MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LATIN PHILOLOGY

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

LET016

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in HUMANITIES

Disciplinary Sector:

MEDIEVAL AND HUMANISTIC LATIN LITERATURE

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PERUCCHI Giulia

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

162

Prerequisites:

No prerequistes are requested.

Objectives

The teaching contributes to achievement of the learning objectives of the Degree course in Letters, communicating the bases of philological methodologies, with view to both an MA degree course and possible employment with publishing houses, public and private institutes of research and culture or cultural and academic foundations. More specifically, it aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of Latin Mediaeval and Humanistic Philology.
- Expected learning results:
1) knowledge of the course subjects;
2) ability to critically discuss specific case-studies;
3) communication skills.

Contents

The course is divided into two parts.
I part) Introduction to textual criticism: theory and practice of the editing of texts of the Latin tradition, from the Middle Ages to the Humanism, framed in a historical-cultural perspective.
II part) Reading, translating and commenting on an antology of texts by Petrarca.

Extended Syllabus

The course is divided into two parts.
- Part I (42 hours): will illustrate the main methods and features of Latin Mediaeval and Humanistic Philology (6th-16th centuries).
- Part II (21 hours): analysis of a selection of Petrarch's latin works (see Moodle); students will be encouraged to take an active part in the lessons.
TO STUDY ALL THE INDICATED PAGES:
- M. Berté - M. Petoletti, La filologia medievale e umanistica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017, pp. 1-293 (the study of the Appendix with the anthology of the texts is optional but at least reading is recommended).
- P. Chiesa, La letteratura latina del medioevo. Un profilo storico, Roma, Carocci, 2017, pp. 1-258 (except the Appendix).
*- Francesco Petrarca, Selection of latin texts uploaded on Moodle by the teacher.
OPTIONAL READINGS FOR ATTENDING BUT MANDATORY FOR NON ATTENDING:
- E.H. Wilkins, Vita del Petrarca, trad. di R. Ceserani, nuova edizione a cura di L.C. Rossi, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2003.
*Asterisked material will be supplied in digital format.
The programme and part of the bibliography will be made available to students at the beginning of the course.

Recommended Bibliography

- M. Berté - M. Petoletti, La filologia medievale e umanistica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017, pp. 1-293 (the study of the Appendix with the anthology of the texts is optional but at least reading is recommended).
- P. Chiesa, La letteratura latina del medioevo. Un profilo storico, Roma, Carocci, 2017, pp. 1-258 (except the Appendix).
*- Francesco Petrarca, A selection of latin texts which will be provided by the teacher (and upoloaded on Moodle).
OPTIONAL READINGS FOR ATTENDING BUT MANDATORY FOR NON ATTENDING:
- E.H. Wilkins, Vita del Petrarca, trad. di R. Ceserani, nuova edizione a cura di L.C. Rossi, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2003.
*Asterisked material will be supplied in digital format.

Teaching Methods

The course consists of lectures (63 hours). Students will be tested to assess their learning.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess the students’ skills and in particular their understanding of the issues discussed during the course, their knowledge of the bibliography in the reading list, the correct command of the specific language as well as of critical and methodological abilities. The grading scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.

Contacts/More Information

Attendance to this course is highly recommended. Students who cannot attend the course are requested to make an appointment with the teacher and must also study the following book in addition to the programs:
E.H. Wilkins, Vita del Petrarca, trad. di R. Ceserani, nuova edizione a cura di L.C. Rossi, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2003.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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