrarca, in Studi petrarcheschi e altri scritti, Torino, Bottega d’Erasmo, 1959 [but 1949], pp. 183-201.
- M. Feo, Carmina latina varia, in Petrarca nel tempo. Tradizioni, lettori e immagini delle opere. Catalogo, Arezzo, Sottochiesa di San Francesco (22 November 2003-27 January 2004), ed. M. Feo, Pontedera, Bandecchi & Vivaldi, 2004, pp. 309-13.
- F. Rico, Laura e altre amicizie (Carmina dispersa di Petrarca), in Estravaganti, disperse, apocrifi petrarcheschi, ed. C. Berra and P. Vecchi Galli, «Quaderni di Acme», XCVI (2007), pp. 463-92.
- I. Ruiz Arzálluz, Sugli epigrammi latini del Petrarca, «Lettere Italiane», LXII (2010), pp. 307-15.
Methods of Provision
Teaching Methods Lectures will be given as classroom-taught lessons (42 hours). Students will be tested for assessment of learning.
Attendance in this course is highly recommended.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Contacts/More Information Students who cannot attend the course are kindly asked to take an appointment with the lecturer.